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Same Sex Couples Are Not Offensive. Your Sexualization of Them Is.
They’re not making it about sex. You are. Stop it.
This month, the BBC aired an episode of their ballroom dance show, Strictly Come Dancing, in which a routine was performed by a same-sex couple. Once again, people lost their minds. Though there was solid support for the show in making this move, it confounds me that there would still be backlash and complaints. Are we really still these people? Have we nothing better to do?
This isn’t just a gay issue. Though I’m addressing this in context of response to two men, this issue extends to anyone who considers themselves outside of the box of just plain straight. Good looking straight people should not be the only humans allowed to roam the earth publicly being a couple.
But, I find homophobic responses to seeing same sex couples most curious. I like to ask questions of intolerant people just to see how they can possibly justify their hatred. I genuinely want to understand their thought process. I also genuinely want to shoot holes it.
When you force people to speak hate’s name, it makes them really squirmy, especially when their intolerance is not even remotely steeped in logic.
