Amen

I sit
On an uncomfortable church pew
And listen to a Southern Baptist preacher talk to me about sin
And how the way I walk my life
Will lead me straight
To Hell
He quotes Romans and Leviticus and
Doesn't miss a punnish jab at the Buddhists
 
With controlled anger I sit
And try not to shake
I
I should have told him Amen.
 
Amen to all the heterosexuals
Amen to all the homosexuals
Amen to all the bisexuals
Amen to all the transsexuals
Amen to all the uh...
Try... sexuals?
 
Amen to all people
Of all sexual orientation
For God is all love
And as such there is no room for hate
Yet hate brings in more money
For uncomfortable church pews
And little pamphlets proclaiming the love of
"God"
For all people who happen to look the same.
 
A philosophy based solely in belief and hatred
Has no business within my bedroom
And definitely not within my pants
 
A philosophy based solely in belief and hatred
Has no right proclaiming who I should love
 
A philosophy based solely in belief and hatred
Does not create within me any shred of respect
While it condemns those who are closer to me than family
And condones those who would cause the streets to run red with our blood
 
So amen
Amen
AMEN
To all those who, like me, will never be afraid to love
And to be loved
Amen
To all those who are quietly faithful
But who will stand and loudly scream against unreal hate filled gods
Amen
To every bitchy queen
Who has ever had the balls to stand in the face of someone who just shouted faggot in the middle of a crowded mall
And rip them a new asshole
Amen
Amen
AMEN
Can I get an amen?
 
You see
The difference between belief and faith
Is that belief will only go so far as your own personal indignation
Faith is much stronger
It does not write tracts
Or stand on street corners screaming about Hell
Instead, it's quiet and it listens
It watches and it waits
It
Flows
And perhaps it changes over time.
 
I should have said this and a lot more
But my tongue sticks like peanut butter to the roof of my mouth
And I hate the taste


For those watching the video, I don't start the poem until about the 50 second mark so you can skip to there.  The beginning was just me trying to sell the slam and stuff.