It did not take long for me to discover the amazing, colossal news after awakening and checking my Twitter feed on June 26th, 2015: same-sex marriage is now legal across the U.S.! I was personally overwhelmed with the amount of love and support the LGBTQ community received nationwide from corporations, celebrities, government leaders, and simply all of the individuals that I follow on Twitter. Basically, no one on my timeline appeared bigoted, oppressive, or resentful of this Supreme Court ruling (my thought process behind this was either that I only follow right-minded people, or that everyone in the entire world had finally come to their senses).
I’ve never felt so warm and fuzzy and happy simply scrolling through Twitter; it was truly a beautiful thing to be a part of. Suddenly, the overflowing joy, acceptance, hashtags of #LoveWins, pictures of celebration around the world, and prismatic rainbows were rudely interrupted by something that truly made my mouth drop to the floor.
This horrific tweet was retweeted (as a joke, I presume) onto my timeline:
Yes. Please just soak that in for a second. There is someone currently living on this planet that had the nerve to compare America’s largest foreign terrorist attack that left almost 3,000 Americans dead to a ruling that allows the citizens of this country to openly express and act upon whom they love. Right. Perfect metaphor.
Let’s break this down even further: now it’s one thing that this man outrageously compared these two historic events, but he took it upon himself to add the preposition “from a moral standpoint,” as if his so-called MORALS makes this claim justifiable. You can’t just stick the word “moral” into your homophobic, chauvinistic tweet and expect it to all of the sudden sound more rational and credited. That doesn’t make you moral, Bryan. That makes you an a**hole.
Not only is this clearly offensive to the LGBTQ community, whom were basically called unwanted terrorists in their own country by this pathetic excuse for a man, but let’s not forget how blatantly disrespectful it is to the families of the victims of 9/11. To make that horrific and tragic event any less than it was by comparing, or even claiming it to be worse than the new ruling is downright malicious, vile, and insensitive.
The fact that this tweet even made it up to 5,000+ favorites and retweets is so overwhelmingly ludicrous, that I’ll just try to ignorantly believe that all 5,000 of these Twitter users are trying to mock him instead of praise him. The replies suggest this to be true. Scroll underneath to the responses of this post and expect to see a number of calm, cool, and collected responses such as “wow, just wow,” “you’re disgusting,” “did you really just say that,” and, my personal favorite, “drop dead c***.”
I found it so interesting/intriguing how narrow-minded and ignorant this tweet was, that I took it upon myself to do a little more research on this Bryan Fischer character.
Not that it matters what he does or who he is because no one cares (well, except me in this particular instance), but some quick Googling and Internet-ing tells me that his careers have consisted of: political activist, conservative radio host, and blogger. So basically he stands on a delusional soapbox all day preaching to delusional fools just like himself. Sounds about right.
You may think I’m being a little dramatic here. I promise you, I’m not. Because apparently, this isn’t the first sensible and intelligent claim he has publicly stated.
Rightfully so, Fischer also believes that homosexuals caused the holocaust! WOW, and I thought I was the only one. He also believes that all Muslims are, and I quote, “Parasites Who Must Convert or Die.” These are two out of his dozens of laughable claims that I was able to find in maybe fifteen minutes of simple research. Yes, looks like we’ve got a real winner on our hands.
He has two children and a wife at home. This man procreated. *Shudders* He also has a degree from Stanford University, which goes to show that even the best education can’t teach common courtesy, or common sense for that matter.
If you think I’m bitter, you should see the rest of Fischer’s tweets in the past two days following the ruling. From June 26th to June 28th, Fischer has had roughly 48 tweets just about the Supreme Court’s decision and similar matters. I scrolled down his profile for a colossal amount of time to count them all. You mad bro?
His incessant whining and pouting is only hurting him, not helping him. If he wants more people to convert to Christianity, does he think this is the way to do it?
Yes, you know all about being black and a minority don’t you? #WhitePrivilege.
No no, racism isn’t about calling Muslims parasites who are better off dead, it’s the liberals. Those dirty, dirty liberals fighting for equality and civil rights. For someone whose religion preaches love, he’s got a lot to say otherwise.
The only abomination in the sight of God is you, my friend.
Okay, you really lost me on that one.
Rainbow jihadists. Creative.
What exactly is a “gay agenda?” I picture it as a day filled with shopping, gossip, and glitter.
He’s cracked the code.
I literally have no idea what you’re even saying anymore.
You know a thing or two about tolerance, don’t you Bryan?
It also seems impossible that Twitter would grant you the right to a Twitter account or the Internet in general, but we’ve all got our opinions don’t we?
Yes, sodomy-based. The basis is not sodomy. The basis is love.
To sum up my frustration with this man, I will say this: I acknowledge religious freedom. If homosexuality is against someone’s religious beliefs, that is out of my hands and they are allowed to practice heterosexuality as they please. What I refuse to acknowledge is the use of these rights to attack and disrespect entire groups of minorities/the actions of individuals which have no effect on the outcome of anyone's life but their own. A bible written over 2,000 years ago will not and should never have the power to control the citizens of this country today that don't believe in it.
If an old, washed out, bigoted man has the freedom of speech to terrorize and discredit the natural sexuality of another human being that I share this planet with, I have the freedom of speech to defend these people against the insensitive attacks to the LGBTQ community such as these. I feel the pressing need to speak out to this imbecile like he felt the need to attack/offend a large majority of America.
I am proud to say that the positive response of this nation has successfully drowned out the voices of ignorant citizens such as Fischer’s. As a woman of this country who has never been shamed for falling in love with a man, holding a man’s hand in public, and so on, I refuse to let that privilege of mine be overlooked. We all deserve love and acceptance, because we are all humans. And that is what it should all come down to.
One day, my kids will study for history tests. They will learn about the pain, anguish and horror of the events of 9/11. Soon after, they’ll study the miraculous date of June 26th, 2015, and I’ll proudly be able to say that I was on the right side of history.
*Drops mic*
“Whatever God you believe in
We come from the same one
Strip away the fear
Underneath it's all the same love”
-Macklemore
