Aug 02, 2012 2:14 AM GMT
Last Saturday I went out with a few friends and a friend of mine from South Carolina brought a friend of hers who was visiting. We were a good mix of sexual orientations, races, religions, etc.
Somehow gay marriage came up and this girl starts going all fundie, saying that she believes in the original definition of marriage as the bible says, and that gays are trying to force other people to accept them.
I don't know what came over me, I've just been really tired of the bullshit, tired of being told we have to respect other people's opinions even if they are being bigoted jerks.
I told her to please leave, that she was free to have whatever opinions she wants to have, but that I refused to spend any additional time with her. I told her that she was being prejudiced and that she was on the wrong side of history. She was shocked. So was my friend. Of course, it made everyone uncomfortable, but everyone seemed to agree with me (except my friend from SC, of course).
I refuse to believe that I have to respect people for having bigoted ideas. I'm sure someone at some point demanded that people who were against biracial marriage be respected. What would we say to them today?
You can say whatever you want to say, but you have to accept the blowback.
Somehow gay marriage came up and this girl starts going all fundie, saying that she believes in the original definition of marriage as the bible says, and that gays are trying to force other people to accept them.
I don't know what came over me, I've just been really tired of the bullshit, tired of being told we have to respect other people's opinions even if they are being bigoted jerks.
I told her to please leave, that she was free to have whatever opinions she wants to have, but that I refused to spend any additional time with her. I told her that she was being prejudiced and that she was on the wrong side of history. She was shocked. So was my friend. Of course, it made everyone uncomfortable, but everyone seemed to agree with me (except my friend from SC, of course).
I refuse to believe that I have to respect people for having bigoted ideas. I'm sure someone at some point demanded that people who were against biracial marriage be respected. What would we say to them today?
You can say whatever you want to say, but you have to accept the blowback.