On Friday, May 20th, ABC Primetime’s “What Would You Do?” covered an important, and controversial topic in the small, conservative Texas town of Farmer's Branch. The clip below took place inside Norma's Cafe. The purpose of the segment was to see what customers would do if a waitress started to vocalize her feelings towards a gay couple raising children. The waitress, who's an actress, begins to belittle and berate the gay couple (who are also actresses) for being gay, and raising children. What comes next, is what's surprising. Keep in mind, this town is home to a 4 year Bible College - Dallas Christian College.
Yes, the people who make our state laws, and the people who vote for them reflect the same beliefs the waitress portrayed in this video - hateful, judgemental, and vengeful people. Do these type of people reside in our families? Yes, they do. Do we work with them? Yes, we do. Do we love them? Yes, we do. But will we grow to be like them? No, we wont!
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I knew you'd love this video, my love. It made me cry bunches too. A poll release last week showed that the majority of Americans, 53%, are actually in favor of gay marriage for the very first time. When people see a couple like us that has been together for 6 plus years (I can officially say that now :) ) and are as happy as we are it's hard to say that we don't deserve to be committed to each other for life under the law and receive all the rights that come with it too. The only thing better for people to see aside from how perfect we are for each other is how imperfect we can sometimes be. We may have our quirks and argue and forget things and fight at times but it just shows that our relationship is no different from anyone else's. We're all human beings that aren't perfect, but are perfect for each other in a marriage of love, trust, honesty and commitment. The more people that see that we're everywhere being committed, raising children, working with them, fighting in war beside them, sharing political and religious beliefs with them and just being normal human beings without the world and society come crashing down is when more people start seeing how unfair, unjust, and unequal the law is for all of us GLBT's. This video made me cry and gave me hope. We're not equal yet, but we're moving in the right direction. One day we will be and both my love and I will live to see that wonderful and most glorious day.
I love him so much. I can't wait to walk down the aisle with you baby. Love you bunches. :)
I love you my dear Ryan.
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