People Apparently Cannot Handle Seeing Two Men Kiss

There was a negative response amongst people in the world of social media regarding the kiss Michael Sam shared with his boyfriend when discovering he had been drafted by St. Louis Rams. As the first openly gay NFL football player, people should have seen this coming. If a straight man had been drafted he would have kissed his girl. So the fact that people cannot believe he would do that on television is ridiculous. He happens to prefer the company of a man and that is not a crime. You cannot help who you fall in love with. Those who found his kiss disgraceful and disgusting are behaving as a bunch of fan girls. By that I mean that their reaction is that of someone who disapproves of someone else's relationship and has the guts to discriminate against it without a reason other than the couple does not meet their own standards, not necessarily taking into consideration how the couple themselves feel about each other.

I myself have disapproved of people that I have seen my friends with but I always had a reason. Either their significant other was a cheater, disrespectful, controlling, etc. Never have I just looked at a couple and immediately thought that they should not be together. Whether it be a same-sex couple, a couple with one person being more attractive than the other, or an interracial couple. As long as they are happy with each other I have no reason to judge or hate.

As for the kiss displayed by Michael Sam, I am proud of him for showing no shame and being proud of who he is and who he loves. I found the kiss very sweet because I could see how happy they were and how much they cared for one another. Had they been full on making out then I would have been uncomfortable, but I feel that way about both same-sex couples and heterosexual couples. A sweet and simple kiss between two people, gay or straight is something I always find heartwarming. It is usually the simple kisses that show how much two people truly care about each other.

So for all of those who found the kiss disturbing, get over it. It is not the end of the world. And to those who were upset that kids witnessed the kiss, keep in mind that kids see worse things than an act of affection. Nowadays more kids are exposed to violence, porn, and drugs. How is it that many of the parents shielding their children's eyes from watching two men kiss are the same parents that allow a eight-year-old to play Grand Theft Auto? Teaching children to discriminate against others because of who they love, instead of teaching them to respect others despite their differences is simply unacceptable. Instead of shielding your child's eyes explain to them that people fall in love with someone for who they are and not what gender they are.

Hating on same-sex couples is perhaps one of the stupidest thing I have ever heard of. The time people take to make it a point to say that they find same-sex couples unacceptable should be invested in something that they can actually do something about like world hunger, animal cruelty, and global warming. You know, the things that actually matter. If you cannot stand same-sex relationships then my advice for you is to never be in one.