Revolt of the Homosexual

Revolt of the Homosexual

I saw this bit of graffiti in Hollywood on Melrose a bit to the east of Fairfax. Graffiti tends to be a voice of the social undercurrents in society, and as the Supreme Court deliberates gay marriage, the voices of the streets will state their piece.
I find this bit of graffiti interesting. Honestly, I am not sure if it is saying the LGBT (did I get that right?) is rising up in rebellion to fight for their rights, or if it is just calling them revolting...

I'll tell you my opinion. I think homosexuality is revolting. It makes me sick. So, do you know what I do about it?

• I don't have gay sex. 
• I don't look at gay pornography
• I don't go to gay bars.

Do you know what else I don't do?

• I don't tell other people how to live their lives.

If a gay person wants to marry another gay person, what does it matter to you? Why would you want to screw up someone else's happiness?

But what about the "sanctity" of marriage?
What "sanctity"? Marriage has been around since before mankind had any written language. So no one knows exactly how it started. But you can take a pretty educated guess. In ancient Summer, we have some of the earliest records of marriage. There, marriages were arranged by the father of the bride. The husband was allowed to divorce if the bride did not bear children, and although permissible for the husband, if the wife committed adultery, it was punishable by death. The Code of Hammurabi (1750 BCE) even states "If she have not been a careful mistress, have gadded about, have neglected her house, and have belittled her husband or children , they shall throw that woman into the water."

Marriage was created to force women to be submissive, subservient, and loyal to their husbands because a mans wealth was divided equally amongst his sons when he died. In a time before DNA testing, only the woman would have been sure if the child that was getting the fathers wealth was really the fathers. (hence the laws against infidelity that only applied to women.)

We destroyed the true meaning of marriage when we realized women should be treated equally. And you still want to talk about "sanctity of marriage".

Instead maybe we should talk about a few other thing:

• John 8:7 "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone"
• Matthew 7:1 "Judge not, that ye be not judged."
• Luke 6:31 "And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise."

Anyway, enough about gays and marriage. I don't like either. So I am not gay or married. Remember folks, this is America. Americans are free. Yes, even ones that aren't just like you.

L.A.'s Love Bandit

Out in the West San Fernando Valley (maybe other places, leave a comment if this tagger is in your area as well). There is a tagger that I have dubbed the "Love Bandit". His/Her work is not very artistic. I guess that is not the point. To be honest, I don't know what the point is. Is there one? Could it me just a tagger in love that wants to tell the world? Or is it a person who wishes to remind us of Love? Whatever the case may be, the word Love, and sometimes just simple hearts have sprung up in the west on Ventura Blvd.

It is also interesting to note in these photos the persistence of L.A.'s famous "Grey Ghost". The Grey Ghost is a tagger or anti-tagger-tagger, who goes around with a bucket of grey paint, and paints over tagging. I personally feel his grey paint is uglier then the tagging, but whatever floats his boat...
At the time of writing, the new "love Bandit" tags have stopped. I do not know if the Love Bandit has moved to a different are, or given up on Love. Either way, they will be missed. Because after all... All You Need is Love.