I never curse on Facebook, nor do I curse in my blog. If I were ever to make a singular exception to that self-imposed rule of mine, however - it would be right now. And by golly, would it be big.
It would be the typewritten equivalent of a "scream" at the top of my lungs, with whatever is analogous to all of the breath that I could muster - from within the finite anatomy of my infinite being- and in all the most giant of caps. Letters - emboldened to the greatest extent possible, and rendered in the chunkiest, or heftiest of fonts - would spell out my proclamation that this insane debate is G&D D^#N M{•£*RF&)@ING DISGUSTING! And, that I am outraged to a transformative extent - sparing me what would otherwise manifest as deep, horrific shame.
Who in the sam heck are these monsters? ....emerging from subtle shadows still cast by the specter of Jim Crow. What grand gall hath inspired them to claim the right of conjure? ....for these wicked potions of state sanctioned oppression. And what ostentatious, ludicrous audacity permitted them to extinguish their collective conscience to allow for the revisionist relabeling of their vile bigotry as "proposition 8," or "DOMA," et al.
Such dark souls: To embrace what we already know is evil, in the void which was their hearts. To harness its power within the span of their wings, buffeting the recently inspired - though formerly meek & socially weak, & recently in-hiding: With vicious flaps, and striking slaps, with violence that robs its victims of their very identity as perceived by the State, and of their hard earned fiduciary bonds, and of their veracity as beloveds.
Yes, I'd curse like mad, and say "F&;K you" to these Adolf Hitlers, masquerading in a pie dish filled with rotten, putrid apples. F*#K these little Stalins - pretending their violence is virtue - just like good old Uncle Joe. F+#K these Jeffrey Dahmers in dresses and suits - eating human souls instead of flesh. And F¥€K these pathetic unhorned devils, claiming Christ as their own. The real, historical Jesus would have millstones with every one of their names engraved - just waiting to send them to the depths of the ocean - and the very depths of hell. They have certainly harmed many of his little children: They failed to listen - and failed to heed. He warned, but they ignored - and they are not Christ's children. They are murderers and thieves and selfish little serpents who ought be cast out and made to slither on the ground.
Rise up, my grunge generation. Rise up and prove your worth. We have scholars and saints among us too - now write the definitive work. Define discrimination - in irrefutable legalese once and for God dang all - for liberty - and for justice. THIS is with what our constitution needs to be mended - patches for dangerous loopholes. This moth-eaten ban on discrimination.... Sew it up and ban it all.
These are not opinions. This is right and wrong. When so many homosexuals realized they were not sinners and that they were not sick, when so many became unafraid of the world without the closet, and when so many of the best and the brightest agreed...when derogatory phrases about homosexuals became taboo, when gay bashing became a hate crime.... Jesus, people - the conclusion had already become foregone! Those milestones are what should have been a simple moment of official "oh duh." The realization of a procedural hiccup that could be amended with the creation of a single GPO form (Government Printing Office). It should have become available to every town clerk and city hall. A bleeping non-issue. The politicization of the apolitical human right of union with another: It is unamerican, anti-freedom, and inhumane.
So, whether you were my fellow grungy 90ians, or more hip-hoppy, or whatever else there was -maybe goth? - at the time - u r now of age to really do something about it - especially if you went to law school, or if u made much money, or have access to big media power. Do it. Fix it. This amounts to our Bob Dylan moment. This is where we say "ok we have really had enough of this BS. We are in charge now. We are the grown ups and you are the senile old folk. Here's a shuffle, and a board, now have fun and shut up. But most importantly - go away."
Normally, I avoid being divisive. I hate offending people who have different views than I do. But, if equality offends anyone, then truly, it is they who have committed the offense in this shared universe of ours. Their "views" are not opinions, but pathogens. They, and the universe we share - that they have polluted with this pathos - are in dire need of much strong medicine.
So here ya go.
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