POLITICS, MORALITY, HOMOSEXUALITY
Morality has been reduced from an ancient tradition and system of revelation and demonstration to modern, political shibboleths. Goodness is no longer the standard of morality. Agreement and deference to human opinion and will-power is the test of modern, secular morality. Social endorsement of homosexuality has become a major benchmark or indicator of compliance with federal morality. Who could have predicted this development? How did it happen? What sustains it? I believe that the despotic will to control others is fundamental to modern politics.Political activism is the constant, increasing effort to subjugate the masses to the arbitrary designs of the few. The particular issues used to extend and exercise personal power are of minor consequence compared with the success of enforcing it through the political system. It is the enjoyment of subjecting others to personal power which is at work in modern politics and social structures. If political activists can make a social shibboleth out of homosexuality, which is objectionable to most people, what can they not do? Is there any limit to the power of the few in modern politics? If there is a limit to modern despotism, who will enforce it? Who will fight back against modern political oppression and exploitation? Who will lead the way?
Homosexual marriage is a political, not a moral, issue. Homosexuality is a personal, moral issue. I’m a homosexual. I’ve been a homosexual for most of my poor, little life. I am neither proud nor embarrassed by my sexuality. I came to terms with it a long time ago, and I didn’t need Democrats, liberals, and political activists to help me figure it out. I figured it out on my own. I made my own decisions about it, and lived with them for better or worse. Did I make the right decisions? Are there things I would have done differently? I made the decisions that were right for me at the time. There are things I would have done differently if I could have. I would have done things differently if things had been different. Doesn’t everyone feel that way about their lives, straight or gay? I wish I had done this or that. I wish I had not been sexually shy and uptight. Maybe I should not have been so moral in my social life and relationships. Maybe I should not have been so reticent about my sex. Maybe I should have given religion a rest. Religious zeal and a healthy libido, especially a deviant libido, don’t work well together. Spirituality or sensuality will dominate in the person, or they will conflict to the detriment of both.
I reserved a place in myself for sex, because I was never confident that God would connect me intimately to other people. Is that weird? Do other people do that? Well, the sex never did it for me either, while we’re talking about it. There’s something about my personality, aside from spiritual or sexual aspects, that will not win people over. To be spiritual or sexual with the expectation of human intimacy and companionship is naïve, irresponsible, foolish. Perhaps the contest between sex and spirituality needs to be decided on a more exalted basis than the success or failure of human relationships. The truth is that neither spirituality nor sex, in different combinations or concentrations, would have made much difference to my relationships. Relationships are the consequence of your human personality, which is made up of culture, psychology, personality, and physique.
There are essential things about your personality that cannot be changed by either sex or spiritual sense. Accept it. Live with it. Enjoy your relationships in the light of who you are personally, spiritually, and sexually. Grant and enjoy the freedom of allowing others to make their own decisions about you, pro, con, or somewhere in between. Don’t go crazy trying to succeed in mortality. Accept and honor the mediocrity of your social and commercial endeavors. They express the extent of your human accomplishment. It’s only human. It’s your humanity. It’s your poor, little life with all of its sweetness and frustration.
