In lieu of the elections tomorrow I thought I would repost an old blog...Remember vote NO for Prop.2 tomorrow 11/8...help make all men(and women) equal!!

Friday, May 06, 2005

Role Call
So Im very thankful to have grown up in the decade that I did grow up in, I consider myself a child of the 90's. Most of my formidable years happened in the 90's. I tend to think that I am very open minded and think of people as just that, people. I dont stare at people that have excessive tattoos or piercings, I dont get uncomfortable when I see two people of the same sex holding hands...everyone needs love right, I dont think that it is weird for a black man to marry a white woman or vice versa, I think it is fine if a woman wants to have an abortion, I think its fine if a women wants to be a single mother, I think its acceptable for a single man to raise a child, I think it is more than acceptable for a gay or lesbian couple to adopt or artifically inseminate themselves to have and raise a child, I think that it is wonderful to believe in something but you have to let people develop their own views, there is not one belief system and just because you think one way doesnt make everyone else wrong and that doesnt make you right. I think that what you do in the bedroom is your business and no one else's but if you want to tape it and share it with everyone that has $9.95 and access to the internet then you should damn well be able to, I think that if a girl wants to exploit her body that she should be able to, no one forces these girls to be strippers or work at hooters, it is their choice and they are makin damn good money from it. I think it is reasonable. Love knows no boundries and some people are into some weird shit but that is their bag, not mine so I just keep my mouth shut.

I was also raised in an agnostic home. I have never been baptised and probably never will be. My dad was/is catholic and my mother a methodist. We attended both churches every now and then, we went on the important holidays, Christmas and Easter. But christian views were not instilled deep in my soul. But I still have morals. I dont think I believe in God, I have certainly not experienced anything in my life that would force me into thinking there is a God, but at the same time I have not experienced anything that would force me into thinking that there is not a God. I believe in evolution, to think that one day we just appeared out of no where is ludicris. I believe that we go some where after we die but would I call it heaven or hell? No I dont think I would.I was also raised, and taught in school that church and state are seperate. I was taught that all men (as in mankind, not the sex) are created equal. That is what our country was founded on right? Our founding fathers made their way over here becasue they were tired of being persecuted against for their beliefs. We have no national religion, or language. We have (and to sound terribly cliche)a melting pot of cultures. We are a diverse group of people, Americans are. So why does what our president belive in matter? Just because religion dictates what is right and wrong in your moral life doesnt meant that it should play in to law making. Because I think this way, and because I was raised in the 90's I think it is scary to hear people shun and discriminate against everything I think is ok. How is the love that two women share for each other any different from the love a man and a women share for each other? Why should Gay couples not have the same rights as stright couples? I know damn well that my boyfriend knows my wishes better than my family but since we arent married, he would have no say if I died. Marriage is not a holy institution unless the bride and groom wish it to be. Marriage is a civil union, the only person(s) who have to recognize marriage is the state. You dont have to go and get a marriage license from God. If it was a holy union you wouldnt be able to just marry in a courtroom by the justice of peace, you would have to marry in a church in front of the clergy and have them approve your marriage. The truth of the matter is that if I wanted to get married tomorrow, I could run off to Vegas, Atlantic City (I think even Kentucky lets you) and get married on a whim, In a court house with no church members, or God present