Write one leaf about the term “holier than thou.”
(via writeoneleaf)
I don’t think some people realise how potentially offensive it can be to tell a person (let’s call this gay friend of mine Mr X) to change his sexuality — even though Mr X is totally comfortable in his own skin — because other people aren’t. Why should anyone think that Mr X has an obligation to give a rat’s arse and justify his sexuality? Then again I’d been diagnosed with autism by one of my friends, so I guess I don’t have a real understanding of the way society works. It just amazes how people can be so self-absorbed.
Hypothetically speaking, if you live in a society where majority of the population are homosexuals and you were one of the very few heterosexuals, would you feel pressured to change? I wonder how it would feel if someone came up to you and whispered furtively into your ear, ‘You should be gay. Being straight is not the righteous path.’ Imagine if the person had said it in such low surreptitious tones that suggest how thoroughly abashed he is to know that you are different. You would be his freaky friend, the freak story he shares with his posse and poke fun at, and as time ticks by you’d quietly accept that perhaps it would be easier to pretend; easier to find acceptance and marriage with a hope of love.
