Here's to the freaks

Here's to the freaks.
Here's to the people
Who don't always follow
What people say they should
Or the people trying
To find themselves,
In a world that says
Who they are is wrong.
Here's to the people
Who aren't quite normal,
Who live outside the lines,
Make people question, and learn,
Though they may pay for it
With tears, or with blood.
So here's to the freaks,
For the change they bring,
And here's to the freaks,
Everyone unique.
I love insomnia poetry. I have a feeling I'll read it in the morning and it will suck. Not that it doesn't suck now, considering how cliched it is. It just kind of struck me, after having an argument about whether it was worth it to try and change people's minds about gay marriage. I, personally, would rather just avoid the people who think being gay is morally wrong. (I grew up around people preaching being gay is wrong, and have had quite enough.) I've also seen that even using the same book that Christians follow, very few of them will change their mind about gay being just as healthy as straight.
When it comes down to it, really, I think religion is just a poor excuse for homophobia. It's something that's different, that's outside people's comfort zones. It's unknown. People don't ever really know how to react, and then there's the matter of touch, locker rooms, and various and sundry other things. Most people will simply say absolutely not instead of asking the questions they have, and to me, this seems rather silly. But then, I've been told I have no tact on multiple occasions.
So... Why am I writing this at twelve thirty in the morning? Quite simply, because it's been bugging me. I wish I could answer the questions people have, but I don't know them. I can guess at a few... But it would sound weird to try, mostly because my brain isn't working, no surprise. I do know that at least in my experience, being attracted to someone straight is usually pretty petrifying, particularly if that someone is your friend. Maybe it's the upbringing I've had, but I'm always too scared to lose the person I'm close to to try and do anything. And I figure if they find out, then well, bye bye friendship. It's kind of like the they're more scared of you than you are of them adage. But I guess since being gay is morally questionable, contagious, and doing to end the world, no one wants to get that close.
The most important thing to remember though, and this isn't a question I'm answering, this is just kind of a what to do if your kid comes out to you, is that gay people are people too. And usually, being gay is a very big part of who they are. It has to be, in order for them to come out at all. It's not something that they'd be willing to change, or if it is, they might have already tried. Gay people also just want the same things as any straight person, believe it or not. They just happen to go for a different flavor of human, so to speak. Anyway. I'll stop rambling around in circles now, pretend someone will read this, and bid you all a good night.