A "You're doing it Right" moment
Jul. 22nd, 2010 09:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
valarltdTo understand this story, you have to know I have a satellite radio in the truck and listen to the news off OutQ, the QUILTBAG channel.
So, Oli is riding along with me. I'm listening to the news.
There's an article about gay marriage, people fighting it and the bans on it.
After the news, I turn it back to music, as neither The Morning Jolt nor Frank DiCaro is kid-safe (sometimes not Mom-safe even).
She's sitting quietly and looking puzzled. Then she asks, "Why would someone want to ban same-sex marriage? Why don't they just accept people for who they are?"
I had a very quiet YES! moment, and then explained that some people believed that gay wasn't something people are, just something they do, and that they thought it was wrong and people should stop doing it. So, to make people stop, they like to make laws that punish people for doing gay things. I also added that most people's opposition was based mostly on going "Ewww" when they thought of kissing someone of the same sex.
So, Oli is riding along with me. I'm listening to the news.
There's an article about gay marriage, people fighting it and the bans on it.
After the news, I turn it back to music, as neither The Morning Jolt nor Frank DiCaro is kid-safe (sometimes not Mom-safe even).
She's sitting quietly and looking puzzled. Then she asks, "Why would someone want to ban same-sex marriage? Why don't they just accept people for who they are?"
I had a very quiet YES! moment, and then explained that some people believed that gay wasn't something people are, just something they do, and that they thought it was wrong and people should stop doing it. So, to make people stop, they like to make laws that punish people for doing gay things. I also added that most people's opposition was based mostly on going "Ewww" when they thought of kissing someone of the same sex.
