As I have grown up, although I am still only 16, I feel like I have seen things. I know things. Some people say I am wise beyond my years. Believe strongly in things. I love my family, and I love my friends. Sometimes, though, we don’t always see eye to eye. My mom and I had to house sit for a friend one time. This friend is also her boss. She is gay and right before we house sat, they had a union ceremony. You see, at that time, it was not legal in KY to get married if you were gay. They went on a honeymoon, I think to Maine, to actually get married. So, for a month we watched the house. My friends came over and spent the night on several occasions. One of my best friends, that I have known for years, was very anti-gay. I don’t think this was so much his beliefs, but the strong beliefs of his very conservative, and at times hypocritical parents. After his mother and him seeing a “wedding”
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It was really hot. I noticed as the hours went by, it seemed tempers began to really boil. I thought that this is about to get heated. All of the sudden one of the “Christians”, who was “professing” Gods love, came over to my friend, myself and several others. He had a bullhorn. I knew this was not going to be good. He started screaming into the horn, standing directly in our faces, that God hates us. God said we were all going to hell. As he was screaming, I remember thing, “no I am not going to hell. God saved me a long time ago.” He was screaming so hard and loudly and hatefully, you could just see the sweat dripping down his face. We just stood there and said nothing. He began to point at all of us and call us all homos. I wanted to say something, but did not think it would help, so I just kept it to myself I was not gay, just there to support equal rights. Such a hard and emotionally draining day. I was happy to finally get home. I was also stoked that I believed in something so much, I was willing to support it in
It was really hot. I noticed as the hours went by, it seemed tempers began to really boil. I thought that this is about to get heated. All of the sudden one of the “Christians”, who was “professing” Gods love, came over to my friend, myself and several others. He had a bullhorn. I knew this was not going to be good. He started screaming into the horn, standing directly in our faces, that God hates us. God said we were all going to hell. As he was screaming, I remember thing, “no I am not going to hell. God saved me a long time ago.” He was screaming so hard and loudly and hatefully, you could just see the sweat dripping down his face. We just stood there and said nothing. He began to point at all of us and call us all homos. I wanted to say something, but did not think it would help, so I just kept it to myself I was not gay, just there to support equal rights. Such a hard and emotionally draining day. I was happy to finally get home. I was also stoked that I believed in something so much, I was willing to support it in