Rant #1,460: Gay = Happy

With the landmark decision late last week by the Supreme Court that gay marriage was legal in every state in the Union, same sex couples now have the same marriage rights as couples of the opposite sex.

That is fine, it really is.

Gays have to live, too, and at this stage of the game, if they want to marry, they are now allowed to, whether they get married in New York, Arizona, Texas or Alaska.

At this juncture, I personally have no problem with this.

Although perhaps a bit awkward, I think a majority of people favored this anyway, and even though the Supreme Court voting was close, it doesn't matter right now, because it is the law of the land.

If it is the law of the land, then it must be supported by all Americans, and since it is now the law in our 50 states, then I support it.

However, I want to have my say about the gay lifestyle, and I know my view is going to rankle many.

While watching the news this weekend, and seeing the gay pride parades and hearing the opinions of many people about this decision, although I support same sex couples who want to marry, I am not going to go the length that some people are going, looking at homosexuality as "normal" behavior.

It appears that many people are now viewing this lifestyle as "normal," and sorry, I don't look at it that way, no matter what the law says.

Yes, I do believe that some people, probably the majority of gays, are probably born that way. It is in their DNA, in their genes.  I am no doctor, but studies have shown that people are born with this predilection, not necessarily pick it up as they mature.

However, I do believe that with the acceptance we have applied as a society to this lifestyle, some are picking it as a lifestyle choice. Some are simply choosing the gay lifestyle as the lifestyle they want to lead because it is, for whatever reason, convenient for them to do so.

I believe human beings were put onto this earth to procreate, and create the next generation of children.

I do not believe the gay lifestyle is a "normal" lifestyle, by any stretch of the imagination. It is an abhorrent lifestyle that we simply accept today.

Again, I do not accept the gay lifestyle as a normal one.

And I am not going to tote my Bible to prove this, as some would do.

No, I am simply going to say what I have in the past: that as a parent, if either of my children came out as gay, I would support them 1,000 percent, but I would question myself, asking myself what I did wrong as a parent for this to have happened.

Look, we live, work, play, and know people who are gay. They are generally good people, just like heterosexuals are

I have gays in my own extended family.

I am sure most people can probably say that, too.

But while they have marriage equality, sorry guys, this is not normal behavior, and to shove this down people's throats as "normal" as the heterosexual lifestyle is wrong.

I simply believe that the love between a man and a woman is what holds this society together, and anything that goes against that basic tenet makes us weaker.

Whatever we believe now, the mother and the father are the basic backbones of our civilization. The children of that union are the result of the love between the male and the female.

I know that that feeling goes against the grain of our current society, but I will never look at gays as "normal."

That again does not mean I cannot accept the Supreme Court's ruling. And no one should be discriminated against because of their sexuality.

It simply means that as much as gays want us to look at them as normal, in my opinion, that lifestyle will never be that way to me, no matter what some people want me to believe.

This is just one man's opinion, and I will stick with it.

Just don't equate gay marriage to the marriage between a man and a woman, or the gay lifestyle with a heterosexual one.

To me, it simply does not equate. Period.

On TV yesterday, they interviewed a person, who I assume is gay, at one of the parades. He pretty much put it right by saying that even with the ruling, gays would be on the fringes of society because they are "different."

Yes, they are different, and to me, they practice far from normal behavior.

But that being said, this ruling is a bonanza for many, including any business linked with weddings, such as printers, bakeries, suit makers, dress makers, etc. It gives them one more outlet to make money, and they will reap the cash generated by these types of unions.

And somewhere down the line, the courts will increase their workload, as even gays find out that not every union is a perfect one.

We heterosexuals know that already.

They will find out soon enough.

And by the way, I am not asking that anyone agree with me.

Heck, I may be wrong in my appraisal of this whole thing.

I do believe that a lot of people are putting a good face on this decision, so as to not draw controversy to themselves, but I believe that more people are unhappy with the decision than we may know.

For instance, any politician that comes out against this decision is basically cutting his own political throat at this place and time.

But personally, I believe what I believe, and popular or unpopular, I think it is high time someone else chimed in with their opinion on this subject, even if a lot of people would question that opinion.

And I just did.