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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
Wednesday, 5 November 2008 23:09A major warning: this post is going to contain a rant on the religious bullshit taking the nation by storm. If people are so bigoted as to deny people happiness solely on their same genders, then a little bigotry right back wouldn't hurt. It may offend, and so if you are easily offended, move along, nothing to see here. If you have an open mind (and feel free to agree or disagree with me on what I'm about to say), then please, read on. But don't say I didn't warn you.
I am a heterosexual. We all know this. I don't think I could ever be gay for the simple reason that I like breasts way too much. The satisfaction I derive from a woman's body will most likely far surpass any that a penis could possibly give me. The female is a work of art, no matter the size and shape. Every woman is beautiful. And I am happy with that, and I am happy being heterosexual. So, why, in our infinite wisdom, do we, as a people, take it upon on ourselves to deny other people the same happiness; the same joys, pleasures, rights and privileges, when the only difference is that the couples in question are two guys? Or two girls? Why are we going to such lengths to deny these people, who want, crave, and desire to be in romantic, loving relationships? Is there really that big of a difference between a loving heterosexual couple and a loving gay couple? Love is love is love, no matter how you slice it. So what's the big deal?
It's really scaring the shit out of me how three-fifths of our country have taken it upon themselves to legally ban gay marriage. Sixty percent of our country have effectively told gay couples that no, you can't marry, you can't be happy. Why? Because MY GOD SAYS SO. Every single one of these amendments and arbitrary legislation has been religiously motivated. Motivated by people who really, are just lemmings. People who are afraid to use their own minds to think for themselves, people who are afraid to have an open mind, people who are afraid to open up to the possibility that yes, there is more than one way to express love. People who use the Bible only when it suits them. We call them Christians of Convenience, people who play the God card when faced with a dilemma. Rather than think the problem out and solve it logically, they forfeit their ability to think rationally when they wave the Bible in our faces, and use God as a crutch. In all this mess over gay marriage, I remain very confused. To this day, I still have never been given an honest, straight answer as to why the idea of two men or two women being in a stable, loving marriage is such a big deal, and how we'll all go to Hell if this happens. And so I ask every single one of you this: what is it about gay marriage that gets you so pissed off? How does the idea of two men or women bonded in marriage destroy or diminish your quality or way of life? Does it really directly impact your life? Please. I want straight, honest answers, because I remain absolutely confused how we as a people see it fit to deny people happiness simply because the penis doesn't go into the vagina. I want to know why 60% of the states in this country see it fit to outlaw gay marriage. I want your thoughts--you can tell me anonymously, over IM, LJ comment, email, whatever. I really want to know. Does the sound of butt-fucking really scare you all that much? Because, I'll tell you--it doesn't sound very different than a penis slamming into a vagina. It's still slapping of flesh and squishy sounds of liquids. So that argument is deflated.
I find it very, very hard to follow and observe a religion in which their God preaches that: He loves everyone unconditionally, tells us to love our enemy, our fellow man; do unto others as you would have them done unto you; and gays are bad. That, my friends, tells me that your God's a bloody hypocrite. Using this train of logic, God does NOT love everyone unconditionally. He only loves a select group of people. The same God who promotes peace and love who then says gays are sinful just because they love each other...your God's a prick, a hypocrite, and a jerk. And yet it's these Bible-humpers who are trying to impose their beliefs on an entire country. I'm sorry, that's not how it works. You don't ram your religion down my throat. Everyone is free to express their own beliefs, their own religion. It's on what's left of the Constitution, the bits that haven't been made into Charmin. Read it sometime. Nowhere does it say that Christians have the right to inflict their beliefs on an entire country. People used to flock to this country to escape religious persecution. Before long, the reverse will hold true. And for the record, let me make this clear: this is not a description of all Christians. There are many, many of you who have an open mind, and are not blinded by your own faith. Many of you are just good, honest people. It's these crazies that are making you look bad. It's like Islam--which is normally a very peaceful religion, but it's the crazies there that are making every Muslim look bad, causing people to automatically assume that every Arab and every Muslim are terrorists, which they're not. Sorry, McCain camp--Obama is not a terrorist, or Muslim. And even if he was Muslim, does it matter?NO. It does not. Muslims are free to practice their own beliefs like everyone else.
