I believe in love; It's all we got

I can't believe that there are still people in the world who look down upon others for their sexual preferences. It's honestly baffling to me. Here's a comment I came across in response to an article on whether or not California will fight prop 8:

"Well if gays are allowed to marry then I suppose a man can marry his horse or a woman can marry her dog or a grownup can marry a child or how about multiple people marrying eachother?Afterall, isn't it all love and why if one type of degenerate love cannot be discriminated against can't other types as well?In the future there won't be any Churches because the gays will have sued all of them into bankruptcy as well as having their tax exempt status taken away for refusing to marry them and marriage of any sort will most likely be considered a homosexual thing just like the rainbow is now considered a symbol of homosexuality."

I actually thought this was a joke the first time I read it. No way, I thought, did someone really just compare a gay man to a fucking horse. I read more feedback by this reader and found out, to my dismay, that this was a totally sincere comment. I literally almost threw up. There are few things more beautiful than love between two human beings, and to not recognize that is something I simply cannot understand. How can you call any love between two people "degenerate"? The argument that love between two people of the same sex is in some way lesser than that of a heterosexual couple has always confused me.

Also, WHY would marriage become a symbol of homosexuality?? Because it's something homosexuals are able to do? Gay people each sandwiches sometimes too, does that mean my PB&J is a gay pride symbol? Fucking ridiculous.

PS: For the record, if homosexuality eliminates churches, as this reader suggests it will, I will be eternally celebrating.

I came across another reader's (guy named "Flip) response to this closed-minded righty ranting. If I knew him personally, I would hug him:

"It's always shocking to see we have so many ignorant bigots left in this world. If you voted Yes on 8, or supported it, then you don't support equal rights. That simple. You voted for, or supported taking other human's rights away from them, while your rights remained untouched. You deserve aboslutely no help from anyone when your rights end up being on the line.If you really love someone, you don't love them because they have nice tits or a huge dick. You love what's inside of them. Whether you call that a soul, or a spirit, or a personality, that's what you love. Love is love. Souls don't have genitalia. Use your brains. Don't fall back on what your mythology, I mean religion, tells you. And if you think Rush Limbaugh is a decent human being with relevant and intelligent things to say, you're beyond help. I pity you."

Exactly. Exactly exactly exactly. Love is love. Get with the program.