Gay All The Time

I wonder at times, is it right to push one viewpoint over another? Where does the line get drawn between ‘bashing‘ and simply forceful debate, forceful differences of opinion?

Take the whole issues of Religion and Homosexuality.

The Head of the Anglicans has asked that no new Bishops be consecrated, if they are homosexuals. It is a desire to avoid a schism in the Anglican wing of Christianity, and I wonder, is that request a blow to Gay Rights, or simply an attempt to let nature take its course?

“A fellow Christian may believe they have a profound fresh insight. They seek to persuade others about it. A healthy church gives space for such exchanges,” he told the 650 bishops at the meeting in Canterbury, England. “But the Christian with the new insight can’t claim straight away that this is now what the Church of God believes or intends.” (source - USA Today)

It makes sense to a point, but I wonder really is this about having space to debate the issue, or is it really a veiled attempt at keeping the opponents of same sex marriage, preachers, Bishops, happy? Is this appeasement, or truly an attempt to open a dialogue free from pressure? And should there be such a cooling off period, such a moratorium?

What one believes in, what their faith is, is rather a personal thing. I don’t know if any Organized Religious Group can truly alter how any single member feels. Does having a Gay Bishop matter to the man whose child is suffering from Cancer? Does a woman who’s been raped truly care if two guys can be married in her Church?

Is what a Preacher says on the pulpit going to really make a Gay Man deny his homosexuality, or suddenly become Heterosexual? Will the sermons of Hate about Gays really change, even if the hierarchy allow same sex marriage? I know that the story of the Wandering Jew is still preached, even when Popes have said it is a wrong message. I know that there are still many who preach about separation of races, and yet in society, race segregation isn’t tolerated.

The belief of racists didn’t stop the Civil Rights movement, even when it was led by the same style of Preacher and Politician that we have today, so does it really matter if some major religious group supports or opposes Gays in their Church? Most Religious Orders believe in Compassion, are supposedly INTOLERANT OF HATE, and yet that is exactly what they do. Despite all the sermons about loving one’s neighbour, one’s brother, it is clear that their sermons really have no effect, so why should we fight so hard for them to accept us?

Does it matter if the Bishop over in Texas of California accepts us? Isn’t it more important that we believe that GOD does? And really until HE comes down to Earth, to tell us we are Sinners, or Not, it is simply a personal belief. No Pope, no Bishop, No Rabbi, can change how WE BELIEVE IN GOD.

Which is what DADT¹ is really about. While General Peter Pace claims the US Military upholds a higher standard of ethics, he supports the Clinton Compromise of making people LIE. Now some will argue that DADT isn’t about lying, just not volunteering information, but isn’t there something in the Bible about Sins of Omission? Yet here is the Religious Right insisting that Homosexuals abandon their truth, that they OMIT telling anyone they are, WHO GOD CREATED.

The US Congress is once again debating this fifteen year old bill, and again the religious nut jobs are in full throttle. Again they claim that having openly serving gays will disrupt unit cohesiveness, will create untold problems, but what they don’t get, that shit didn’t work in the late 1940’s and 1950’s either when they tried to deny blacks from serving in mixed units.  Racism Never Works.

Among the most arresting debates Wednesday came when Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Pa., a first-term congressman and the only Iraq war veteran in Congress, accused a witness of implying that U.S. service members weren’t professional enough to handle serving with homosexuals. (source - CBS News)

In some ways, I would agree. Americans really don’t seem willing to accept change, or people who are different very easily. I would call that racism, but then I am not politically correct. Course all those who oppose homosexuals, do so out of a deep moral conviction, a deep religious belief. They seem to forget, that as all man is created by HIM, that even us nasty queers are HIS CHILDREN.

So now, they have come up with a new one. They claim that allowing us Queers to openly serve, and because we are such horny persuasive people, the incidents of HIV INFECTION will rise Dramatically among the US Military Personnel.

Donnelly contended that if the law were repealed the number of HIV-positive service members would probably increase.

Rep. Vic Snyder, D-Ark., a Vietnam veteran and medical doctor, called that comment “so inappropriate” and suggested that Donnelly advocate for the military to recruit only lesbians, who he said have a low incidence of HIV. (source - CBS News)

You gotta love these hypocrites. To begin with, HIV is not restricted to just Gay Men, just as Gonorrhea or Syphilis aren’t restricted to single straight heterosexuals. Then again, I suppose this is all part of the secret Gay Agenda, to infect straight soldiers with HIV, so we can make them all Gay too. What galls me is that these people are being paid by Tax Dollars for their warped opinions. No wonder the Military is so screwed up.

