Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?

A gay US soldier wrote a letter to the editor of THE ADVOCATE that says: "Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture or death say they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly we should not be used as soldiers; we should be used as weapons."

I do not have anything against straight guys or straight people, in fact, I love them. However, when they start bashing out people like me, I will take a stand just like any other human being.

What is straight anyway?

A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through the mountains.

There is nothing wrong with going to bed with someone of your own sex. People should be very free with sex, they should draw the line at goats.

But seriously, what does it mean to be gay?

Being gay is having the capability to love a member of the same sex to a much greater depth than a member of the opposite sex.

Being gay is a matter of love, not a matter of sex.

Being gay is who you are, not what you do.

Being gay is part of you, not a separate entity.

Being gay is OK --- the sin is living a lie.

Being gay is not chosen, if it were, there would be no gays.

Being gay is to be ridiculed about something you can do nothing about.

Being gay is not changeable --- but it is liveable.

Being gay is accepting yourself when others are not accepting of you.

Being gay is being who you are --- even though you don't understand it.

Being gay is gentleness, warmth and sensitivity, when you are not at war with the outside world.
Being gay is different, and the definition of different is not "bad."

Being gay is reaching the autumn of your years and wondering why you have spent most of your life trying to get acceptance from people who don't know you and who don't understand you.

Being gay is YOU -- and nothing in this world is more important than that.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.

It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.

In one of the episodes of Queer as Folk, Ted said to his best friend Emmet this line and I think we should stop for a while and clearly reflect on this particular thought…

Ted uttered, "I think God appreciates everyone… especially the people who openly accepts their true selves…. I think He appreciates them even more. Because He created all in his image… At least that's what I was always taught. And since God is love and God doesn't make mistakes, then all of us must be exactly the way he wants us to be… And that goes for every person, every planet, every mountain, every grain of sand, every song, every tear... and every faggot. We're all his... He loves us all… even QUEERS."

So I am living this very same message to everyone who might need it now or in the future, everyone was created in his image... we are all his children... we are all his...

Besides, the Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision.

Never let anyone define you. You define yourself.

God Bless.