What amazes me the most was the raw energy displayed in California (California? YOU SUCK, by the way. Give your state the right for gays to marry, plant happiness for many thousands of people...and then take it all away because Bible-humpers objected. Good luck with that legal mess, you pricks.) Both sides of the mess had a massive outpouring of support and money. Doing a bit of research, I saw that a major chunk of the fundraising supporting Proposition 8 came from the Mormon church. This strikes me as odd, because they are REALLY the pot calling the kettle black. With Bible-humping Christians screaming that marriage is between 1 man and 1 woman, I don't know why they wanted to take marriage advice from the Mormons, who define marriage as a union between a man and a woman...and a woman...and a woman...and a woman...and a woman...and...you get the point. Not to say that there's anything wrong with that. And yes, I do know that the current form of Mormonism frowns on polygamy, but as we all saw earlier this year in Texas, it's still very much alive and kicking. Furthermore, there is nothing wrong with polygamy or Mormon beliefs. Personally, I think it's genius. Anyone who can use religion to justify having multiple wives is amazing, especially if the guy's name was Joe Smith. And I have to reiterate: there is nothing wrong with Catholic or Christian beliefs. My issue here is the very hypocritical nature of said beliefs, the perversions of those beliefs that unfortunately is causing a horrible shadow over it. When people use the God card as a shield, it's the religious equivalent of "talk to the hand." It's the hypocritical nature of "God loves everyone, but hates fags" that is really getting under my skin.
In England, the country has an official State religion, and that is of the Anglican church. England has allowed civil unions. Unless I'm wrong, I don't hear any complaints, no members of the Anglican church pushing strongly to ban gay marriage. In the US, for a country that prides itself on freedom of religion, of expression, separation of church and state, we've gone completely ass-backwards. Bible-humpers, and a scary looking lab rat who resides at the Vatican, a place many thousands of miles away, have this nation by the balls. And they won't stop until they have successfully rammed their version of God down everyone's throats--from abortion issues (keep your rosaries off my fiance's ovaries, thank you very much), gun issues, marriage issues, and on and on. The Golden Rule has been chucked out the window, applying only in the case of devout people who follow the same hypocritical set of beliefs.
Who the hell are we to deny ANYONE happiness? Who the hell do we think we are telling two guys or two girls they can't marry because MY GOD SAYS YOU CAN'T? Jeez, take a look at Massachusetts. They've had gay marriages for a couple of years now, and guess what, people? CIVILIZATION DID NOT END. Plague has not returned. Massachusetts hasn't gone to hell, nor has the Apocalypse happened there. Guess what? Life goes on as normal! Why the hell is this so difficult a concept to grasp? Jason West, former mayor of New Paltz, actually had the balls to say fuck you to Albany and perform those marriages at Town Hall. He was reviled, hated, and loved for what he did. He didn't care what people thought, even when Fred Phelps and his legion of hate-spreaders came to town. I think George Carlin said it best: "keep thy religion to thyself."
There is such a deficit of love in this world. And when you start putting arbitrary rules on people's happiness, eventually it's going to come back to bite you in the ass.
And so I leave it to whoever reads this to once again, provide me with honest, straight answers as to why gay marriage is such a problem, because I don't get it. I don't get how it impacts your daily life. I don't get how two men marrying or two women marrying causes such a detriment to society. Every argument I've heard against it is so utterly full of holes, it's not even worth the time to rebut it. Reproductively, it doesn't work, I know that. But this isn't about reproduction, it's about love. And if the couple wants kids, they can adopt or opt for in vitro fertilization. Just treat everyone like humans, be kind and free with each other. That's all I ask of anyone--just be kind, honest, and loving to everyone. Never mind ramming your God down my throat. Your God is a hypocritical bastard. My God loves everyone unconditionally. Because really, when it's time to leave this life, does it really matter who's married to who? Mind your own damn business and be happy for the new couple.
Happiness is not a sin. Especially if you are happy with the one whom you will spend the rest of eternity with, man to man, woman to woman, man to woman to woman to woman to woman (or any combination of men and women), and man to woman. Never mind arbitrary rules. All they do is herd people like cattle. And I eat cattle.
