It's is a sad irony that on the local news they are showing 100 couples getting married on the steps of the Arizona capitol building. This is all in relation to the Arizona Centennial. The reporters are gushing about the love going on at the ceremony, treating the coverage like it is some Hollywood awards event. I can tell by the scroll of upcoming stories there will be more things about romantic getaways, how to keep a long lasting relationship and marriage. All of this talk about Valentine's Day, couples and marriage yet if you are homosexual and want to talk about or share your love with your same sex or transgendered partner, you can't do it.

I'm sure people like Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and others would claim they don't discriminate against those in the LGBTQ community. They would say they can marry, just not each other. I have been investigating a lot about interracial couples at the turn of the last century and the laws in place to dissuade the activity. It should not be considered ironic to know that many of the arguments used by conservatives against same sex marriage were the same used against interracial marriages. It's a day like today where I feel sadness, actually sadness isn't the right word anymore. I feel a bit of shame for my fellow Americans who would deny people the simple inalienable right that many have fought and died for; the simple act of two people being able to openly express their love for one another. While I'm not gay and really can't experience what it must be to have to hide the love you have for a partner, when Valentine's Day comes around and there is so much blatant pressure for people to be in a relationship, to show love for your partner, I begin to understand the what this fight is about. As the online video site suggests it is getting better, it is not better enough. (I know, not the best grammar) I think of some of my LGBTQ friends who would be courting danger if they held hands in public, or kissed. How does their show of affection any different than a husband coming home from the war and kissing his opposite sex partner? How is it different for two men holding hands than a wife kissing her husband goodbye as he leaves for work? Why do people feel it might be uncomfortable, and feel they must be militantly vocal about a same sex couple kissing in a public place and having to explain that to 'the children' when teenagers feeling each other up in a public place doesn't warrant the same righteous indignation?

This is a day to celebrate love and I think it should be celebrated and expressed by all people.

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LGBTQ Love Need Coverage on Valentine's Day - February 14, 2012
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