Cranky-pants

I'm feeling a little disgruntled lately.  People have been bugging me.  It started with my post from the other day...  I don't really care what gay people do with their lives.  It would be nice if we could all be happy.  I just find the preachiness and intolerance on both sides of the gay marriage issue to be hard.  It would be nice if there could be some compromise, some intelligent discussion.  But there never is- there only seems to be name-calling and anger.  (I blame this on the internet... most people are much nicer in person than they are online.)

This is a big issue in our society- the Supreme Court Justices' questions are thoughtful and interesting, because they are not taking this lightly.  Their decision could possibly bring about a change to thousands of years of tradition.  It really is a big social experiment.  And the bottom line for me, is what is best for kids? What's best for the institution of the family?

I am irritated by all the jumping on the bandwagon I see around me because I don't think a lot of people are well-informed and thoughtful about their opinions. They just want to be hanging out with the cool kids.  We all want to fit in and not be different.  I just can't help thinking about people like my parents, who are having a hard time with all of these societal changes, and the pace at which they are taking place.  Sure, their generation could be bigoted and mean- heck, people still are that way. But I know my parents are good, kind people.  When I hear people who aren't on board with gay marriage referred to as "Haters" and told to STFU, it makes me sad.  Because I think of my parents and how they don't deserved to be treated that way. Their opinions and values matter too.

And when I think of gay people being mistreated and abused because of their sexual orientation, that makes me sad too.  So, I don't know what the bottom line on all of this is for me, except I wish we could all just get along.  And have more patience with one another.  And love each other.  That's what's missing for me the most- the love part.