I got up around 10 a.m. so that I could get some homework done (and that I did - around 50 pages of Archaeology and two chapters of Psychology), and then I made some macaroni and cheese for lunch. I sat down at my computer to see what was in the news, and lo and behold, I find this: Obama’s Religious Rhetoric Puts Faith in Spotlight.
Lots of people, mostly relatives, have asked me who I’m going to be voting for in the next presidential election. It’s a great question: it’s something that you need to think long and hard about. I know I and many other Americans don’t want another Bush in office. I have yet to find a candidate that really strikes me as presidential material. I have a few candidates in mind that I WON’T vote for, however, which seems to be funny. I guess in the end it will be a process of elimination.
I read a few things that alerted Huckabee to my attention. I thought that they might very well be the ever-present bashing that comes to the surface during elections. I figured that what I had read was probably being blown out of proportion, or was only half the truth. What I found was disturbing.
Aside from the fact that it irks me that a preacher is running for president (I will concede that he has every right to run as anybody else), but it seems to me that he believes that he deserves to be president because he was a preacher. He has also compared homosexuality to completely different ludicrous acts when he said, “It is now difficult to keep track of the vast array of publicly endorsed and institutionally supported aberrations—from homosexuality and pedophilia to sadomasochism and necrophilia” (Source). Come on, I would like to know his reasoning behind comparing homosexuality - which is merely two people of the same sex being attracted to each other - with pedophilia (an adult taking advantage of a child), sadomasochism (interaction, esp. sexual activity, in which one person enjoys inflicting physical or mental suffering on another person, who derives pleasure from experiencing pain.), and necophilia (the sexual attraction to corpses). I’m tired of arguing the point that it’s ridiculous to ban something like homosexuality because your bible says so, but I will argue that the government has no place telling anybody that they can’t get married. They just simply do not have the right to do that, regardless of whether they agree with it because of their religion or not. Once upon a time the government took it upon themselves to ban interracial marriages. They did not have the right to ban people from getting a consenting marriage then and they don’t now. I’ve also heard the point that the government has no right to regulate marriages, period, as marriage in itself is a religious practice and as long as some church somewhere will marry the consenting couple then I see no problem with it. Period.
Now that I’ve got off the track by fuming about anti-homosexuality in the government, I’d like to draw attention to yet another idiot who cannot fathom that non-religious people are capable of having morals. I’ll let you Google for an article, because I know there are many, where Huckabee has condemned secularism as well as atheism. A man who would condemn a group of people simply because of some incredibly mal-informed and blatantly stupid stereotypes is someone I would never vote for.
In addition, I also decided a long time ago that I was never going to vote for Brownback, but he dropped out - which was absolutely fantastic. He needs to go back to his farm where he came from and never rear his head in politics again. (It’s unfortunate that I will probably hear about him even still because of the fact that he hails from Kansas.)
We’ll see who else gets added to this list.
I know that the message has already been shouted and screamed and demanded about, but it’s very important for all eligible voters to do their research and vote. What the president does has an effect on every US citizen through the economy, taxes, wars, and basic civil liberties that you might now take for granted. I know I’ll be voting in this election.
I’ve recently caught wind of a new movie coming out soon entitled The Golden Compass. As it hasn’t been out yet, I have yet to see it, and therefore I cannot draw any assumptions about the film itself. It appears, however, that the film has garnered some attention from those who feel that the books it is based upon, and by consequence the movie, will “denigrate Christianity, thrash the Catholic Church and sell the virtues of atheism” (Bill Donohue, president and CEO of the Catholic League). Excusing the fact that this is all coming from a television station who seems to be a one-track-minded beast, I am still deeply offended by the overall tone of the article by Fox News and many other groups who I’ve come across while Googling the film.
First of all, just because a film has the “virtues of atheism” does not mean it is a bad film. In fact, the virtues of atheism are very similar to those of Christians and other religions. I am sick and tired of seeing, hearing and reading propaganda being peddled all around me that says that just because something is “atheist” that it is bad. It is not bad and I don’t feel that it is any different than if someone were to say that because someone is Jewish that therefore they are bad, or because someone is Buddhist they are bad, etcetera.
