Yep...Back in the Bible Belt

I carry the weight of one who has recently been disillusioned.

It all started at lunch. I am currently experiencing my yearly voice loss (thank you, allergies) and happened to walk up to a group of colleagues chatting about what? Oh yes, homosexuality. Being without voice, this was one of the worst conversations to unwittingly join because unfortunately, I can't keep my big mouth shut about it, even when speechless.

The one teacher was talking to the other teacher about how his family had held an intervention for his brother, who is gay.
I had the 40-minute whispered argument well into our free period, even though I knew it wouldn't change his mind and that it would only make me upset. It seems so wrong that people who are genuinely good, intelligent, and caring (like this teacher) could believe this. I just can't justify telling someone that something as personal as his sexual orientation is so offensive to me that I'm going to set him down and have a public conversation about why he should change it. That is absolutely ludicrous to me.


I am mute.

I had to come back and edit this, because unfortunately I said some things that I'm sure could get me in trouble.....