So is this what it all boils down to? If someone speaks their mind, and happens to disagree with a certain people group, they should be ostracized, and in the case of Miss California even be marked down from receiving the title of Miss USA? Should she have answered what Perez Hilton wanted to hear just to get the crown? No way!
By the way, here's an excellent link to get some of the facts, http://www.therocksandiego.org/stories/misscalifornia/
In California, "we the people" decided in November that marriage is between a man and a woman. Should the person who represents that state (if she weren't already speaking from her personal convictions) go against what the majority of that same state believes? And what about the rest of the country; as Perez Hilton even explained that 4 states have so far legalized same-sex marriage, wouldn't that in a 50 state nation kinda leave 46 of them where it still is illegal? Why should we as a society have to bow down and serve a minority?
"That's not politically correct!" -Is it politically correct to ostracize a person who stands by their religious convictions? Is it even morally correct to take away the rights of a person to justify another's deviant behavior? Unless our freedom of speech and freedom of religion are no longer "real" freedoms...
People have heard me say that allowing gay couples to get married is like allowing a child get away with deviant behavior (and even celebrating it!). -And even for putting this on my blog, I'm running the risk of being ostracized for my convictions or worse :-O
Even crazier, now with the new Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act in place, I could be committing hate-crime for speaking what I believe is the truth!
(i don't know for sure yet... am I?)
And why is the gay community so bent on claiming "marriage" for themselves? Why is the gay community so bent on destroying the sanctity of marriage in a way that takes away the rights of religious groups that don't agree with them? Is there a hidden agenda?
Just to make it clear: I do not hate gays and lesbians.
In fact, the same God that condemns homosexual behavior also commands His people to love thy neighbor...and I happen to live in a primarily gay neighborhood.
I love you.
But I don't agree with you -please don't hate me for it.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
the man-cave
..is usually described as a dedicated area of a house, such as a basement, workshop, or garage, where a man can be alone or socialize with his friends.
but some psychologists also describe it as a figurative cave that a man retracts to in his mind when he's spending extra time in thought or going through some kind of transitional period in his life.
that's where i am right now.
don't worry, it's nothing personal if i seem distant or out of it on the outside... it blows over..
but some psychologists also describe it as a figurative cave that a man retracts to in his mind when he's spending extra time in thought or going through some kind of transitional period in his life.
that's where i am right now.
don't worry, it's nothing personal if i seem distant or out of it on the outside... it blows over..
Friday, April 03, 2009
Say goodbye to farmers markets, CSAs, and roadside stands...
...unless we STOP HR 875, HR 814, SR 425 and SOON, HR 759
I just got this in an email and I'd like to pass it on:
The above so called "food safety" bills in Congress were written by the nation-less corporations such as; Monsanto, Cargill, Tysons, ADM, etc. These bills are all associated with the opposite of food safety. What is this all about then?
- By Linn Cohen-Cole - March 3, 2009
In the simplest terms, organic food and a rebirth of farming were winning. Not in absolute numbers but in a deep and growing shift by the public toward understanding the connection between their food and their health, between good food and true social pleasures, between their own involvement in food and the improvement in their lives in general, between local food and a burgeoning local economy.
Slow Food was right - limit your food to what comes from your region and from real farmers, and slow down to cook it and linger over it with friends and family, and the world begins to change for the better.
And as we face an unprecedented economic crisis, and it is hard to be sure what has value, one thing that always does is food. Which is why the corporations are after absolute control over it. But what obstacles to a complete lock on food do they face? All the people in this country who are "banking" on organic farming and urban gardens and most of all, everyone's deepening pleasure in and increasing involvement with everything about food.
To truly make a difference; we recommend a direct person to person contact, such as phone calls, faxing and paying personal visit to their offices and see how they are ruining our lives. - We need to stop these bills first, or we are left with no money from the financial bail-out and no food from the food steal-out.
President, Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500
Phone: (202) 456-1414
Comments: (202) 456-1111
Fax: (202) 456-2461
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
U.S. Congress: (202) 224-3121 http://www.house.gov/
U.S. Senate: (202) 224-6221 http://www.senate.gov/
Send a message to Congress.
We need millions to be fighting this. Contact Eli Pariser at MoveOnmoveon-help@list.moveon.org
http://us.mc543.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=moveon-help@list.moveon.org
Take action -- click here to contact your local newspaper or congress people: Stop HR 875, HR 814, SR 425, and soon, HR 759
Click here to see the most recent messages sent to Congressional Representatives and local newspapers
Linn Cohen-Col
http://www.opednews.com/author/author10919.html
I just got this in an email and I'd like to pass it on:
The above so called "food safety" bills in Congress were written by the nation-less corporations such as; Monsanto, Cargill, Tysons, ADM, etc. These bills are all associated with the opposite of food safety. What is this all about then?
- By Linn Cohen-Cole - March 3, 2009
In the simplest terms, organic food and a rebirth of farming were winning. Not in absolute numbers but in a deep and growing shift by the public toward understanding the connection between their food and their health, between good food and true social pleasures, between their own involvement in food and the improvement in their lives in general, between local food and a burgeoning local economy.
Slow Food was right - limit your food to what comes from your region and from real farmers, and slow down to cook it and linger over it with friends and family, and the world begins to change for the better.
And as we face an unprecedented economic crisis, and it is hard to be sure what has value, one thing that always does is food. Which is why the corporations are after absolute control over it. But what obstacles to a complete lock on food do they face? All the people in this country who are "banking" on organic farming and urban gardens and most of all, everyone's deepening pleasure in and increasing involvement with everything about food.
To truly make a difference; we recommend a direct person to person contact, such as phone calls, faxing and paying personal visit to their offices and see how they are ruining our lives. - We need to stop these bills first, or we are left with no money from the financial bail-out and no food from the food steal-out.
President, Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500
Phone: (202) 456-1414
Comments: (202) 456-1111
Fax: (202) 456-2461
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
U.S. Congress: (202) 224-3121 http://www.house.gov/
U.S. Senate: (202) 224-6221 http://www.senate.gov/
Send a message to Congress.
We need millions to be fighting this. Contact Eli Pariser at MoveOnmoveon-help@list.moveon.org
http://us.mc543.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=moveon-help@list.moveon.org
Take action -- click here to contact your local newspaper or congress people: Stop HR 875, HR 814, SR 425, and soon, HR 759
Click here to see the most recent messages sent to Congressional Representatives and local newspapers
Linn Cohen-Col
http://www.opednews.com/author/author10919.html
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