On the previous Journal
5 years ago
General
Once upon a time...
If it seems sudden, it was also prompted by this.
I don't think my fellow Catholic furs really appreciate what it feels like to be gay and Catholic. I don't think most of them understand what it feels like to be simultaneously told you belong and while having the people around you only seeming to want you as long as you pretend you're not gay. Or seemingly wanting to eliminate that aspect of you.
I really wonder if they can understand what it feels like to be told I shouldn't have the option to marry or to adopt. I really wonder if they can understand that when I see countries like Hungary curtailing GLBT+ rights, I also see them cheering it on because it's the same sort of argument they make.
I really wonder if they can understand the pain I feel, especially when people I'd have once considered close friends basically seem to be on the side of people who want me as a second class (or worse) citizen.
I don't think my fellow Catholic furs really appreciate what it feels like to be gay and Catholic. I don't think most of them understand what it feels like to be simultaneously told you belong and while having the people around you only seeming to want you as long as you pretend you're not gay. Or seemingly wanting to eliminate that aspect of you.
I really wonder if they can understand what it feels like to be told I shouldn't have the option to marry or to adopt. I really wonder if they can understand that when I see countries like Hungary curtailing GLBT+ rights, I also see them cheering it on because it's the same sort of argument they make.
I really wonder if they can understand the pain I feel, especially when people I'd have once considered close friends basically seem to be on the side of people who want me as a second class (or worse) citizen.
History will prove that ruling a mistake. I know that isn't any help right now, but so many people see that it's just wrong.
Indagare
~indagare
OP
Even if they do, there's no counter to the federal judges other than to wait. The damage to the court system with all the Trump appointees won't be fixable for at least two or three generations, if even then. I'm almost certainly not going to live to see it.
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