Homophobia is an infection that has eaten deep into our society. How do you feel good hating another human simply because of a different sexual orientation from yours? It's an infection, and must be cured! Homophobes thrive on nothing other than hate, bigotry, hypocrisy, intolerance, and religious indoctrination.
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The problem starts with feeling everybody must be like you, and when you see someone do something different from what appeals to you, you tend to see them as weird, abnormal and a misfit. Everybody cannot be like you, the World doesn't revolve around you, but what makes us humans should be our ability to tolerate our differences.
Why is your sexuality normal, and theirs abnormal? What I find hard to understand is why someone should be marginalised and discriminated simply because they are attracted to members of the same sex. I honestly think we've not ordered our priorities as a society; two consenting adults having sex should be none of your goddamn business. I wouldn't want to be hated for being straight, so I honestly think they don't deserve hate for being who they are, much worse- a 14year jail term like the Nigerian Law advocates.
I didn't learn to like boobs and ass, it's an emotional attraction and drive that is innate in me; I wouldn't want to be hated because I was born that way. Homosexuality is not learnt; it's biological in many. If you still believe every gay person learnt to be gay, then where did the first set of gays learn the act from? There are things beyond our control that determine who and what we are attracted to. Anyway, irrespective of the origin of their sexual preference, they deserve your love.
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And many would say things like "It's against God's will", "It's a sin" bla bla bla... Oh please! Spare me that! We're so drunk on religion in this part of the world. Everytime, it's either the Bible or the Quran making decisions for us, yet we are one of the most corrupt nation in the World. We're still here debating over things the rest of the World has moved on from.
We're all humans, we've got no other home than earth. Our actions should thrive on love and tolerance for the human race. Can we just all live together, without letting things we have no control over seperate and divide us? Let's channel these negativities to more trivial issues affecting our humanity such as terrorism, bad leadership and religious extremism, I bet the World would be a better place.
Let me end this sermon by reminding you once again that the World does not revolve around you. So, Live your life, and let others live theirs. There are no absolutes! Shikena!!!
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