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gothikmausOh joy, my mother invited the "Pope Fan Club" (i.e. our neighbours) over for a cup of coffee. Luckily they've just left. I don't know how, but at one point the wife started talking about homosexuality. I kept sending pleading glances to my mum, hoping she would change the subject, but they just went on. I'll be honest: that woman (our neighbour's wife, not my mum) is among the meanest people I've ever met. First of all, she considers homosexuality an illness, something "not natural" and possibly the worst thing on earth. She said that if gay couples were to adopt children they would ruin their lives and cause them irreparable psychological damage. I kept my mouth shut because I knew I would've ended up shouting at her to go to hell. Then my mother began too, saying how annoying public displays of affection are.
And so I lost my patience. I told her that, sure, "public displays of affection" sometimes go too far, but that happens also (and most of the times) with straight people. I said I couldn't understand why she thought that 2 boys holding hands was an annoying sight, it's not like they're shagging in public.
At that, our neighbour said one of the lamest thing I've ever heard: "It's not the gesture per se, but behind that gesture there's the relationship, the cohabitation and all the other things."
Excuse me? So if two fifteen years old, a *boy* and a *girl*, are holding hands, we should presume that they live together and *gasp* have sex? That doesn't make any sense. Her daughter (13 years old) told her that she didn't think that two guys holding hands were an offensive sight and her mother glared at her and stated that "It's not natural."
And she went on, saying that they shouldn't ask for their rights, because, basically, they don't have any, they're just freaks. I had to bite my tongue not to shout at her that they're simply asking to be treated like normal people and that things like the Gay Pride parades exist only because there are people like her that still treat them like scum, so they have to gather attention if they want to be heard. But I kept my mouth shut and simply ignored her, I didn't want to make a scene in front of the children.
And she calls herself a perfect mother...
And so I lost my patience. I told her that, sure, "public displays of affection" sometimes go too far, but that happens also (and most of the times) with straight people. I said I couldn't understand why she thought that 2 boys holding hands was an annoying sight, it's not like they're shagging in public.
At that, our neighbour said one of the lamest thing I've ever heard: "It's not the gesture per se, but behind that gesture there's the relationship, the cohabitation and all the other things."
Excuse me? So if two fifteen years old, a *boy* and a *girl*, are holding hands, we should presume that they live together and *gasp* have sex? That doesn't make any sense. Her daughter (13 years old) told her that she didn't think that two guys holding hands were an offensive sight and her mother glared at her and stated that "It's not natural."
And she went on, saying that they shouldn't ask for their rights, because, basically, they don't have any, they're just freaks. I had to bite my tongue not to shout at her that they're simply asking to be treated like normal people and that things like the Gay Pride parades exist only because there are people like her that still treat them like scum, so they have to gather attention if they want to be heard. But I kept my mouth shut and simply ignored her, I didn't want to make a scene in front of the children.
And she calls herself a perfect mother...
