Wow, what a day!

This afternoon I went to a wedding. All my friends are getting married and it's freaking me out a little, I'm not going to lie. Still, Ryan and Alletta are two of the nicest, smartest folks I know and they really love each other so I was glad I could be there when they got hitched. I cried a little during the ceremony and I'm not ashamed to admit it...it was touching in the way the first five minutes of Love Actually are.

Anyway, while there I got to talking with my friend Moses and I've decided I have a fundamental problem with the whole notion of "coming out of the closet," or at least the pressure to do so. I don't feel the need to tell folks that I'm straight unless I want them to know. The idea that homosexuals should feel unique pressure to tell people their preferences is a double standard that I think represents a form, albeit a relatively passive one, of descrimination. If you want someone to know what you're in to and telling folks makes your life better, great, have at it. However, I don't think that gays and lesbians sharing that knowledge should be any bigger deal than straight folks doing the same, and I think making "coming out of the closet" a big deal is what makes it a big deal.

What I'm getting at is this: sexuality should be whatever you want and no one should ever feel compelled to share anything about themselves that they don't feel comfortable sharing, especially when it doesn't really matter anyway and we're all just people looking for someone to love.