This is pretty kewl LOL: iPod's Dirty Secret - Neistat Brothers

For some reason, my comp seems to think my web-building software isn't on my computer... like the punk ass it is... LOL I need to do alot of work on my site, too. Lotsa stuff comin' together, if it'd let me just work on it LOL

Ah well, go play a game or sumpthin'; I'll work it out.
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Gay marriage opponents gear up

Gay marriage a big deal?

I cannot believe this is such a problem in our country. Politicians are making marriage into a form of elitist club to which gays are not allowed. They are creating second-class citizens out of homosexuals, who cannot have the same opportunities as heterosexuals. There are three main arguments I hear against gay marriage (or, perhaps, they are the most outspoken): marriage is a union between a man and a woman, homosexuality is a sin, and that gay couples do not deserve the same rights in a union as a heterosexual couple.

First of all, stating that a marriage is a union between a man and a woman is not only erroneous, but also, not an argument to support the belief that gays should not get married, at all. It is only stating that this is the way it has always been. Non-supporters are essentially explaining the current situation that marriage rests in; and, not why they believe that it shouldn't be allowed. If you feel this way, WHY do you think it should not be allowed? I, personally, believe that marriage is a symbol of the union of two souls who love eachother completely and wish to spend their lives together, through better and worse, eternally. It is the beautiful ending where two people walk into the sunset and begin the rest of their lives. Or at least, that's what's intended. By my definition, there is no reason why two people of the same gender should not be able to be married. Marriage is about love and people have no right to tell someone that they are not allowed to love eachother. They should not be allowed to tell gays that they cannot be allowed to form that spiritual union, but the straight couple standing nearby can, because of who they fell in love with. Just because it has always been between a man and a woman before, does not mean it always should be.

“I agree with 3,000 years of recorded history,” Massachusetts Gov., Mitt Romney, told NBC News. “Marriage is an institution between a man and a woman ... and our constitution and laws should reflect that.” In those 3,000 years of recorded history, there were other consistencies, too. Many of which, we chose not to follow. Slavery (and the following lack of rights for blacks), women unable to vote, and even the japanese concentration camps formed in our own country after the attack on Pearl Harbor (for their own protection, of course). We don't repeat these mistakes for a reason. We realize what has been done, over time, and then learn to change--to accept others' differences--and grow stronger as a populace.

Why can't we learn from the mistakes of the past and correct our behavior in this situation? Is it really that hard to see how similar what we are doing now, is so similar to past grievances? We had a war within our own country--brother against brother--over different beliefs. Why must we constantly resign to what the custom was to do in our past? Our country is still young compared to that 3,000 years and our philosophy when we were founded was radically different than anything that came before. For Over 2,700 years of that time, our world was a completely different place. We've seen alot of wars and strife caused by these differences, and our founding fathers were determined to end this and create a society that was safe and able to nurture these differences.

Second, specific religions' beliefs are not a foundation for law-making, nor should be. There is a little thing that prevents that--something so affectionally called, "Seperation of Church and State". We have no specific religion and our country was founded that way for a reason. To explain that homosexuality is a sin in your religion has no affect on laws. To make a remark that gays ruin the 'holy sanctity' of marriage is a horrible, if not intolerable statement. If you do not believe it is right, DON'T DO IT! There is no victim in two people getting married. If there was, marriage, itself, would be a crime. My beliefs do not place homosexuals as wrong or sinners. Would your god really torture you eternally in hell for loving someone? I can only say that I'm thankful that I don't live under the gaze of a vengeful, hateful god. If we were to base laws on religion, we might as well go back to fuedal england.

Finally, to say that gay marriage should be put under a different name, such as union or partnership, is wrong. It only places people in another group--still unequal. Why not just make gays get married in the back of the metaphorical bus? To take it to such semantics is immature and unacceptable. It falls back to the elitist club, again. Gays aren't cool enough to have straight labels on their unions. Also, there is the gay union which at its outcome does not equal the straight marriage. The union is a compensation--a kind of, "No, marriage is for us; but, we'll let you have this instead!!! Oooooh! Shiney!". It's not equality, it's something being given out to shut up the minority. The rights, benefits, and limitations on married heterosexual couples do not apply to gay unions. Taxation benefits, hospital visitation rights, inheritance rights, etc. should not be important in the greater image of marriage, but they are important things, none the less. To take these things away, based on who is marrying who, is a form of segregation. It is unconstitutional to deny rights to a people of a certain creed than those of another. It sickens me to think that our country's leaders are okay with this thought. What makes it so that heterosexuals are deserving of these rights, but gays are not? Homosexuals are turned into second-class citizens by being denied the same opportunities that heterosexuals enjoy as a god-given right. Do heterosexuals really deserve these rights more than others; or should it be something that all Americans should be able to enjoy? How you answer that question may make you realize prejudices that you never knew you had, or help you see that there should be no distinction at all between a gay or straight marriage. It should just be 'marriage'.

Sometimes, I wonder why some people won't let others just talk their smack! For real... Especially when the one censoring everyone is the biggest bullshitter we all know. Seriously. I'd rather hear the *truthful*, heartfelt opinions of one, than to listen to the useless, fabricated banter of a fascist oppressor. My 2 copper...

FREE SPEECH!!! FREE SPEECH!!! ((Wasn't that why we left England?))

SUPER JIMMY!!!
W00t!!!

Well, today was a good day. I've figured out alot and could finally put the rest of my bitterness aside. Ya'll is gonna have to get reaquinted with the Jimmy!!! hehe I'm now out of my hole that I dug for myself. I heard a great monologue today on Taken. It describes what I was going through better than I could ever describe it:

"My mom told me once that when you're afraid of something, what you want more than anything else is to make it go away. You want your life back to the way it was before you found out there was something to be afraid of. You want to build a high wall and live your old life behind it, but nothing ever stays the same.... It's not your old life at all; it's your new life with a wall around it. The choice is not about going back to the way things were. The choice is about hiding or going right to the heart of the thing that scares you."

I guess:
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