Last Thoughts for 2008

It's the last day of 2008 and I wanted to post one last thing about Gay marriage and Civil Rights. I've made 2 or 3 drafts, but finally decided to just post the following.

IT'S CRAP. When Rick Warren and others say they are against legal marriage for Gays because the word "marriage" has something to do with religion -- it's crap.

The KKK burning crosses, is not protested by religious institutions. No law has been inacted to say that it is illegal to use that religious symbol as a sign of hate and terrorism.

Religious institutions don't own the word "marriage" and Blacks don't own the phrase "Civil Rights".

IT'S CRAP. If marriage is a sacred word, then why are heterosexuals who don't believe in God allowed to get legally married? If marriage is a sacred word then why are heterosexual murderers allowed to get married? "Thou shall not kill" is a commandment from God, but homosexuality didn't make the list. Heterosexuals judged to have committed a crime against society have the right to legally marry, while homosexuals who pay taxes, and raise families don't have that legal right.

In America, homosexuality is not treated legally as a crime anymore, yet we have been found guilty of not conforming to religious doctrine, and denied our Civil Rights.

Melissa Etheridge should not be referred to as a traitor because she spoke to Rick Warren and walked away without attacking him. She meet him and heard for herself what he had to say. She reported what occurred between them.

If Warren has said the things I've read he said, then he has to worry about what God thinks about him. Many religious leaders preach rhetoric, and give their interpretation of scripture, and if people want to believe him, then they have to worry about what God says about them.

President-elect Obama chose who he wanted to speak at his inauguration. And for some to ask if he would have let a KKK member speak -- well that is just racist. If I was concerned enough, I would question would he have let a Satanist speak since the issue has more to do with religious beliefs.

Melissa has said that Gays felt like we were thrown under the bus because Clinton didn't do more to help Gays while he was in office. Now some question if Obama has thrown Gays under the bus by having Warren speak. Warren would not have been my choice but it's not my nauguration. I don't recall anyone blogging about Warren's rhetoric during and immediately after Prop 8. But now because it is a big deal, more people will watch the inauguration just to hear what Warren has to say. And while he is getting more publicity, so has the issue of Gay equality. I personally prefer to know the name and face of my opponent, then I'd know not to turn my back on him.

Obama can't please everyone no matter what he does.

I'm a lesbian, and so I understand the feelings of the LGBT community, but if we turn against everyone who doesn't support us the exact way we want, then we will have no allies. We at least have a President who is willing to talk about our issues.

I read a line today that Obama might be an Uncle Tom. Words like that coming from a caucasion, is laughable. Obama is too Black for some and now he might not be Black enough.

Excuse me people, but Clinton is one man. Obama is one man. The Presidential seat maybe the highest office in this country, but the President do not make the laws. They both have at least acknowledged that we exist and something needs to be done. Hopefully, when Obama takes
office, he and others will do what they can to have the Civil Rights Laws enforced.

It is not heterosexuals who need to change their opinions. It is our federal officials who need to enforce the laws of the Constitution of the United States of America. It is our federal officials who can reverse the bad decision to let individual States decide who can get legally married.

First off, remove the word marriage from legal documents and let all couples who want to legally join get Civil Union Licenses. Simply signing that document would automatically give the same privileges and
protections to couples/family.

Right now, American Law is in a recession just like our economy. To have a strong nation, we must have strong leaders who believe in Equal Rights for ALL citizens. Leaders who take the oath to uphold the law, must also fight for the law to be enforced, and change the law when it is not fair.

To be a nation representing freedom, citizens must be free. To deny any citizen more legal rights than another based on color, gender, religion, sexuality is just wrong. And of these four things, religion is the only one that people can actually choose.

Because federal officials recognized that it is wrong to tell consenting adults who we can share our bodies with sexually, homosexuality is no longer illegal. For adults to be denied legal joining unless we join with the opposite gender, is not freedom. It is our Human Right to pick our mate.