Pray The Gay Away

We are already at Weds. This week seems to be just flying by which is surprising considering it’s been a crap week for me.

I’m angry at the world right now and all the injustices and I really don’t know why.  For so long I would say yeah, that’s not fair and pretty much sucks but I wouldn’t get pissed about it.For instance, I watched a show late last night on OWN called Our America with Lisa Ling. I try and catch it every week, but I’ve yet to be successful at that. LOL Anyway….the episode I saw at 1 in the morning was one I had heard about but missed.  This episode was Pray the Gay away.  The thought process is if you pray hard enough you will become straight. That there is no way to be a good Christian if you are gay.  WHAT?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My heart simply broke for the people who were trying so hard to change themselves into something they aren’t. 

My thoughts are this. If the Christian God is an all loving God then tell me why is it so taboo to be gay and a Christian?  Because society says it’s not right? Because it makes people uncomfortable? Because out of an entire book there are a few passages that say it’s not ok? (don’t even get me started on that) What? Why can’t we just love people for who and what they are? 

Why must people have to fight so hard to be themselves? There have been so many suicides over the last few years because people who are gay are getting bullied so badly for it they simply see death as the only  way out.  How can people be so mean?

I was watching a show on PBS on Sunday called Marwencol about this man who was beaten to the point of losing his memories for being a cross dresser. He will never be the same again. He was once a man with a future and now he is afraid to leave his home so he has created a fantasy world in which he lives in now.  He is the nicest man you could ever meet but because he was different 5 men took it upon themselves to beat this man almost to his death.

What is wrong with our country when a person isn’t free to be who they are? I myself have experienced hate because I’m pagan. I’ve been called a Heathen condemned to go to hell.  As a woman I’ve experienced sexual harassment through out the years. Been told my opinion doesn’t matter.  Simply for being a woman.

It’s time to stand up and let people know it’s not ok to hate, or judge another for the sexual preference, religious beliefs, or color of their skin.  Personally, when I see someone filled with so much hate because I’m a pagan I don’t get angry. I feel bad for that person. How miserable they must be in their own life. How awful it must be to live your life with such a closed mind. The Christian God does not hate, they are taught to love one another. Apparently there are clauses, such as if you are gay, or another religion, or just being a woman makes you a second class citizen in come Christian circles.

I have brought my kids up to love each other, to be open minded and not judge another. To see each person as a person and not to be defined by the color of their skin, or if they are gay. But to look deeper into a person and see them for who they are on the inside. 

I close with a song that most if not all of you know. Imagine by John Lennon