So, my deepest sympathies to the poor people in the 30 or so states who can't marry because the Bible-humpers said so. More so to California, who had the right given to them, then snatched away again. Somehow I predict a population increase in Massachusetts in the near future.
Love whoever you want...and that's all I'll say.
I am a heterosexual. We all know this. I don't think I could ever be gay for the simple reason that I like breasts way too much. The satisfaction I derive from a woman's body will most likely far surpass any that a penis could possibly give me. The female is a work of art, no matter the size and shape. Every woman is beautiful. And I am happy with that, and I am happy being heterosexual. So, why, in our infinite wisdom, do we, as a people, take it upon on ourselves to deny other people the same happiness; the same joys, pleasures, rights and privileges, when the only difference is that the couples in question are two guys? Or two girls? Why are we going to such lengths to deny these people, who want, crave, and desire to be in romantic, loving relationships? Is there really that big of a difference between a loving heterosexual couple and a loving gay couple? Love is love is love, no matter how you slice it. So what's the big deal?
It's really scaring the shit out of me how three-fifths of our country have taken it upon themselves to legally ban gay marriage. Sixty percent of our country have effectively told gay couples that no, you can't marry, you can't be happy. Why? Because MY GOD SAYS SO. Every single one of these amendments and arbitrary legislation has been religiously motivated. Motivated by people who really, are just lemmings. People who are afraid to use their own minds to think for themselves, people who are afraid to have an open mind, people who are afraid to open up to the possibility that yes, there is more than one way to express love. People who use the Bible only when it suits them. We call them Christians of Convenience, people who play the God card when faced with a dilemma. Rather than think the problem out and solve it logically, they forfeit their ability to think rationally when they wave the Bible in our faces, and use God as a crutch. In all this mess over gay marriage, I remain very confused. To this day, I still have never been given an honest, straight answer as to why the idea of two men or two women being in a stable, loving marriage is such a big deal, and how we'll all go to Hell if this happens. And so I ask every single one of you this: what is it about gay marriage that gets you so pissed off? How does the idea of two men or women bonded in marriage destroy or diminish your quality or way of life? Does it really directly impact your life? Please. I want straight, honest answers, because I remain absolutely confused how we as a people see it fit to deny people happiness simply because the penis doesn't go into the vagina. I want to know why 60% of the states in this country see it fit to outlaw gay marriage. I want your thoughts--you can tell me anonymously, over IM, LJ comment, email, whatever. I really want to know. Does the sound of butt-fucking really scare you all that much? Because, I'll tell you--it doesn't sound very different than a penis slamming into a vagina. It's still slapping of flesh and squishy sounds of liquids. So that argument is deflated.
I find it very, very hard to follow and observe a religion in which their God preaches that: He loves everyone unconditionally, tells us to love our enemy, our fellow man; do unto others as you would have them done unto you; and gays are bad. That, my friends, tells me that your God's a bloody hypocrite. Using this train of logic, God does NOT love everyone unconditionally. He only loves a select group of people. The same God who promotes peace and love who then says gays are sinful just because they love each other...your God's a prick, a hypocrite, and a jerk. And yet it's these Bible-humpers who are trying to impose their beliefs on an entire country. I'm sorry, that's not how it works. You don't ram your religion down my throat. Everyone is free to express their own beliefs, their own religion. It's on what's left of the Constitution, the bits that haven't been made into Charmin. Read it sometime. Nowhere does it say that Christians have the right to inflict their beliefs on an entire country. People used to flock to this country to escape religious persecution. Before long, the reverse will hold true. And for the record, let me make this clear: this is not a description of all Christians. There are many, many of you who have an open mind, and are not blinded by your own faith. Many of you are just good, honest people. It's these crazies that are making you look bad. It's like Islam--which is normally a very peaceful religion, but it's the crazies there that are making every Muslim look bad, causing people to automatically assume that every Arab and every Muslim are terrorists, which they're not. Sorry, McCain camp--Obama is not a terrorist, or Muslim. And even if he was Muslim, does it matter?NO. It does not. Muslims are free to practice their own beliefs like everyone else.
