The Right To Be, Like Everyone Else

My reactions to Pat Robertson's comments, on same sex marriages.

Mr Robertson

I don't understand

Why my wanting to legalize

My partner and I

Love for each other

Should be viewed

As a divisive issue.

 

The world hasn't ended

Since Canada and other countries

Have legalized same sex marriages.

 

Rather

The opposite is

Quite true.

 

Mr Robertson

Guess I thought wrong

When I believed

Christianity is

About love and forgiveness.

 

Wanting to celebrate

My true love

Isn't an act of terror

As you refer to.

 

But

An acknowledgement

Of society's diverse nature

With its various minority communities

Which compose it.

 

And yes

I agree with you

No one should be forced

To do something

They feel morally oppose to.

 

This opposition doesn't mean

My exchanging of rings

With my wife.

 

Is any less valid

Than the love

Between a man

And a woman.

Author's Note

Everyday, I'm grateful, for being a resident of Canada, and its acceptance of same sex marriages. Although, currently single, I do dream of walking down the aisle, with my future partner, to the tune of the wedding march.