This is going to be a along and controversial post and I cannot wait to read your responses. To many of us out there REALTOR or not, there are black and white's in life. There is a bridge you don't know how to cross. With respect to life I'd absolutely agree. With respect to homosexuality and doing our jobs some take great issue or exception. I do not...at all. Here's why.
I love everyone equally. Perhaps it's easier for me personally as I was a professional singer onstage for nearly 15 years. I've worked in theaters across the globe and on the oceans for that matter. My two best friends in life and their partners form an extended family that I've never been able to keep with most married women who have their children and drift away. My old proud label was that of fag hag. That's ok.
More gay men embrace marriage, fatherhood This was the article today on two gay men who had children surrogately with foreign women and are raising them in SC. They've "married" in CA and are living here. I mean they went through THOUSANDS of dollars and many years of waiting to have their own children and are raising them up better than many I've seen. Each say you hear of kids in garbage bags, beaten, disappearing, abused, raped and lives destroyed. Nobody even thinks that there are qualified adults out there that can raise these children with love and give them everything they need, except they're of the same sex. I know many of my gay friends want kids but the expense and the stigma is too much for them so they dote on my child as a uncle would.
Let me clarify something for those of you whose hackles are rising. I AM a Christian, a darned good REALTOR, a mother, a wife, and an extremely charitable person in dealings with orphaned children all over the world.
As a Christian, my job on this earth was to love, not to condemn. After all Christ sat down and invited the SINNERS, not the RELIGIOUS people to his table. This is my view which all of my gay friends know. I love everyone unconditionally. No I do not believe they were created that way and I do believe homosexuality is a choice. And many of my friends ARE Christian. And I do not believe in Same sex marriages but do believe in civil unions. I've seen the lack of that cause some incredibly unjust situations with loved ones. But I Love them as they are and live my life as an example not a condemning force on earth. That's God's job and HE and I will have a good chat about all of this when I get to heaven.
As a REALTOR, my gaydar goes off infrequently in SC compared to most places I've lived: Miami, Atlanta, NYC and others just to name a few. But we do have homosexuals here and I LOVE them. Love helping them find a home, love asking about their relationships, love easing THAT part of the conversation, getting it out and making them comfortable knowing that I don't judge them for who they are. Bring on all the gay men and women in SC I say. I'd love to represent them all!
So with respect to the men who had their children and are raising them in SC or anywhere else. You go guys and gals and if you ever want to check out the Greenville SC, Upstate SC or Mountains/Lakes of SC, just call me and I can't wait to meet you all.
I'll be the one with the gaydar going off like an alarm and a smile on my face!
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