"It's our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

~ Albus Dumbledore ~

Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Who are the haters NOW?

First off, HOORAY for Prop 8 passing!

Now, for the past however long this whole issue has been going on, WE have been accused of hatred and bigotry for wanting to keep a traditional definition of marriage between a man and a woman as the law. Those opposing Prop 8 came up with a catch phrase, "8 = hate" which has been reported to have been graffitied on church buildings, keyed on peoples' cars, etc etc. (Yes, all very mature and "un-hateful") Now, these very same groups that rallied and cried for tolerance from us, are rallying for violence and hate crimes! Hypocritical much? I think so... Read more about it here.

Now let me state clearly, I am not against tolerance. We are all different, and deserve (whatever our beliefs) respect and courtesy. What I AM against, is when this so called "tolerance" is only supposed to work one way, and in this case it would have been tolerance for same sex couples only and intolerance for our religious freedoms. In Massachusetts, where this same proposition failed to pass, people who do not agree with homosexual lifestyles have lost THEIR rights to be notified of what their children are being taught and pull them out of class if they don't agree. (ie.events such as "Gay Pride week" that are now being shoved down kindergardeners' throats, even!) Adoption agencies have been closed down because they are now mandated to work with and place children with same-sex couples. Churches could be told they need to perform same-sex marriages. What about all these peoples' rights? Where is the tolerance there? Since when are the views of the few being imposed upon the many considered tolerance?

I do not agree with how the Presidential election turned out(Although yes, I am happy to see that our country has come so far that a person of any race and/or gender can hold the office of President! That is a victory worth rejoicing over!). However, I am not about to go out there and physically threaten Obama supporters. The majority has spoken, and that should be respected! The people of California (AZ and FL as well) have spoken too, and now they have to fear for their lives and property? Again...is this the tolerance the Vote No on Prop 8 groups were clamoring for? Hmm... maybe we have different dictionaries or something, because that hardly sounds like tolerance at all.

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Too funny!

For all you Princess Bride fans and Huckabee haters... ;)