Today I did something I’ve never done. I removed someone from my Facebook for one single post.

I ignore a lot from my friends on Facebook and I don’t mean that in a “I don’t give a crap about you.” way. It just means that I have count a lot of people as friends that have really different viewpoints from my own. I don’t share a religion with ANY of the people I went to school with. My political leanings are far left. I’m a truly dedicated omnivore. I drink, I smoke, I drop F-bombs.

I try to be non-judgmental and sometimes I fail, but I got better.  I take people for what they are and I was proud of my tolerance. I mean, it doesn’t bother me if my Christian friends pray for me. I’m sure I can use all the help I can get. And I don’t care if you think I’m a socialist. I probably am.

Today, however, I hit my limit of tolerance and it wasn’t something I expected to happen on my Facebook. Someone I went to school with, a preacher, posted that he was so disgusted that Obama declared a LGBT month and then went off on a rant about how godless Obama was. Blah Blah Blah, Something about God. I was shocked. And then I got pissed. Because seriously, do you honestly think, in your heart of hearts, with all the utter bullshit going on out there today and what has gone on in the past, that anyone in their right minds would CHOOSE to be LGBT? Do you think anyone would knowingly choose to be cast out of their families or spiritual homes, denied a legal partnership with the person they love, or to become a victim of a hate crime because Teh Gayz is the new Black?

I know a lot of LGBT people and you know what? They are just like me. They eat, breathe, piss, shit, love, hate, cry, laugh, work, play, are geniuses, or dumb as hell. Yeah, I can manage the last two sometimes simultaneously, I’m that damn good. And in this huge fight for LGBT rights, I’ve never once heard that community ask for anything I was denied.

Exactly what is wrong in giving every single citizen of this world the right to choose whom they grow old with? What is wrong with stopping discrimination based on who occupies their bed at night as long as both parties are of legal age and it’s consensual? What is wrong with letting every single man and woman enjoy the exact same rights as their neighbor, co-worker, classmate, person sitting beside them on the bus? Tell me honestly, how will this group of people having the same rights as I do worsen my life?

When I read this guy’s post on Facebook, I got angry and I didn’t even think twice about unfriending this person. I was disgusted and disappointed. And I do not unfriend people for one stupid remark. This went beyond stupid, though. This was hatred and bigotry, pure and simple.

Yes, I’m being judgmental and I usually don’t like it when I fall below my admittedly high standards. I do my best to force myself to grow and learn and go beyond the ordinary and for me, intolerance is sub-standard behaviour.

But this time, I really think I’m ok with it.