Do these guys look ashamed to you? No? Me neither. Yet in the local newspaper’s online open forums, a particularly staunch Christian posted this in an ongoing exchange:
“That is exactly why they have to have gay “pride” marches to attempt to overcome the shame. Does anyone here think that married heterosexual couples have ever considered a “Heterosexual Holy Matrimony Pride” parade? No! Why? There is no shame in what they do! And they don’t have to try and convince anyone… the American people… that heterosexual Holy Matrimony is normal, natural and in fact God’s design.”
I just about fell out of my chair laughing, and couldn’t type my response fast enough! I’ll bet you’ve already jumped ahead, and know what my reply was, haven’t you?
Well, of course there’s a “Heterosexual Holy Matrimony Pride” parade! They take place across this country every day, weather permitting! They usually take place right after a wedding, where the bride and groom climb into a car, often a limo, and drive off, leading a procession of friends and family in a rambunctious, loud, fun example of a “Heterosexual Holy Matrimony Pride” parade! There’s usually someone standing up through the sun roof of the limo, holding a champagne bottle, screaming at passerby’s, while the rest of the wedding party follows along, horns blaring, banners waving, and cars dressed up in streamers and bearing often times lewd comments across the windows! And they don’t even bother to get a parade permit!
The right wing in this country, and around the world for that matter, love to take images of the more outrageous behavior that often goes on at Pride events, and trot it out as being representative of every gay person in the world. You’ll never see them show a “normal” image from the parade, because that doesn’t suit their goals. Rather than show something like this,
a rather normal looking parade crowd, or this,
“just plain folks”, they’ll instead pick some picture of a leather stud in chains, walking his “boi”, or some tall drag queen camping it up for the crowd. It’s all part of their methodology to convince those who don’t know us that we’re all perverts (not that I think the leather stud, his boi, or the drag queen are perverts, not even close! but that’s their M.O.)
This is what they’re fighting against:
Love. Stop and think about that for a second. They’re fighting against love. They’re losing, too. They know it, and it’s making them fight even more furiously. They’re getting nasty. They’ve always trotted out the animal nonsense, so I think I’ll end with one that should really throw them for a loop…
Birds of a feather flock together. And that, Ron, is why we have Pride Parades. It’s a big party for like-minded people to express their love, friendship, laughter, and outright joy. That, and a wish to share it with you or anyone who wants to come out (in more ways than one!) and join us. The only shame is yours Ron, we won’t have any of it. Like the old saying goes, “been there, done that, got the T-Shirt”. We’ve dumped the shame, it was never ours to begin with. You should dump it, too. Come out into the sunshine and party with us. We’ll even spot you a beverage of your choice!
You can read some of the forum exchange here.
Sexy boys! Nice pictures