One subject that is very important to me... being gay. I realized I was when I was fifteen and at first felt like I was the only one in the world that was gay. How do I know I'm gay? How do straight people know they are straight? It's not even a feeling. You just are. I don't feel gay... I just am... it's me, it's the life I live and the thoughts and fellings that occur each day. So I'm gay and I'll ask a question so many people ask everyday... Why me? Well this is the way god made me, and all christians know that God doesn't make mistakes. When people put gay people down continuously, or when they beat us up because of our sexual preference, or when they kill others because they are gay, and for no other reason, then I'm telling you it is them that are lost. God created people to be individuals, to stand up for what they believe and to fight for what they believe is right. A section from the Bible says... "For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16. I believe in God and always will. God did not exclude Homosexuals, Heterosexuals, Bisexuals, Blacks, Whites, Hispanics, Asians, Jews, Christians, Muslims, or any other persons. Everyone is allowed to have their own beliefs about anything, including homosexuals. What I do not understand, however, is how so many people can hate and not even try to understand people that they have never met before. If you have ever met me before, you probably liked me... I am a pretty nice guy who cares a great deal about other people. I am pretty sure that you have good friends that could be gay and are so afraid to come out for fear of your reaction. What kind of a friend would allow a friendship created over time to become broken because of such a small part of whom that person is? I try to be a good friend to everyone, although I have my faults. Love me, like me, or hate me for who I am inside once you have gotten to know me, not for what you were raised to believe about me, not from what you read by ignorant people about people like me, and not from what you heard from other people's ignorance. Being a homosexual is not a disease or a disability... we are your sons and daughters, your brothers and sisters, your moms and dads, your aunts and uncles and cousins, and maybe even your best and closest friends. Why me? I don't know... Why not me? I am a friend... I am courage... I am knowledge... I am love... and of course... I am gay... but most of all... I'm a creation through God's love.