Friday, December 14, 2012

The Sanctity of Marriage for All

This post is in response to Kelley Jura-Myrick's blog "Repealing DOMA".

I agree completely with her complete blog.  This is such a controversial argument in every state.  When did the world become such hypocrites in regards to who you can love and not love.  Everyone deserves happiness, peace and love in thier life.  Why does it have to be just between a man and woman.

God made us as we are. We are born into the person we are going to become, whether it be Gay/Lesbian or Heterosexual. I do not believe that he made us to be anything other than what we are. 

As we grow up we are influenced by so many things, that sometimes people do lose thier way and become people that we are not proud to be.

If we embrace these people as who they really are, maybe we would have less gay/lesbian bashing. Maybe we wouldn't have so many hate crimes against a peer group that just wants to live thier life just like we do.

I have many gay/lesbian friends, and have had them for years. They do not push their lifestyle on me and I don't push mine on them.  I have attended many marriages of these friends.  The sad part of that is that we have to travel to a different state just so that it could happen. The weddings were filled with just as much love and happiness as my own wedding.

It is a shame that congress wants to intercede into these lives, and dictate to them how to live their live. 
Congress needs to grant the gay/lesbian society the same rights as the rest of us.  They need the same benefits as the rest of us.  The sad part is they don't get them.  It should be equality for all across the board. It shouldn't matter that it is for two men or two women. Inmates on death row get better benefits and can marry and have children as long as the person is from the opposite sex.  And they shouldn't have any rights at all.

It is a shame the discrimination that I see my friends receive at the price of just being an individual and not like everyone else.  I love my gay/lesbian friends just as much as all my straight friends.  Truth be told, they are the ones that stand behind me without any "what's in it for me" attitudes.  I can always count on them in good times and bad.  I wouldn't give them up for anything.  And if I still have to travel to another state, or country, to watch them share in their love by getting married, I will do it and I will do it proudly.

 

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Are You Kidding Me?????

I can't even believe this has happened.  What is wrong with our country?  When you kill and harm innocent people, what makes you think you deserve to have any rights at all. 

I am so pro death penalty, especially for such heinous crimes such as the Ft. Hood killings. I have been following this case since the day it happened. I had a close friend whose family member that was killed by this crazy madman.

Now the judge has been removed for supposedly showing bias towards this man.  In this article from the Houston Chronicle, http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Fort-Hood-shooting-judge-removed-for-showing-bias. makes me just want to scream.

This killer has got to have some kind of attorney.  He filed an appeal that his treatment by this judge showed impartiality. Just because he should be clean cut and shaved when appearing in court.  Give me a break.
If I have to go to court for anything, even a traffic ticket, I have to be clean, showered if possible, and look like a respectable member of society.  I am even told what not to wear when I go to face the Judge.

Why should a mass murdered such as Maj. Nidal Hasan be allowed to look like he hasn't bathed in forever, when he is presented in court.  I don't care if his religion says he shouldn't shave.  He had no problem shaving and serving in our Armed Forces prior to the killings.  Why should he get this religious privilege now.

He is just trying to prolong his sentencing.  This judge is trying to make this man abide by the right rules.  Why is it that when the Judge tries to enforce the rulings, and even the Army appeals court agrees with this ruling can it not be deemed as so.  Lets keep taking it higher till someone sees it his way. 

This is the reason why we have hundreds of men and women on death row, waiting their punishment. Because they will keep trying to find someone somewhere that sees their punishment or pending punishment as harsh, cruel and biased by the courts.

If you did the crime, take the punishment that comes with it.  You made this decision to pick up this gun and kill and harm these innocent people. So I have no sympathy for you and religion.  You live in this country, abide by the rules or pay the price for doing wrong.

Abortion: Still a Womans Right to Choose

The contraversy on Abortion has been around for ever and ever.  I have commented on this before, but I am choosing to do my editorial on the post by http://contemporaryamerica.blogspot.com. Abortion: A Hot Topic

This is a topic I like to not have with others. I take the chance that the conversation will turn to the ugly side. You never know what others may think and to try and get others to see your point or for them to argue their side is difficult. 

Every woman should have the right to make this decision for themselves, which is what she chose to do.  I don't condemn her or applaud her for her decision.  The fact is, it was her decision. It was what was best for her at that time. 

There are many reasons to have an abortion.  I was a young unwed girl when I found out I was pregnant.  The thought of having an abortion was crazy to me.  I couldn't have imagined giving up the life I was carrying at that time.  Would I do it differently knowing what I know now?  Possibly. My son is the highlight of my life even 23 years later.  But my son is not the product of a serious crime.  But then you have to stop and think about the quality of life that the child is going to have when your pregnant by any way.

This cant be about religion or political views.  This decision needs to be about the woman, the situation and the child.  No one person can say what is best for any other person.  You ask me what I think and I would tell you what I would possibly do.  But again I am not the person facing the decision that needs to be made. 

I want the right to choose for myself, and the government should not play a role in that decision. Doctors that help you make the choice should not be deemed as baby killers or murderers.  They are only there to help not to hurt.

So before you judge others for their decisions on this, stop and think about what you would really do if you were put into their shoes.