free speech?!

so yesterday i was on a relaxing bike ride along the lake. dodging tourists, we made our way south past navy pier towards the museum campus. as we're riding, we notice a line of people along lake shore, wearing red shirts emblazoned with "CHOOSE LIFE", holding large anti-abortion posters.

i understand that in this country, we're granted free speech. but is this okay at the expense of others? these posters were grotesque and greatly disturbing. they were clearly partial-birth abortions. the pictures showed faces of fetuses being ripped by forceps and unformed faces covered with blood. while this description may sound awful, nothing compares with looking at the actual pictures.

again, i understand that these people had a "right" to stand alongside the drive, but is it fair for young children who don't understand such a concept to be exposed to this? in addition, (i do not know statistics of abortions) aren't partial-birth abortion much less common? aren't the pictures that were on public display only a rarity?

this is the "america" that i'm sick and tired of (literally). people like this make me sick. it's all about scare tactics. and now, i'm tired of keeping my mouth closed. i am also entitled to free speech.

but unlike these americans, i'm not going to voice my opinion and/or beliefs about something that does not affect me at all. sure, i wouldn't trade my sister born with downs syndrome for anything in the world (as some mothers may choose to abort an "unhealthy" child). but, the subject of abortion isn't something that i have a right to judge or voice my opinion about. i am a homosexual male that won't have to encounter abortion on a personal level.

let me continue standing on my soapbox:
i am not going to voice my opinions, standing on a street corner holding signs to disgust the masses, about something that does not affect me - i wish that others could possibly think the same way (or at least have the decency to consider it).
let's go to the popular topic of gay marriage.
IF IT DOESN'T AFFECT YOU, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!
most of the people that are so opposed to gay marriage are fighting for something that has NOTHING to do with them! why the fuck do you care if i choose to marry the someone as the same sex as me? just because you want to protect the "sanctity of marriage" like your president? um, divorce people? if you cared that much people, you'd ban divorce and affairs.

okay...i have to end this entry before i become too enraged.....