Pro-Family and Pro-Life

The more I think about the terms "Pro-Family" and "Pro-Life", the more I realize exactly how much bullcrap they are. People who call themselves pro-family are anti-gay marriage, anti-domestic partnerships, anti-gay adoption... can anyone tell me how any of these things are PRO-family? Two people loving each other can't possibly HURT families, guys. Two people (or one person) who want to extend their arms to a child who has been abused, neglected, abandoned, or orphaned cannot possibly HURT families. And your hatred causes pain to families- your kids, to whom you spout these "pro-family" values, are the ones who tease their peers for not fitting into gender norms, say "that's so gay!" all day in high school, and one night, with their friends, run into a couple of gay guys minding their own business at an ATM and physically and verbally assault them for being gay. Not allowing LGBT people to adopt children leaves thousands and thousands of children, who need nothing more than a loving home to give them hope and allow them to be healthy members of society, out on the street or in group homes that do not even closely resemble a family. And you, as parents, are the ones who kick their gay children out on the street, cause them to commit suicide because of the self-hatred you've taught them, or make them have to find families of their own because the one they grew up in cannot accept them the way they are. What wonderful families you have, people. I can see why you'd want to protect them.

And pro-lifers are generally also anti-gay, support the more pro-war politicians out there, are anti-environmentalism, and are pro-capital punishment. My brain may well explode from the hypocrisy of it all.

Labels suck. They suck even more when they're NOT FUCKING APPLICABLE. Of course, the whole rhetoric of the pro-life, pro-family crowd itself is enough to send me into sobbing hysterics because it's so damn nonsensical, so I don't know why what they call themselves is such a big surprise.

Oh yeah. There's a vigil tonight at IBT's for the two unsuspecting gay men I mentioned in the rant above. I'm headed that way now. Long live the traditional American family that makes events like this necessary. Bastards.