Rousing the Wolf

We are on the precipice of losing our rights as individuals in this society, and most of us are cheering it on.

As the new decade shifts into second gear, the old arguments against marriage equality have been trotted out over and over again, and they still make no sense to the logical mind. People are hiding behind their religious zealotry and ideology to try and deny the gay community the rights affirmed to them by the Constitution of the United States. It's ridiculous that people will scream shrilly, "Gay marriage isn't written in the Constitution! It's not a Constitutional right!"

*eye roll*

This shouldn't be so difficult to get across, but it appears the lack of adequate education in this country has rendered logical thought processing impossible for a huge percentage of the population. People, listen to me: it doesn't have to be specifically written in the Constitution for it to be a Constitutional right.

There is an implicit understanding amongst most people that despite what is literally read in the text of the Constitution, there is a deeper meaning to every section, article and amendment - to wit, you have the right to do whatever you want to do, so long as you don't hurt anyone else in the process. Here's an example: you can oppose gay marriage all you want, but you can't tell someone else they can't marry the person they want to marry. Your rights end at your fingertips.

This is the important factor: this whole thing is not about gay marriage. Well, it is, but on an abstract level. The true principle at stake is this: our personal lives can be intruded upon by a bullying majority. Once we cross that bridge, there's no coming back from it. Our personal lives are not up to a vote. If I want to marry a man, it's my business, not Maggie Gallagher's, not whatshername from the Miss California pageant, not Pat Robertson. The fact that the majority of people in my homestate of Florida and in California have no problem bullying other people into acquiescing to their philosophy (all while accusing us of bullying them) is a scary one.

I am calling this blog of mine the Big Bad Wolf as an answer to the old question, "Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?", because I want people to know that they should be afraid. They should be afraid of us, those of us who challenge the heteronormative standard, those of us who believe that true freedom means we do what we want without hurting anyone else, and if you don't like it, you don't do it yourself. All our lives we've been told that freedom and responsibility go hand in hand, and this is what that means: you don't believe in gay marriage, you don't get one, but you keep your mouth shut if your next door neighbor does, indeed, marry someone of the same sex.

It is time to rouse the Wolf. The Children of the Wolf are sick and tired of the bullying. We are sick and tired of being told that we must limit government by people who only want government limited so that the church can take over the vacant spots.

It is time to awaken and speak out. Peacefully, of course, but without fear or trepidation. We can educate and enlighten and be forceful all at the same time.

Join the pack with me, the Bad Wolf (watch Doctor Who if you don't get that reference), and let's get the revolution started.