Same Sex Marriage

[Deborah*]

Originally Posted by 2qt

Australia is currently being faced with the same sex marriage debate & I am finding it an ugly place to be.....

Yesterday I was spat on because I had a rainbow bracelet on my wrist...I've been followed around by people of faith calling me & my friends both straight & gay faggots....Tv commercials comparing same sex couples to paedophilia, our children to the stolen generation & told they are not from a normal family & are being neglected...Streets lined with horrible posters everywhere...



As an adult I was able to mostly just turn a blind eye to it & ignore their ignorance, however it's struck me hard when my daughter asked me if she was normal because everyone was staring at her because of me & it got me thinking how she must be viewing all this from her eyes.......

It's sad that someone would do that to you. I empathize with you.

Usually when someone treats others badly (be it online or in the 'real' world), it means that person doesn't like themselves on the inside. People who are balanced and content with themselves won't be hateful to others. And if they dislike someone, they'll think it in their mind, but not act it out with words.

I hope you can take comfort in knowing these mean people's behavior indicates they don't like themselves on the inside. This is what a psychologist told me about people who act like this. They're the ones who are needing therapy, and will hopefully get educated on people like us.

I don't have any children so I can't give advice on that. Perhaps if your city has a counseling center for LGBT, or a therapist who is LGBT, you could start there.

Deborah