Remember those key words..."We have always been." We are NOT afflicted with some illness or chemical imbalance as some phoney scientists would say. We do NOT choose who we are attracted to and what we are, are NOT "lifestyle" choices.
We are Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual. We have existed since time immemorial. We roamed the plains of Africa at the birth of man and still reside in little villages all across that great continent. We walked in the shadow Roman columns and temples and still do their ruins. We tilled the ancient lands in the Yellow River valley and still toil to bear nature's fruit.
We are poets, authors, painters, sculptors, and musicians. We are politicians, judges, and lawyers. We are construction workers, fisherman, and coal miners. We are wealthy and drive flashy cars to work in glass towers. We are working class toilers and laborers breaking our backs to support our families and push our stalled piece of shit car home from work. We are men of the cloth and we are atheists and agnostics. We are policemen, firemen, and EMTs.
And...we are Grunts and Jarheads and Sailors and Airmen and so much more....
Seeing how memorial day is just around the corner, i thought i would add this as well...
We froze with Washington at Valley Forge. Our blood stained corpses festered under the cruel sun at Gettysburg. Somewhere under a field in Flanders, our remains our growing poppies. We pulled our fellow shipmates out of the Pacific drink as Japanese Zeros roared over our sinking carrier, and gave a passionate kiss to the French maiden passing flowers to the liberators, only to stare a few seconds longer at the smiling lad just beyond our reach (about 30 years beyond). We cleaned the gaping wounds of the injured, plugged the hemorrhaging of thousands of men, and softly held the hands of thousands more, quelling their fear as they slipped away. And when the gore became too much, we embraced our fellow sisters close and gave each other strength in umpteen ways. We continue to serve proudly, despite the lingering shadow of which we must "not ask nor tell." We continue to serve and as such our remains our scattered with our straight brothers throughout the parched lands of Afghanistan and Iraq. We have and will continue to return home through Delaware in flag draped reminders of sacrifice...
http://progressivenation.us/2010/10/06/which-is-the-gay-one/ Honestly, this post did not begin as military centric but it somehow evolved into that given the proximity to Memorial Day. But the greater point I believe is this: We are all sexes, races, creeds, and colors. We are not a separate people. We did not come from a singular nation. We are all nations. Our blood is red. We love, we laugh, and we cry. We are....HUMAN. Our only difference is who we are hardwired to be attracted to.
There will continue to be those who balk and drag their feet, if not outright slam on the breaks of our progress as a nation, from the very top down to an average citizen. And while the pundits and the politicians play peacemaker and power player with our civil rights, we will continue to make that ultimate sacrifice for the country and the people that we love.
This is for all our serving men and women, gay, bisexual, and straight.
Happy Memorial Day.
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