Ever since I understood or was aware that people could be
gay, lesbian, bisexual or straight I found it absolutely mind boggling how,
regardless of which one of those “status’” you relate to, if you identified with
any of the first three you were discriminated against. It is a simple fact,
today, in the 21st century, when we’re supposed to have flying cars
and find the cure for cancer, many people are busy having explosive diahorrea
over the thought of two men or two women uniting in marriage and having a
family.
I come from quite a religious family. We were all raised
Catholics and mass every Sunday was non- negotiable, (Until of course I turned
eighteen and realised I could utilise Sundays for curing a hangover, like a
sloth, in my bed.) Since I can remember
I’ve always had an urge to challenge ‘the system’. Basically if I felt like
something was bullshit or it didn’t suit my views I would have a great deal to
say about it. Now you can imagine how my teenage raging hormones fuelled these
‘FUCK THE SYSTEM’ rants and after many years attending church I found myself
constantly challenging and questioning the validity and supposed reality of
what it teaches.
Why were there no female priests? Why did we say “Lord I am
not worthy to receive you but only say the world and my soul shall be healed’
when I had done nothing wrong in the first place? Why did priests often give
out about divorce and homosexuality, rather than focusing on the core idea
behind the church: forgiveness and acceptance? These were just some of the many
things I questioned about this religion I was brought up to believe in.
The outcome of my questioning was this: the Catholic Church
and the vast majority of groups associated with are giant, raging, hypocritical
HOMOPHOBICS and SEXISTS.
What is a homophobic you may ask?
Homophobia is a range of negative attitudes and feelings
toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian,
gay, bisexual or transgender. It can be expressed as antipathy, contempt,
prejudice, aversion or hatred. It may be based on irrational fear and is sometimes
related to religious beliefs
Now, I take great joy in introducing you to the Iona
Institute. You may remember this bunch of moronic fatheads from this OBVIOUSLY
homophobic video:
Now with that joyful video in mind, I’ll tell ye a little
story about these pricks. So say what you will about Drag Queens, but I fucking
love them. (I even dressed up as one for Halloween one year because I love
their over the top make up so much). Anyways, Rory O Neill is also known as
Panti Bliss when kitted out in drag. He appeared on the Saturday Night Show
recently and mentioned that there is homophobia within the country and that it
is especially visible on the internet (TROLLZ) and through the media (i.e.
‘journalists’ who get paid to write their views on ‘teh gayz’)
He goes on to mention names of these so called journalists:
John Waters and Breda O Brien and suddenly the shit hit the fan. RTE receive
legal threats and complaints from the Iona Institute and ends up releasing an
apology for the words of Rory O Neill during that segment of the show.
Say hello to Breda O’Brien:
As well as having a face like a bucket of squashed crabs, Breda
is also a raging homophobe.
The Iona institute, along with the Catholic Church teaches
that marriage is a union solely built for men and women and it must not be
redefined in any shape or form. What I find comical about the church is that
they like to pick and choose what they do and don’t believe in.
For instance, in the New Testament it says:
‘You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an
abomination."
BUT it also says
“That does not have fins and
scales among all the teeming life of the water, and among all the living
creatures that are in the water, they are detestable” (i.e.
you can’t eat prawns or mussels or any other type of shellfish)
I wonder have Breda or
John ever eaten sausages?
Leviticus 11:8, which is discussing pigs, reads "You shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you."
Let’s hope they haven’t because they’re likely to burn in
the smelly pits of hell if they have as they have broken the rules of the
Bible.
Anyhow, the whole idea of marriage, according to these
people, is that children have ‘a mammy and a daddy’. Now, let us pause for a
moment and think about the amount of divorced couples within the church, the
amount of children who have been abandoned by their parents and are in state
homes or orphanages around the world. Or how about the children who grow up
with just a dad or a mom, and have never heard or seen sight nor light of their
other parent, either through death or absence. The reality is this is a very
common occurrence throughout the world, not just in Ireland. So the gays can’t
reproduce. But male and female couples are not exactly role models for the
perfect family units either. UNICEF stated that in 2005 there were over 132
million orphans in Sub Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
How many of those children would be delighted to be adopted and have two
parents, regardless of gender, to love and care for them. Many Conservatives
will oppose this idea with disgust. Their argument being: “YOU’LL MAKE THE
CHILDREN GAY TOO”. But hang on, how many of these gay parents came from two
straight parents? Therefore, their argument is completely invalid.
My whole qualms with the lack of acceptance of LGBT rights
within Ireland and the world as a whole is that more often than not, the church
has a massive role in the opposition. The church and state should have
absolutely no connection. We cannot make our laws with the views of any
religion in mind, as by doing this we are marginalising a massive part of
society. It baffles me as to why, in Ireland especially, we allow the church to
do wrong by us over and over again and no one bats an eyelid. We need to wake
up, open our minds and our eyes. Homosexuality is NOT a choice. It is how
people are meant to be.
Why can’t we let people be happy? Life is miserable enough
already without making issues out of something as simple as marriage and human
rights. Seriously, if Mary and Margaret want to get married and adopt children
what effect will this ultimately have on your life?
NO REALLY, THINK ABOUT IT?
Will you need Anti Depressants? Will your every thought be
about what Mary and Margaret might be doing?
Seriously lads, we’re in the 21st century and it honestly
pains me that we are still this fucking backward.
LIVE AND LET LIVE
Goodnight Irene
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