So I decided to get into a little bit of a discussion with two people today about same sex couples. Now I normally am very busy and I usually tune most things out if I am concentrating but today I dropped everything when i heard this latest rant. The people I know and I consider friends but it just set me off hearing one of them saying that gay people have a chemical imbalance. I am not a scientist, nor biologist, and certainly not a doctor but to hear this said just set me off. They wanted to argue that "they" have something wrong with them. I immediately asked them if the had any proof to back up this claim? They obviously said no, and I said you cannot make these kind of statements. While there was more to this exchange, i feel that would be wrong of me to elaborate on since they are not able to defend themselves. Another friend chimed in with the same old tired statement the it is in the Bible that it's wrong. I responded back quickly with how exactly do we know this is what God wanted to say? If the Bible is wrote by men then can't it possibly be wrong? We have no definitive proof that God wanted the Bible wrote in this way. I think that the Bible is a useful guide but not the sole tool to be used to lead our society. I don't have time to argue which religion has the true God but my point is this. I like these guys on a personal level and I respect their opinions, well actually only one of them, but I just hate this argument that people use. If we consider any individual today as crazy if the commit any horrific act because they said God told them to or they acted on the behalf of God, why can't we see a flaw in the writing of the Bible?
I can say I won't judge anyone for their beliefs and opinions and I welcome conversation on these topics but voicing your opinion on the pretense that it's of because its in the Bible is wrong. I accept that you don't like peanut butter but I won't say you are born differently because of it :-)
 I went on about it and I must have had that look of defiance on my face because they backed down and I had to walk away. I will continue to be friends with them because their opinion on this subject is not who they are as a person. One person's opinion cannot be the defining characteristic of them. In my mind I was closed to such thoughts. As a youth I wouldn't agree with myself today, but therein lies the beauty of being human. I didn't change because I was exposed to more gay individuals than in years past, I just recognized that each of us deserves to have happiness in their lives.