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While I do not subscribe to any religion, neither do I
doubt that ‘God’ is no homophobe. It is a very foolish person that will tell
you otherwise, someone with but a tenuous grasp on the basic precepts of religion;
peace and love. [What is all the ritual really worth without either?]
Too many people choose
to interpret the various Holy Books for their own bigoted ends while others prefer to court popularity by presenting an apparently united front that has to be hypocrisy at its very worst.
GOING BY THE BOOK
I
stood at the Gates of Love
asking
to be let in;
a
security guard refused,
said
I’d committed a sin
and
he could not see his way
to
admitting someone
openly,
unashamedly, gay
I
stood at the Gates of Love
demanding
to be let in,
wanting
to know just why
such
as I should be
refused
entry now or ever
because
of such bigotry
this
whole, sorry world over
I
stood at the Gates of Love
pleading
to be let in
but,
unmoved by my tears,
the
security guard insisted
he
hadn‘t the slightest intention
of
opening up to someone
daring
to question convention
I
stood at the Gates of Love,
about
to turn away
when
I heard a firm voice say,
‘Open
the gate
and
let him in immediately.
Love
has no quarrel
with
colour, creed or sexuality.’
I
entered the Gates of Salvation,
its
Voice seeking no explanation
Copyright R. N.
Taber 1964; 2010
[Note:
This poem was written in 1964, rediscovered and slightly revised in 2010.]
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