Have you ever solemnly considered what it is about homosexuals that scare you? I use the word homosexuals to refer to both lesbians and gays, but I’ll tell you this, I am
really interested in talking about homophobia as it concerns gay men,
because for some reason that is
beyond me, we never seem to be angry or threatened by lesbians. Infact I have heard one too many times how exciting the thought of two women doing it could be, but however
connected the case of lesbian-acceptance is to homophobia against
men, I won’t be addressing it here.
So, what is it about two men getting hot and heavy with each other that seem to terrify y’all?
This is not the time to whip out your Holy books at
me, keep them aside for a second, will you? I know you don’t think about what your Holy books say when you
go around lying, cheating, and stealing,but, I know, I know. Those are
lesser sins compared to two men Being Intimate. I mean, those of you who lie, cheat and steal, will get one day of hell, right? And the gays will get forever. It makes perfect sense, you
are worried about their eternity in hell
so much that you can forget your one day in hell, how kind of you.
I would go on with more sarcastic scenarios of punishments for “big”
and “small” sins, but I’d hate to lose my point, which is this: you cannot use religion as a basis for condemning
the gays because you are guilty of quite many things that your religion has condemned as well, but I don’t see you judging yourself. Or is it
between you and your God? If so, why can we not leave the gays to settle their issue with their God(s)?
Do you really imagine that you have a sense of propriety when you openly declare your hate for the gays? To
Nigeria’s leaders, do you lot think that by signing into law anti-gay bills that your crookedness, your corruptness will be ignored or maybe forgiven by God? No, really why dowe hate the gays? Is it some deeper issue that I
have yet to understand or a mere case of hypocrisy? Or were our very thoughtful leaders
trying to prevent a Sodom & Gomorrah type situation by passing the bill into law? Aw, how very
thoughtful, if that is the case. Nigeria is still doomed though, and
it has nothing to do with whether or not the state recognizes and accepts same sex couples or not. It’s at this point I’d start listing allof the reasons
why Nigeria is doomed, but I bet you know them. Or maybe you don’t, which makes you part of the problem,
or maybe you do know them but are in
one way or the other still a part of the
problem. I just want a sensible reason why I
should take a piss on the rights of individuals who feel love and/or
attraction for each other; I have not
found it yet. So if you can give me one, please do, however, no religious based arguments, chances are that you’ve broken most of the rules
yourself. I mean, you’re not Jesus, the perfect son of God. In anticipation of the event that no
one can come up with a logical reason for homophobia, I’ll advise that you channel your contempt for the gays to contempt for our thieving leaders; the
man/woman who (sexually) abused
your sister, brother, wife, mother; Boko Haram; ignorance; hypocrisy, and the many other gazillion things that mess up Nigeria. And let it not
just end at contempt, (it’s a long stretch but I’ll take my chances)
actively seek to erase these things from within yourself, and then from others around you. After all, Ghandi wisely said we should be the change we want to see. Thank you!