New York, New York

So, I normally use my blog to update people in the south about my life, share recipes, etc. But today isn't any other blog post.
When I moved from Irving, TX to Shreveport, LA, I will admit I was very naive and close minded. I was an admitted republican probably because I didn't know anything different. Moving out of my comfort zone led me into having to really form my own view of the world, politics, and religion. While I won't go into all my findings and the details of the theology I've come to believe I am going to comment on the wonderful success New York had last night.
I have many friends that are nursing students, singers, teachers, worship leaders, etc, that live in America yet don't have even close to the same rights as I do. How is that fair?! Do they pay the same taxes? I find it so astonishing that people won't get out of their own comfort zone and educate themselves to understand what is happening.
I have never in my life felt so ashamed of my country as when I realized what exactly we are going through here. My best friend, an amazingly gifted choir teacher, can get called a faggot by a student in the middle of a school hallway, administers all around, and no one says a word. Yet if I was a teacher at the same school and a student called me a bitch, they would be suspended. It is shocking how we are in the midst of another civil rights era and a lot of people don't seem to recognize it. It's embarrassing to read about a UM pastor, who is an out lesbian and married two lesbians, is now on "trial" and in hot water for doing something that everyone should be able to do.
When I found out a little more about the gay rights/marriage equality issue, I realized it's people not willing to look outside the box and maybe admit they were wrong. I'm not writing this to get under anyone's skin or offend anybody, but I do want to challenge you to rethink your stance. Educate yourselves. New York had an amazing victory last night. One more small step towards equality becoming a reality.
So please, let my friends have the same rights we all do. Let them dance to Lady Gaga at their wedding. Let me attend their weddings and support them in the same way they supported me.
Born this way, baby! Paws up for marriage equality!
#LesleyJustGotSerious