I feel this country is sorely lacking in acceptance of other faiths, or people who lack faith. I’m an agnostic atheist but I practice acceptance every day of my life. It’s too bad that’s an “atheist virtue” and not something Fox News practices.
1. Filthy :: Blanket.
2. Therapist :: Couches.
3. Duck :: Hunter.
4. Slant :: Hill.
5. Artist :: Candace.
6. Lease :: House.
7. Wish :: List.
8. Doormat :: Door.
9. Global :: Warming.
10. Apartment :: Independence.
I was browsing the internet the other day and came across some real gems in the comments section of a news article:
“Gays are nothing but HEATHENS and portraying their lifestyle degrades our country, our religion, and the morals of anyone who watches it and think it acceptable. They are no better than pedophiles or anyone else committing unnatural sex acts. They deserve their human rights like anyone else and that’s it. It’s time the media stops portraying them as something special instead they way they should be really treated; like an embarrasment to humanity and God.”
“These Hollywood liberals have turned television and the movies into garbage with their pro homosexual agenda. Normal people aren’t interested in watching a bunch of perverts.”
HAVE THEY NOT READ THE BIBLE ABOUT THE ABONATION TO THEIR SOUL . DO YOU PEOPPLE NOT BELIEVE IN GOD WORD. THIS IS A SIN AN IS NOT FIT FOR OUR CHILDREN TO WATCH ON THE T.V. ANY MORE , THEY ARE CONFUSED ENOUGH ABOUT HIS WORLD WITH PUSHING MORE SIN INTO THEIR LIFES. I THINK THE GAY PEOPLE SHOULD REPENT AND ASK GOD FOR DILIVERANCE , AND FORGIVENESS.HOW MANY GAY OR LESBAINS HAVE YOU SEEN THAT TRULY HAPPY. NONE.
I like how they assume that everyone is of one religion (hence saying “our religion”), because everyone knows that the people of the United States are all from the same religious background (see http://www.gc.cuny.edu/faculty/research_briefs/aris/key_findings.htm). Please note that the previous sentence was sarcasm.
Okay, so who the hell are they to accuse someone of “unnatural sex acts”? I really don’t see how it’s anyone’s business but the people involved in any consensual sex act. I know I would just rather not be informed about what other people are doing in the bedroom (or wherever) because it’s just not ANY OF MY BUSINESS.
“An embarrassment to humanity and God”… As a human, meaning I am part of the group called humanity, I do not feel embarrassed by the gay population. Of course, I cannot comment on the last part, but again: I can chalk that up to the fact that not everyone in the US is of the Christian faith, and therefore any official stance by the US government based upon the religions that view homosexuality as bad is playing a biased game. But I digress.
I have several gay friends. I am not gay. It does not, and has never, offended me. I find it incredibly sad that I am one of the few trusted people that know of some of my friend’s sexualities because of the pure stupidity and close-mindedness of the general population here.
My view is this: live and let live. What does it matter to you what someone else does as long as it isn’t hurting you or others? I sincerely fail to see, even if you do not agree with or tolerate homosexuality, why you make it YOUR business what they do. Nobody is saying that because gay and lesbian people exist that you must immediately become a gay or lesbian.
I really don’t care that there are homosexual people because that’s just how they are. I am in a heterosexual relationship and I have never felt that because homosexual relationships exist that my relationship is weakened, threatened, or anything of the sort. Because, again, quite frankly, it’s not any of my damn business.
You do what you want to do, you live how you want to live, you pursue your happiness in the name of the constitution and of liberty. This is what America was built on, pursuing your right to happiness, to liberty. I might have misread, but I don’t believe that there was a footnote with an asterisk that said
*unless it violates the mass majority’s opinions.
I love this quote:
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
- Voltaire
