Blame it on Patsy Cline

I suppose I could blame the whole thing on Patsy Cline. It was she after all who brought us together. In case you have just tuned in, this blog is about me..about us- about the person that I love -and yes she IS a woman. Certainly a subject worthy of some "loose talk", don't you think?

Patsy Cline sang the song "Loose Talk" in concert many times as it was one of her favorites-yet she never recorded it. Really it was not her song-it was Carl Smith's song although Patsy (as usual) did it much better. (If you want to hear a really rockin' version of it, check out Patsy Cline: Live at the Opry ) The line in the song.."and happy we could be if some folks would leave us alone.." reminds me of the struggle that is going on at the moment over the rights (or lack of rights) of same sex couples. If you read the lyrics to the song you can see that it's about folks talking "loosely" about a couple, saying things like they are unhappy and "they'll break apart.." It seems that sometimes people in our society have a hard time believing that certain people can just be normal and happy--no matter how much "loose talk" is made against them.

Since our "loose" talking society both offends and affects me, I have decided to write about it. I am hoping that by chance someone reading this (out of curiosity or even out of downright outrage) may continue to read and see that "we" are not really any different than anyone else. We are not child molesters, abusers of any kind, nor are we sick or depraved. We are quite simply two people in love who want to be married (with the same rights as other married couples) and spend the rest of our lives together.

I am also hoping that this blog may give some comfort to that person out there who struggles with "who they are" and wonders if they are indeed "normal". To you I say, yes, you are a normal human being and you can love and be a committed spouse or partner no matter what our "loose talking" public (or media) have to say. Will it be easy? No, not at first, but as you become more comfortable with being yourself, you will come to realize that change never happens overnight. It won't happen in this country overnight either but it WILL happen. Trust me-- it will happen. We have come too far to give up and let other people decide for us how we should live. Yes, we are Americans, and that means we deserve to have the same freedom and the same rights that all Americans have. Regardless of personal belief or religious conviction, we all do have that right.

So if you are at the moment one of the closed minded, keep reading. Sometimes things are not always what they seem...