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Is the way we love, an issue for public scrutiny and political debate?
Is Father John, Senator Smith or Martha next door qualified to make an accurate assessment of our sexual needs? Can any of us boast that we own the proper perspective of different loving or alternative lifestyles? At the very least, we owe it to ourselves to gain a complete understanding of these issues and the marks left by the standards and designs of normal love.
Is Father John, Senator Smith or Martha next door qualified to make an accurate assessment of our sexual needs? Can any of us boast that we own the proper perspective of different loving or alternative lifestyles? At the very least, we owe it to ourselves to gain a complete understanding of these issues and the marks left by the standards and designs of normal love.Unfortunately, normal does exist as a set of unwritten and written rules, which have been delegated for centuries by religious and government leaders, and include the abridged ideals and philosophies of our peers. Many of our standards for normal are based in age-old teachings and text, which have proven to hold many contradictions and half-truths. Some are based in beliefs that have been handed down for centuries and reflect the feelings, needs and fears of past generations. How sad it is that we have not outgrown those archaic notions and anxieties.
Normal poses stereotypical doctrine, which exalts the opinions of the few as proclamation to dictate the perceptions and behaviors of the masses. Typically, we react and respond in robotic style, seeking to maintain the approval of others. We give credence to these delegated standards, set by leaders who have overstated their authority and demonstrated their own cravings and curiosities for the alternative lifestyles. The increasing number of leaders found straying from the norm merely offers proof that no matter whose standards are violated; our individual sexual needs are part of our essence and cannot be dictated, denied or repressed without risk or consequence.
Ignorance, fear and prejudice dictate our presence. Without regard for the facts, we blindly accept what is given. The facts show that the standard of the ages once included and accepted what we now deem forbidden love. Different loving was once the norm and not held as being born of evil.
Our rules are based in Christianity, which was born in Paganism. Christian celebrations and holidays remain based in Pagan ritual, yet Paganism too has become taboo. The facts also show that many of the sexual experiences we love and hold dear are illegal. There are still active laws over much of our nation prohibiting our participation in many of our favorites. Prohibition of oral sex is among those on the books. Yet, we accept it as normal and participate.
Although the old teachings and writings speak of not sitting in judgment, we do it also as a matter of course. Our first response to anything deemed different is negative. It becomes our focus and we use it to degrade the act and its participants; usually because we don’t understand it or can’t identify. Those who answer the call of the inner being do not show weakness or degradation for any authority, but display the essence of the human element and the compelling force of the universe.
Those who choose to share love away from the standard continue to be met with prejudice and the resulting battery of conflict and ridicule. The loving and sharing presented in Gay/Lesbian, BDSM/Gor, Taoism/Tantra, Wicca/Pagan and interracial relationships, comes with the gift of promise,but individual rights in that regard are limited to one design. Our “live and let live” policies extend only to that, which conforms and fits the standard mold. Normal assumes a “one size fits all” standard and love shared outside the stereotypical dogmas is seen as an attack on humankind, something ugly and without merit or credibility.
We have come to be a society driven and controlled by our own fears and disassociated consciousness. We set ourselves above the divine rite to make life decisions for our fellow man. How long will we carry our bent and rusty swords of injustice, in the namesake of normal? When will personal opinion and perception be replaced with the dictates of individual rights and freedoms?
The laws of nature and the powers of the universe will always supersede the dictates of man. Providing for the laws of safe, sane and consensual sex; if it feels good…do it!
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