Seems that in the 2010 Census, Married Gay Couples in CA & MASS won’t be counted in the US Census. It is being claimed that due to the ‘Defense of Marriage Act‘ that they passed, it doesn’t matter what individual States do or don’t do, least when it applies to Homosexuals.

The Census Bureau says the federal Defense of Marriage Act bars the agency from recognizing gay marriages in the nation’s 10-year count, even though the marriages are legal in Massachusetts and California. (source - CBS News)

I suppose many are probably saying: SO What?

Well at first so did I, until I read the story, and one small blurb is what got the mind clicking. If ‘married‘ gay couples aren’t listed, or shown, how can there be any effort to force a change in the Federal System of granting benefits to Gay Couples? Politicians RELY on the Census for demographics, to help formulate their policies, or at least that is the theory.

So if Gay Couples aren’t listed, aren’t counted, how can any Government Agency take note of it? Seems that by NOT COUNTING GAY COUPLES or even LISTING SEXUAL ORIENTATION, we are being kept in the Closet. It makes US INVISIBLE TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. And that is not a good thing.

If they know there are X Number of Gay’s, it might sway them to NOT IGNORE OUR NEEDS.

It might make the recall of DADT come quicker, might make the Mathew Shepard Act get signed into law, if they knew HOW MANY OF US THERE ARE. This is what ‘not being counted‘ really means. All this talk about bringing Immigrants OUT OF THE SHADOWS is bullshit, because here they are insuring that those of us who are different, ARE KEPT IN THE SHADOWS.

I guess the bottom line is simple, do you use condoms when you have anal sex?

For myself, the wife and I do use them, and we have been together now for 12 years. I know he won’t cheat on me, nor will I, on him. Yet we still use them, and I think it comes from fear. YES, fear, because there is no way of knowing for sure, how long a virus can remain dormant in our systems. That is why we still practice Safe Sex.

Both of us, have had our moments before we hooked up, so I don’t know, I simply don’t want to get him sick. He feels the same way, so yes we use Condoms, yet if you listen to the various forums, discussions, more and more Men are opting to forgo using Condoms.

The arguments are varied, but for most it seems to be that one, they don’t feel as natural as doing it without protection. Another excuse is that well, it is inconvenient to stop and put one on. Now, there are other reasons, but for the most part those are the two main one’s that I hear, and more than likely are what you might be thinking as well.

Truth of the matter is, IT IS YOUR LIFE. And no, not just talking about HIV either. That is just one of the many diseases that one can contract if you don’t use a condom. YES, they are not 100% guaranteed safe, you can still contract a disease, but the simple fact is, IT REDUCES DRAMATICALLY THE RISK OF INFECTION. Now that may not mean much, because after all, there are pills or shots to take, that can clear it up.

Course that assumes you get regularly tested for those diseases, and that your system hasn’t built up an immunity to the cure, or that the disease isn’t a strain that has built up a resistance to the treatment. The rise of super bugs is real, so it isn’t just a matter of getting a shot anymore.

The rate of P&S syphilis among men has risen 54 percent over the past five years (from 3.7 per 100,000 in 2002 to 5.7 per 100,000 in 2006), driving overall increases in syphilis rates for the nation. Several sources of data suggest that increased transmission of P&S syphilis among MSM may be largely responsible for these increases. Over time, the disparity between male and female case rates has grown considerably. The P&S syphilis rate among males is now nearly six times the rate among females, whereas the rates were almost equivalent a decade ago. (source - Center for Disease Control)

Now I don’t know about you, but that is scary shit. It is like the whole world has gone a bit over the edge, between flooding, warmer than normal temperatures, colder than normal in spots, and just, well everything. From falling house prices, to increase reposessions of cars, and foreclosures. Yet while they might be things we can’t do something about, infections are something we can try to limit, to mitigate.

Using Condoms might not feel natural, but then again, if your dick falls off or gets cut off because it’s diseased, ain’t nothing gonna feel natural again, now is it?

