Henry Rollins has said he admires the
courage of gay people.
In an op-ed published in Los Angeles
alternative LA Weekly, the former punk rocker and current
spoken word artist congratulated Washington state voters for
upholding a gay marriage law approved by lawmakers.
“Hats off to Washington state where,
recently, hundreds of same-sex couples were legally married,”
Rollins
wrote. “I am elated as much as I am frustrated by why this
country refuses to wake up and smell the 14th Amendment of
the Constitution. I feel for everyone who wanted to get married for
so long and were made to feel so bad about who they are. I feel
worse for all the Americans in the large number of remaining states
still waiting for their turn to enjoy the freedoms and protections
bestowed upon them by their very citizenship.”
Rollins, 51, predicted that in years to
come “some of the brightest and most productive people entering
into the adult working world will be the kids who were raised by
same-sex parents.”
He added: “I appreciate and admire
the day-to-day courage of the gay people I have encountered in the
music world and elsewhere. I have never been put in the position of
having to 'stand up' for my heterosexuality. I am on the biggest
possible team and it's always the home game for me. The Westboro
Baptist Church's god doesn't hate me and I have lived life with an
incredible amount of mobility and a low level of fear and
tribulation. On the other hand, gay in Wyoming? That's some Bruce
Lee Enter the Dragon highlight-reel action.”