Sorry if nobody is interested in this. I just thought I should "come clean" on my rebirth. lol. This thread can be deleted if in the wrong place. My open mindedness has not always been as grand as it is now.
I shall admit that while I'm almost 35, I grew up in a very, very, very conservative family and I voted Republican for every election up until the last one . I have never really cared how people lived their life even if my parents, friends, etc seemed to. However, I never really decided to stand up for all people to have the same rights as me. Although, I was open minded, I guess at that point I was against "gay marriage" for no other reason than everybody else around me was. For that I will always be upset at myself over.
One year, Georgia put a constitutional amendment on the ballot defining marriage. As I read the proposed constitutional amendment, something came over me and I could not be a bystander anymore. I read that stupid amendment for thirty minutes and could not deny basic rights to a fellow citizen. Even thinking about voting to deny gay marriage made me feel so guilty. I decided to vote against Georgia's definition of what marriage was. I told many people I knew what I did, and they could not believe what I had done. I didn't care though. How ANYBODY could read that amendment and choose to deny anyone something as special as marriage was beyond me. I could not figure out why people cared who somebody loved. From that moment on, I have campaigned and pushed for that amendment to be revoked. So, while I cannot claim to have been an enlightened person my entire life, I just wanted people in this forum to realize that people can change and become how we all should be.
I'll be at Gay Days from June 3-11 with my wife and now three girls (10, 6, and 1). If you see me, say hi!
Hope I am not wrong for posting here,
Matt
PS. I'm not drunk. hahahaha
I shall admit that while I'm almost 35, I grew up in a very, very, very conservative family and I voted Republican for every election up until the last one . I have never really cared how people lived their life even if my parents, friends, etc seemed to. However, I never really decided to stand up for all people to have the same rights as me. Although, I was open minded, I guess at that point I was against "gay marriage" for no other reason than everybody else around me was. For that I will always be upset at myself over.
One year, Georgia put a constitutional amendment on the ballot defining marriage. As I read the proposed constitutional amendment, something came over me and I could not be a bystander anymore. I read that stupid amendment for thirty minutes and could not deny basic rights to a fellow citizen. Even thinking about voting to deny gay marriage made me feel so guilty. I decided to vote against Georgia's definition of what marriage was. I told many people I knew what I did, and they could not believe what I had done. I didn't care though. How ANYBODY could read that amendment and choose to deny anyone something as special as marriage was beyond me. I could not figure out why people cared who somebody loved. From that moment on, I have campaigned and pushed for that amendment to be revoked. So, while I cannot claim to have been an enlightened person my entire life, I just wanted people in this forum to realize that people can change and become how we all should be.
I'll be at Gay Days from June 3-11 with my wife and now three girls (10, 6, and 1). If you see me, say hi!
Hope I am not wrong for posting here,
Matt
PS. I'm not drunk. hahahaha