Sure, you might have to stop for a minute to unroll a condom, but if you do it the way my wife does, it can make the other person even more ready, hotter in fact. It can be fun, be very erotic too, or you can simply ignore it, and well so what if your groin is covered in ugly sores? I mean that’ll sure get that hot stud wanting to go down on you, won’t it?

Syphilis, a genital ulcerative disease, is highly infectious, but easily curable in its early (primary and secondary) stages. If untreated, it can lead to serious longterm complications, including brain, cardiovascular, and organ damage, and even death. (source - CDC)

So Is Your Life Worth It?

According to the Legal Beagles, Porn is the gratuitous display of sex, that serves no redeeming social purpose and is therefore, NOT ALLOWED.  It has nothing of value, and as such is something that needs to be stamped out.  Like yeah, I believe that… NOT.

Pornography, or the wanton depiction of people engaged in wanton sex is nothing new. It has existed from the early cave paintings to the latest release by Bel Ami. Yet, the Conservatives seem hell bent on making Porn something to hate, to consign to the trash, that it is something good decent folks don’t view, or have. Course, unless you happen to be a Politician or some Evangelist Preacher. Then, well it is different.

Simple truth is that the greatest collection of these so called pornographic images, is in the Vatican. Now, why do you suppose they have the largest collection? To deny it from the common folk? Or are they afraid of it making people realize that sex is not dirty, but a totally natural act?

In reality, Pornography does have some basic redeeming qualities, least in my opinion. I mean, it is a stimulant, it gives those who watch it, the ability to get in the mood. I mean I am married, and yet the wife enjoys whacking off, and well, it isn’t like I am going to walk around naked 24/7 just so he can get aroused. So yeah, he likes to watch some porn, view some hot sexy pictures, to get himself in the mood, to stimulate not just his natural urges, but to get the old imagination working.

And that isn’t a bad thing either. I mean if it makes him think of different guys, different situations, or expands his thinking a little, how can that be bad? Now it doesn’t make him want to go out and cheat on me, it doesn’t make him want to have some sort of weird sex either. Nor does it make him want to hire a prostitute, or make someone into a sex slave.

For some people, the ability to jerk off, to get aroused, is a way for them to find release. It is a way for them to escape from the day to day drudgery of life. It can help ease a feeling of depression, of anxiety. To let one go, to experience the natural physical release that sex is, well, that isn’t a bad thing. Sex, without love maybe not as intense, but it is a release none the less. Pornography is something that helps stimulate that purely physical aspect of sex. It isn’t dirty, it isn’t deviant, it is simply a tool to help a person be aroused.

For those who say Pornography gives a wrong impression, the simple truth is, that if a person already has a sick mind, pornography or some violent video game isn’t going to make them act it out. They are already disposed to doing that, and it can be a simple news clip about some Preacher getting caught with his pants down, that can trigger a sicko. So do we ban the News too?

You can hear them bellowing, all the way from Jerusalem.

The Anglican’s have wrapped another of their major meetings, to try and resolve the issue of some Churches being accepting of Homosexuals. Some it seems don’t like Queers, and well, frankly their WHITE SHEETS are looking a bit tattered from OVERUSE.

Bet these are descendants from the Ancient Greeks, who helped to push aside the accepted practice of Pederasty, in order to maintain their own control over people.

And yet while their voices claim to represent some THIRTY FIVE MILLION PEOPLE, you have to wonder if they can count, or if they are simply inflating the numbers, to inflate their own egos. Yet, one shouldn’t be harsh, after all these ARE MEN OF GOD… SO THEY CLAIM.

In its statement, the group, which says it represents 35 million Anglicans, accused churches in the West of proclaiming “a false gospel [that] undermines the authority of God’s word” and promotes a “variety of sexual preferences and immoral behaviour.” (source - CBC News)

This is not a new problem, nor will it be a simple one to end. After all, Bigots have a habit of not going away, but of simply hiding in the bushes, to attack when people let their guard down. And yes, they can cloak themselves in Religious Mumbo Jumbo, but the simple fact is, being Gay is as natural as breathing air is. It is who some people are, and if you believe in a Divine Entity, well you have to accept that HE/SHE KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

IF Christ did exist, and IF the stories of him are TRUE, then these supposed Men of God are nothing but Fakes, Charletons. For CHRIST did not REJECT people, but wanted ALL OF THE PEOPLE to HEAR GOD’S WORDS, to be a part of his world.

AND THERE WERE NO STRINGS ATTACHED.