It's About Darn Time People Can Get Married!

I was amazed and pleased with the Court decision that gays and lesbians should be able to marry.

Yes, I know, some would be surprised at my thoughts regarding this.

But let me express some ideas, as a Christian.

• God never says "oops", so if a person is hardwired into being attracted to the same sex, who am I to question how the Lord knit them together?
• Jesus told the crowd that whoever was without sin could throw the first stone at the adulteress, and when he looked up from writing in the sand, they were all gone. So he told the woman to go and sin no more. Hmmm... John 8:3-11
• All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blaspemies wherewith soever they shall blasheme: But he that shall blasheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation? Mark 3:18
• Judge not, that ye be not judged. Mathew 7:1

OK, so the way I see it:

• It's not my bed, nor is it my business who loves who.
• It's not my job to decide if God made a mistake, God determines the Path, not me.
• Better to be wed than to be out fornicating.

Now, I should make this a little clearer. I believe that we should follow Jesus' words about Caesar and God. The current state of a "marriage" in America is really a business relationship recognized by the government, often formalized by a religious ceremony.

We need to change our definition of terms. We need to separate the state definition from the church definition.

I think everybody should go to the courthouse and get their Certificate of Civil Union, swear in front of the clerk, get it done. Bang, you're officially, in the eyes of the government, a couple entitled to your tax deductions, health coverage, etc.

You'll also have equal protections under the law if you split up. Child support, separating the property, bills, credit, etc -- just like the current state of divorce for hetro couples.

Anyway, after you've had your Civil Union, then if you want to get "married", then you go over to your church and have your wedding according to your own faith system.

One advantage to this sort of arrangement is that such entities as the FDLS, now notorious for forcing young girls into marriages with older men and other wives, will clearly be in the wrong (legally) no matter how they try to spin it.

All laws regarding underage weddings would apply whether they were Civil Unions or within that church's belief systems. Civil law wouldn't allow it. Period. (Yes, I know it doesn't now, but somehow this cult has tried to spin it so the government is in the wrong.)

Whether it's Adam and Eve or Adam and Steve, it's a civil matter with the government.

If your church isn't cool with it, then your church is under no obligation to recognise your relationship in their religious dogma.

So that's my take on it.

It's about darn time people can get married!

My Dad Hates Democrats

My Dad hates Democrats.

Of course I'm a Demo -- LOL -- guess since I'm his baby girl I get a pass on it. (But you really have to pick something in order to have any kind of real vote in the elections.)

I consider myself to be a moderate. With some wild swings to the right and the left on certain issues. Mostly I think we have too much government, too many laws we don't enforce, and the feds need to get their noses out of people's bedrooms and private lives.

I think marriage should be between two consenting adults and their church. Everybody gets a civil union, then you can go over to your church to get "married" if you want. (I'm not in favor of polygamy, it's BS, sorry guys, you can't keep up, why should you get the extra woman and keep us ladies unsatisfied?)

Mary Jane should be legalized and regulated along with cigarettes and alcohol. No smoking nothing in public or around the kids. We should have proper smoking areas for people. We should concentrate the "drug war" on meth and crack, cocaine and heroin. Education first, then treatment with prison as a last resort for the big dealers.

I think Dad and I actually agree on some of that!!

But on the flip side of that conservative coin, Dad has all respect for hardworking people, he doesn't give a crap what color you are as long as you're good people and a worker. He has nothing but disdain for anyone who's leaching off the system (the disabled and truly poor are excluded from that).

He hates the Clintons (no surprise there, LOL), does NOT support the current actions in Iraq, thinks Obama doesn't have a chance because he's a Demo and therefore will ruin the country. (But I think if Obama went Republican Dad would most likely vote for him...) He would've voted for Colin Powell. In fact, I would have too. But we know the smartest people in Washington do NOT want to be President, and Powell is a really smart man. He would have been awesome. Sigh.

Oh, and he also thinks we have too many laws and don't enforce the ones we have already [that should be enforced].

He thinks that the news media looks for anything bad to present to the public as the only truth there is. (Hey, another thing we agree on!)

Don't get him started about Jesse or Al though...