A Choice?
There are a lot of things that leave me speechless, but some truly take the cake. One of those was listening to people discuss the potential "Lesbian, Gay, Transexual, and Bigender Heritage Month" in my hometown. While I'll admit, Norman has always pushed the progressive side of things as a college town, this kind of blows the rest out of the water. Why? I also saw some comments from an individual regarding the recent "purple pride" day for LGBT students. The comments were, incendiary to say the least, but refreshingly honest (despite their hate filled content). Both have been reactions to the recent rash of suicides of LGBT students (high school and college) that people link directly to their sexual orientation/preference (the overall high teenage suicide rate would have no correlation at all). If you've read my blog for a while, you'll know that I'm not some raging homophobe and that I am a Christian. Here's what I've been thinking ...