This type of
hypocrisy makes me crazy. This is what made me crazy
about Fahrenheit 911. Moore was so busy pushing his
own bias that it ends up distorting the truth... and
then everyone loses. You all POLARIZE YOURSELVES
by only defending your agenda. Can't anyone defend
something they disagree with - simply because it's
right the thing to do? So we'll start with my beliefs,
i.e. my agenda:
I don't believe in
any organized religion and will defend your right to
believe in that organized religion to the death. The
Journey works for me... so don't take it from me, ok?
Because of my lack of religion - I could give two
shits about who gets married and truth be told -- me
giving someone an opinion about marriage is like Dr.
Phil's fat-ass writing a diet book (which he did). To
each his own, I think everyone should have the right
to get married. My take on the law side is a
bit different however: I don't believe the state
should recognize ANY marriage. They should recognize
legal unions. The problem is with the state adopting a
religious term "marriage" in the first place. There
should be no "marriage license" and at no time should
the state have recognized a religious entity. If you
got married in a church, and it was seen as a
union by the state... none of this would
matter. But because no one will stand up and change
the terminology at the state/federal level - we're in
this "mess". So that's where I stand. My "agenda"
would be allowing anyone to have any union they want
in the eyes of "my government". 5 wives? Fine. What do
I care? My only issue there would be once you got
married once you'd need the spouse to sign off on the
2nd 'cause the share goes from 50% to 33.3%. To the
state? It should all be about money and the legal
side. Blah, blah, blah.
So
enter Ms. Carrie Prejean who is asked her
thoughts on gay marriage by Perez Hilton.
Why the fuck this is a question at a
beauty pageant is beyond me... but as you
can see to the right, she says she
disagrees with it - it's how she was
raised, marriage is between a man and a
woman. Good for her for having the balls
to stand up against what is clearly not
the momentum of the country at the moment.
That was seriously my first reaction,
impressed she stood up for her beliefs.
But Perez and seemingly everyone else went
apeshit. Called her an idiot, a bigot,
used every stereotype in the book about a
vapid beauty queen and it has been
relentless.
And this, is why,
we can never bridge gaps in our society. Even the
progressive people think they're MORE RIGHT than
the rest of the people. Sound familiar Bush haters?
Sounds rather fundamentalist and exclusionary don't
you think? This is a moral issue on the religious
level, and a civil rights issue on the state level
ONLY. Her bible says gay marriage is wrong. End of
story for her. Thankfully for my personal beliefs,
most in our society feel differently than her and we
are inching our way towards a different type of union.
One I, and the rest of my generation, feel more
comfortable in. But make no mistake, this is a
religious issue for the people that believe in the
bible and if we were truly progressive? We'd respect
that. We'd love them the same way. Hell we'd actually
stand up for those that are getting SLAMMMMMMED for
stating a religious belief.
And if you feel
her religious belief infringes on your right? Welcome
to America where you can vote, you can protest, you
can change your society. And it's happening. I'll
think nearly every religion infringes on freedoms of
some sort - so it's up to the society as a whole to
go: "Nope, time to change". I love that about
America. You know how FAST shit changes here? I mean
we bitch about a slow bureaocracy but really? In a
generation? Guys, other countries are stuck in the
1800s. Just look at the shift in gay culture in the
last 30 years compared to the 300 years before it?
It's extraordinary. We are moving at breakneck speed
because of the internet and every day this country
looks more and more diverse. I mean, we went from not
being able to take care of black people in Louisiana
to a black president in 3 years. Incredible time to be
alive.
So the supreme
court upheld the proposition in California today.
It'll be struck down next year. They're all dyin'. The
dinosaur generation is passing on and people under 40
could give a SHIT who gets married. It is funny that
they recognized the 18,000 marriages that happened
last summer though. Talk about schizophrenic. More
lawsuits coming on that little caveat. It's a fun
little game - because truth be told? Civil unions had
the exact same rights. Dirty little secret. Identical
to marriage. But in this day and age, you should have
every right to say: "I am married to this
person" and hold your head up high. Be able to go into
a hospital and say:
"THIS IS MY HUSBAND" instead of
partner. You should be as accepted as anyone 'cause
you are human, you have feelings and you are one
couragous mofo to be married. All you fuckers fighting
to get married is kinda funny to Mr. Divorce. And I
will return the favor that was given to me when I
announced the wedding to Donna:
