I don’t really agree with the sign holder’s logic, because Biblical rites, rituals, traditions, and rules do not belong in our government. It’s a nice thought though.
October 26, 2009
October 12, 2009
May 31, 2009
Ralph Sockman
“The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.”
April 9, 2009
Gay Marriage on a Roll
After Iowa and Vermont recently joined Massachusetts and Connecticut to allow gay marriage, we know have a huge step forward for a minority that has been largely ignored throughout history.
Glad that steps are being taken to ensure liberty for *all*. BTW when I get married, it won’t be in a church.
March 5, 2009
Prop H8te Needs to be Repealed
I don’t think I’ll ever quite understand what some conservatives find so wrong about gay relationships. Slicing through any politics, religions, beliefs, what is wrong with love? What if we were just genderless beings?
Don’t pretend marriage is religious, it’s legal. Has been since its institution and each religion has based certain rituals around it. Going back we can trace marriages to actually being mostly about property (since early Mesopotamian times).
Don’t pretend it’s just about procreation. Old people can get married too with no huge political opposition following them. Homosexual couples can also adopt and raise completely normal families.
Don’t pretend marriage’s definition changing is an affront to values. If the definition hadn’t changed we wouldn’t have interracial marriage in the US. Customs are made to evolve as our society grows and sheds ignorance.
It’s embarrassing to see people oppose this with such vigor. NO ONE IS FORCING ANYONE TO MARRY SOMEONE OF THEIR OWN GENDER. If gay marriage were legalized, what would it change for straight people? That’s correct, nothing. It would just make millions of Americans ecstatic because they’d get the same rights as their heterosexual neighbors.
I’m so sick of people pretending they know how I feel. Really? Really? I’m making a LIFESTYLE CHOICE? Every time I hear someone say that it is kind of like getting slapped in the face. No one should dare tell me who I am and why I am the way I am. No one has any idea if they’re across the gulch throwing stones at a minority.
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I get so frustrated.
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ps- I’m really not supposed to say this (gay agenda likes to keep it hush hush), but BEING GAY CAN FUCKING SUCK.
March 3, 2009
Joey and I: 1 year, 1 month, 1 day
Mmmm, possibly give or take a day. It’s hard with 2008 being a leap year and all.
But the one year mark is a great milestone in our relationship and definitely the most stable and longest relationship I’ve been in. And of course I’m with the best guy <3 This is a pretty awesome thing for me considering the tough time I’ve had finding guys who are more than skin deep (Japan, America, and otherwheres). You’re great Joey <3 Looking forward to 1 and a half.
Small bit of realism shown in on the typical “gays only have hookups” stereotypes.
February 10, 2009
A-MAZING T-SHIRTS
Haha, I find this shirt amazing. I use ‘nandeyanen’ ALL THE TIME in American. Some of my cashiers will notice me saying it and be all like “what the hell?”. Basically it means “you have to be kidding me” and you can say it when someone says something ridiculous. Like if one of my cashiers asks for an additional break. I picked up the habit at Nagano High School and just fell in love with the word. It’s amazing. This shirt is amazing. I’m probably going to buy it.
Second is this “urusai” shirt. Urusai is a little tricky to translate because its dynamic and can change meanings in different situations. It can be used to insult someone or to tell someone to shut up. Either way it means they’re being loud and obnoxious. In ESS club sometimes the leaders would yell that out to people if they were talking. Haha. Japanese high schoolers.
Both are from http://www.gesshoku.org/ which has some pretty interesting tshirt designs. Stumbled on the site totally on accident (thanks Google) but some of their stuff just cracked me up because of personal memories.
January 17, 2009
I, uh, can’t see much difference
Go to a KKK site. Replace “white pride” with “christian morals”. Now ask yourself why groups advocating for our government to bend to secular wishes is tolerated but asking the government to revert back to serving only white people is not.
We struck down racism. We’re still not willing to accept all religions or lack thereof.
And in my opinion, Focus on the Family and their ilk are doing far worse damage to the morals of our country than the KKK is right now.
January 16, 2009
This is what war is (HIGHLY GRAPHIC)
While we can sit and bitch about our economy, other countries would just love to be able to do that. Because at least they would have living citizens.
So even through this financial crisis the US is going through, remind me why we’re creating even more weapons to bring death on people? And why is it that we’re still standing behind Israel instead of pushing harder for a truce? And why is it that the American people really don’t care?
I still hold a lot of contempt for ignorant Americans, just as much as I have for our lame duck President.
January 13, 2009
FORESKIN!!
So I’ve kind of been meaning to blog about this for awhile. I’m approaching this from a medical standpoint so it isn’t inappropriate or anything. It is just something I’m rather opinionated about.
Why is the US so obsessed with circumcision? I can see that it had its place in history, a time when bathing was a once a week event, but what about now? Why has this utterly barbaric and now obsolete practicing still being performed? It really perplexes me. After all, the US is about 65-70% cut and I know that the practicing Jew population does not come near to those numbers.
The procedure has already been shot down by many doctors. Having no foreskin does not protect you from sexually transmitted diseases, does not lower your chance of getting AIDS, nada. Foreskin just needs to be kept clean like any other part of the male body.
Another big reason people advocate for circumcision is purely for cosmetic reasons. Some people value having no skin on the penis (which was there PURPOSEFULLY). But if any woman wants to judge a man by that, I’d humbly ask her what part of her vagina she would like to give up. I don’t thing girls really understand that it is not some detachable body piece. The pain infant males go through is painful to watch. If you want to see, search up Penn and Teller’s BULLSH!T episode about the matter.
Am I against circumcision? No. There are valid medical reasons why it is performed in some cases. And what if a guy just wanted to be cut? Sure, whatever. But in those cases it can be a consenting male that willingly goes under the knife to get those results. Not an infant who is having an operation that will change his physical appearance for the rest of his life and something he has to deal with.
It is something people should really put more thought into. Don’t just do it because the “majority” does. America is one of the last countries still holding on to this spiteful surgery.
ps- I should clarify. I find nothing wrong with circumcisized penises. The problem lies in infants not having a CHOICE.
