Love isn't reserved for all the straight-folk

OK, so I just wrote a post about abortion -I know, a topic SO controversial it should never be discussed! LOL- so I figured I might as well talk about the second most controversial topic out there: HOMOSEXUALITY

A lot of people think they can make homosexuals disappear, but let's face it, homosexuality has been around FOREVER. In all cultures, their is some sort of documentation of it (be it negative or positive). A lot of people think homosexuality is a choice, but I say , who the hell would CHOOSE the persecution and ridicule that comes along with homosexuality (at least in Christian and Muslim cultures). 

And a lot of people think marriage and adoption should be off limits to homosexuals. This makes me sad. I simply do not see how being with someone of the same sex changes the love you feel in your heart, your ability to commit to someone for the rest of your life, or the ability to care for and nurture a child. 

When people say gay marriage negatively affects the sanctity of marriage, all I can do it laugh. When in the heterosexual population the divorce rate is 50% or higher in most states and provinces in North America, I think "the sanctity of marriage" got desecrated  a LONG time ago! Am I saying that gay couples should force ministers to marry them, "NO". Just as everyone has the freedom to love whomever they want, people have religious freedoms, and should not have to go against their beliefs just to make others happy. That said, non-denominational and civil ceremonies should be available for all people to join together in love.

When it is said that homosexuals are unfit to raise children, again, all I can do is laugh. With a higher than ever number of single parent households and orphanages around the world busting at the seems, how can someone say that two people that are lovingly committed to one another could not lovingly raise a child? If one heterosexual can do it, why can't two homosexuals? Isn't it better for a child to grow up loved by two homosexuals than alone in an orphanage with no one who gives a rats ass about them?

Homosexuals are people who need all the same things everyone else does. Love isn't reserved for all the straight-folk. I just wish that everyone would realize love is love... I don't know why heterosexuals are so 'scared' of homosexuals anyway, it isn't like like they are going to kiss you and pass on "the gay"!