For as long as I can remember, I have always been the subject of the “gay” jokes within my family (yes, I did say family. I do not really have many friends, so eat me). I dress nice, I grew up in a theater department, and as they would say on Friends: I have a “quality”. Though I am not a homosexual, nor do I see anything wrong with their lifestyle (which probably does not help my case, in all retrospect), it’s difficult keeping your composure when people, who are supposed to support you, are always harassing you. Then again, I like the attention.
What I do want to know, since when does style mean that you’re a homosexual? Can’t a man dress nice or as I would call “fabulous” without all these crazy accusations? Or just because you are a self-proclaimed badass actor, you enjoy sexual relations with someone of the same gender? Or that just because I can look at a guy and say, “Damn, you are HOT” that I’m gay? I’M KIDDING! I would never call another male hot, only cute (though I have told another man that he has very soft eyes). I mean, I can tell if another man is attractive or not, but I think that is because I have homosexual people in my life that I associate with and after being around them for a while, you pick up on that kind of stuff. Yeah, I’m not gay, or does that make me gay because I had to second guess myself? No, no it doesn’t (wow this makes me sound crazy).
I do support gay marriage though. I firmly believe that if they would like to take that cliff dive into the shallow end of an empty kid pool and be as miserable as heterosexual couples, who cares? A local underground stand up comedian once said, “It’s like second hand smoke. Just don’t blow it in my face.” Is there a better motto for equality than that? No, there simply is not (but the same goes for everyone and everything, ranging from religion to your favorite color, keep that shit to yourself). Seriously though, if they want to go through the same judicial crap, sign the same papers, pay the same astronomical amount of money, have the same sappy ceremony, and invite the people who do support it… Who cares? If you don’t support the decision they are making to be married, then don’t go! It’s that simple! Hell, if they know you don’t support them, you probably won’t even get an invite. If you do, it’s probably because they hate you. In your face you bigot.
If they are putting more money back into circulation to help us get out of this multi- trillion-dollar debt we are nationally in and help the economy, why wouldn’t you support it? It’s not like they are trying to be able to mate on public streets. If they do that, they will be in jail just like you. Even if they did that, well it’s dinner and a show, am I right?
So why am I being put in this category of bigotry at family reunions and functions? My whole family, as far as I know, supports equality as it is, but why am I being pushed from the solo sad corner where I weep and quietly eat my food by myself and get shoved into the spotlight of “Hey everyone, look how great Eric looks! Let’s all talk about how he likes men!” Does that make sense? I usually enjoy being the center of attention, but to be ridiculed and made fun of because of your opinion? Now that’s just being rude. Let me live my high fashion, self-centered life of uppity choices and self-worth that I now question with myself thanks to this post (not really). This is the reason family sucks. Screw you all.
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