I have such a hard time believing how violently folks can hate one another over something that just IS….

Maybe it’s because I’m an eternal optimist and a white heterosexual woman, and raised in a liberal state that has legally recognized same-sex marriage (Mass.) but I really, really don’t understand what all the hate and panic and fear is about. I was raised Catholic, and somehow I missed the sermon about how we were supposed to hate and fear people different from us (I was too busy listening to how Jesus loves all of us, I guess). Maybe that’s why I married a Jewish guy, I don’t know!

I dated a guy in high school who eventually “came out”. I love him as a friend, and what’s the big deal? At the same time, I am proud as hell to be from Massachusetts where our historical roots in Puritanism have been happily eroded by a history of rebellion – against tyranny, slavery, and discriminating against people because of their choice of whom to love. We all have a long way to go—but when you think about it, what possible justification does anyone have for damning people who love one another?