What amazes me the most was the raw energy displayed in California (California? YOU SUCK, by the way. Give your state the right for gays to marry, plant happiness for many thousands of people...and then take it all away because Bible-humpers objected. Good luck with that legal mess, you pricks.) Both sides of the mess had a massive outpouring of support and money. Doing a bit of research, I saw that a major chunk of the fundraising supporting Proposition 8 came from the Mormon church. This strikes me as odd, because they are REALLY the pot calling the kettle black. With Bible-humping Christians screaming that marriage is between 1 man and 1 woman, I don't know why they wanted to take marriage advice from the Mormons, who define marriage as a union between a man and a woman...and a woman...and a woman...and a woman...and a woman...and...you get the point. Not to say that there's anything wrong with that. And yes, I do know that the current form of Mormonism frowns on polygamy, but as we all saw earlier this year in Texas, it's still very much alive and kicking. Furthermore, there is nothing wrong with polygamy or Mormon beliefs. Personally, I think it's genius. Anyone who can use religion to justify having multiple wives is amazing, especially if the guy's name was Joe Smith. And I have to reiterate: there is nothing wrong with Catholic or Christian beliefs. My issue here is the very hypocritical nature of said beliefs, the perversions of those beliefs that unfortunately is causing a horrible shadow over it. When people use the God card as a shield, it's the religious equivalent of "talk to the hand." It's the hypocritical nature of "God loves everyone, but hates fags" that is really getting under my skin.
In England, the country has an official State religion, and that is of the Anglican church. England has allowed civil unions. Unless I'm wrong, I don't hear any complaints, no members of the Anglican church pushing strongly to ban gay marriage. In the US, for a country that prides itself on freedom of religion, of expression, separation of church and state, we've gone completely ass-backwards. Bible-humpers, and a scary looking lab rat who resides at the Vatican, a place many thousands of miles away, have this nation by the balls. And they won't stop until they have successfully rammed their version of God down everyone's throats--from abortion issues (keep your rosaries off my fiance's ovaries, thank you very much), gun issues, marriage issues, and on and on. The Golden Rule has been chucked out the window, applying only in the case of devout people who follow the same hypocritical set of beliefs.
Who the hell are we to deny ANYONE happiness? Who the hell do we think we are telling two guys or two girls they can't marry because MY GOD SAYS YOU CAN'T? Jeez, take a look at Massachusetts. They've had gay marriages for a couple of years now, and guess what, people? CIVILIZATION DID NOT END. Plague has not returned. Massachusetts hasn't gone to hell, nor has the Apocalypse happened there. Guess what? Life goes on as normal! Why the hell is this so difficult a concept to grasp? Jason West, former mayor of New Paltz, actually had the balls to say fuck you to Albany and perform those marriages at Town Hall. He was reviled, hated, and loved for what he did. He didn't care what people thought, even when Fred Phelps and his legion of hate-spreaders came to town. I think George Carlin said it best: "keep thy religion to thyself."
There is such a deficit of love in this world. And when you start putting arbitrary rules on people's happiness, eventually it's going to come back to bite you in the ass.
And so I leave it to whoever reads this to once again, provide me with honest, straight answers as to why gay marriage is such a problem, because I don't get it. I don't get how it impacts your daily life. I don't get how two men marrying or two women marrying causes such a detriment to society. Every argument I've heard against it is so utterly full of holes, it's not even worth the time to rebut it. Reproductively, it doesn't work, I know that. But this isn't about reproduction, it's about love. And if the couple wants kids, they can adopt or opt for in vitro fertilization. Just treat everyone like humans, be kind and free with each other. That's all I ask of anyone--just be kind, honest, and loving to everyone. Never mind ramming your God down my throat. Your God is a hypocritical bastard. My God loves everyone unconditionally. Because really, when it's time to leave this life, does it really matter who's married to who? Mind your own damn business and be happy for the new couple.
Happiness is not a sin. Especially if you are happy with the one whom you will spend the rest of eternity with, man to man, woman to woman, man to woman to woman to woman to woman (or any combination of men and women), and man to woman. Never mind arbitrary rules. All they do is herd people like cattle. And I eat cattle.
So, my deepest sympathies to the poor people in the 30 or so states who can't marry because the Bible-humpers said so. More so to California, who had the right given to them, then snatched away again. Somehow I predict a population increase in Massachusetts in the near future.
Love whoever you want...and that's all I'll say.
