Lessons About Homophobia Kanye Could Teach the Anti-Gay Clerk

In high school, Kanye West used to get asked, "Are you gay?" by his peers. "It made me homophobic," he told MTV in 2005, because it made him "question" why he walked and dressed the way he did. He says he would use the word "fag" and look down on gay people. It wasn't until he found out that his cousin was gay that he realized he was discriminating against his own cousin. It made him ask himself, "Am I discriminating against my cousin?"

Meanwhile, in Kentucky, a clerk keeps repeatedly denying marriage licenses to gay couples. Not sure if she is aware, but marriage equality is now legal in all 50 states in the United States AND the highest court in all the land (a thing called the Supreme Court) made that decision. Anyway, here are 3 lessons Kanye could teach Kim Davis: 

1. "I've been discriminating against gays. Do I discriminate against my cousin?"

What is so wrong with gay people getting married? It's like Kanye says, once he realized his cousin was gay, it was a gamechanger. He could no longer discriminate against gay people. Does Davis know gay people exist, love each other and some of them want to express that love by getting married? 

2. "Hip hop is about fighting for your rights and speaking your mind."

Davis is no rapper, but doesn't she know that part of her job is to bring people together through marriage and follow the rules set in place by the Supreme Court? In this case, the SC is fighting for the rights of gay people, and Davis is not cooperating. 

3. "That's discrimination. To me, that's just like what they used to do to black people. I want people to stop all that."

Kanye is done with homophobia because he sees it for what it is — discrimination. So, what's up, Kim Davis?