Judge This Rather

"Let us not therefore judge one another any more:
but judge this rather,
that no man put a stumbling-block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way."
Romans 14:13

It burns the hell out of me when one person is attacked or laughed at simply because they're different. It isn't fair to be lashed out at for being gay, disabled, having some type of mental delay, or for being overweight, among other things. Sometimes, these things are well beyond our control. There are ways to fight it, to try and edge out the hardships, but it's really tough and you've got to cut people some slack. We're all different. No one is perfect. There is no normal. There's just us.

So what if I decide to wear an orange jumpsuit, a pink bow on my hair, and rainbow shoes. Does it bother you? Will it hurt you? Maybe not.

So what if I weigh more than 300 pounds and I still eat hamburgers at McDonalds. Will that affect you? Will it make you die? Probably not.

And what if I sit on the subway, my head against my boyfriend's shoulder as we switch through song after song on his iPod. Will that damage your life? Will it give you a disease? I'm certain it will not.

If I do it, these things have nothing to do with you. It's what I've got to offer inside that matters.

That's just what I think.

So, I say this:

To anyone who's ever felt the need to wrongfully poke fun at someone: fuck you.