In
the world of narrow-minded individuals homosexuality can be “cured” and “prevented.”
There is no way somebody can be born gay,
something had to have happened to them as a child: rape, pedophilia, daddy
issues. Obviously, that is anything but true, and John Smid is living proof.
John
Smid was the former executive director of “Love in Action”—the group that said
it could stop people from being attracted to the same sex. On November 16th,
he married his same-sex partner Larry McQueen. Formerly a part of the group “Love
in Action” with the hopes and belief that he would be “cured” of his
homosexuality, Smid left in 2008 and came out as “still gay” in 2011. “One
cannot repent of something that is unchangeable” Smid said as a renouncement of
his original message that he had been “cured” of his homosexuality.
“I’ve
believed in faith that something was going to happen, and it never did.” Smid
lived his life hoping to be cured of his homosexuality because he knew he was “different.”
Luckily, Smid did not spend his whole life trying to “cure” himself of who he
really was. “At my age, right now in my life, I do not have that many good
years left in me, and I can’t live like this for the rest of my life, so I said
‘No I’m not willing to keep pushing after something that’s not going to happen.”
Smid eventually came to peace with himself and realized that, who he is, is
just who he is supposed to be. Nobody can “cure” you from being gay, because
you are not sick. You cannot be cured when
there is nothing physically wrong with
you. “The reflection I see today with Larry shows me the positive things in
my life, my strengths, gifts and talent. I see how I can succeed at a mutual
intimate and loving relationship. For this, I am truly grateful.”
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