Compassion.

Grace.

Empathy.

And a heavy dose of MIND YOUR OWN F’ING BUSINESS!

I am so incredibly saddened by the decisions SCOTUS made. While they are all upsetting for different reasons, I am focusing on this one as it scares me the most.

The decision that was made, supporting ‘religious beliefs’ (which, by the way, were a totally fictitious scenario the ‘plaintiff’ never even was asked to do by ANYONE let alone a ‘gay couple’ ) allows the plaintiff (and now anyone who wants to lean into this ‘religious beliefs’ justification) to now discriminate against others whom she finds their sexual orientation to be “offensive and against her religious beliefs.”

Wow. Just WOW!

Do you know what I find offensive? Our nation’s obsession with gun ownership. I loathe guns & I loathe gun culture. I find it offensive that someone is allowed to own a stockpile of nearly whatever guns he/she/they want to own, and there’s nothing I can do or say, even if my ‘religious belief’ aligns with pacifism, to legally discriminate against gun owners in this country. I accept and continue to show compassion, grace, and empathy.

Why can’t the same be extended to members within the LBGT-Q+ community? People within the community are:

• Creating music, art, film, and art that beautifies our world!

• Styling our world in fashion, design, and hair!

• And….

• Running for political office, owning businesses, creating jobs, administering medical care, and protecting you while they have jobs in law enforcement, EMT, and the military.

• Our neighbors, our friends, our family (even if you “think” no one in your world is…yes, yes ‘they’ are in your world too.”)

What can be said about gun owners? The ones we keep suggesting we “can’t make any changes whatsoever because their rights are protected by the first amendment?” For some reason, this one is protected but other “final decisions by SCOTUS” are apparently up for future debates?

Their right…can kill me and/or someone I love.

Awesome. We protect this……………….Those who are in power don’t see an issue with this, that can ACTUALLY kill you, but wow…LGBT-Q+ are the scary ones? What?

I accept this (though I do truly hope and pray one day we can invoke safer gun laws and reduce or eliminate any assault-style weapons in our world) and can still show up with compassion, empathy, and grace for those who believe differently about his/her/their desire to own guns in our country.

Why is it so freaking hard for others to do this for people within the LGBT'-Q+ community? Because a huge glaring difference is, despite our country’s valiant efforts to shame people within this community ‘out of’ their sexual orientation, that is absolutely NOT how sexual orientation works. And you don’t have to “be part of” or truly “believe” in their “lifestyle choices” to be a decent fucking human being! What is wrong with people who can’t understand this?

Make the damn cake. It doesn’t make you GAY!

Make the theoretical website. It doesn’t make you TRANS!

Sell the starter home. It doesn’t turn you into a QUEER!

It’s not that complicated. Stop hiding behind your “religious” beliefs and start recognizing if you can’t get this…. YOU ARE HOMOPHOBIC and that… makes you a BAD Person…not a “conservative religious” person.

What do you REALLY think Jesus would do?

Look to scripture, who did he surround himself with in his life?

Compassion. Grace. Empathy. And Mind Your OWN FUCKING business is my hope for our world.

Peace, out…….