Okay....Now that my head has FINALLY stopped spinning
from all the political chaos caused by the Republicans (namely the Bush
Administration) and other things in the news that doesn't make much sense,
I can now blog about it.
But before I do that, let me preface it by announcing that from here
on out that, beginning with this entry, my blog has been reformatted
to be modeled much like Joe's "Real Deal" on Scarborough
Country As needed, I'll mix it in with the format from the old radio
show Bill Stern's Sports Newsreel as well by labeling each take
I have in a particular blog entry Real Deal 1, Real Deal 2, Real Deal
3 etc....etc Sometimes I may only have one "Real Deal"
in one post while at others I may have more than one, hence the incorporation
of the aforementioned old radio show as part of the new format.
In other words, think of it as the Liberal version of Bill O'Reilley's
"Talking Points Memo" which you see so many Conservative bloggers try to
clone. Sorry Bill, I've tried swallowing your style, but it's just
lost it's flavor. :-(
Discussions of my family and other personal musings will be moved over
to the KB0OXD Cybershack
Ham Blog which I also run.
That.being said, GET READY my fellow Liberal siblings as we're about
to give our obviously CLUELESS Conservative counterparts a ride down the
Information SuperHighway they'll NEVER forget because we're about
to go into today's Real Deal. NO PASSING GO.
NO COLLECTING $200. AND ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY **NO**
BAILING OUT ALLOWED!!!! :-)
Today's Real Deal- Same Sex Marriages
It is of little secret by now that President Bush wants to "preserve
the sanctity of marriage" which is now legally recognized as being between
one man and one woman. Even as the rest of the world, includeing
celebrities such as Rosie O' Donnell
and Ellen DeGeneres
choose to seek out relationships with other partners of the same sex and
as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
and other state and local governments and the courts remain divided over
the issue, the church-going Republicans want to go so far as to BAN same-sex
marriages. President Bush has even gone so far as to suggest that
he would actually consider an ammendment to the U.S.
Constitution which would enforce this ban.
This idea is ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS. Moreover, I am SHOCKED that
the Democrats DO NOT see
this as an issue WHICH THEY CAN WIN. In fact, Presidential candidate
front-runner and Senator John Kerry
would rather not even discuss it (even though he has openly said he doesn't
think that same sex marriages aren't very proper).
I see an issue that has divided this country so much, you can practically
DRIVE A FLEET OF TRUCKS through it.
I happen to believe the so-called "Sanctity of marriage" shouldn't neccessarily
consist of just one man and one woman. But rather, it should consist
of TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE HAPPY. If that means one man and woman, then
SO BE IT. If it means two women the SO BE IT. If it means two
men then (again!) SO BE IT.
Some so-called "experts" have even brought up the notion that two men
or two women can't conceive children. OF COURSE NOT. If God
wanted men to become pregnant and give birth to children, he would have
given us organs to do so. If God wanted women to get pregnant and
give birth to children regardless of who their sex partner was, he would've
configured a woman's organs whereas she could just that. But I don't
think this is the real issue that Republicans, the clergy and many Americans
have.
It is THE IDEA of two men or two women adopting children and raising
them. Some of THE SAME so-called "experts" have even suggested that
a same sex marriage would somehow INCREASE the number of children placed
in the adoption system should there be a seperation or divorce. My
question is HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE IF TWO PEOPLE OF THE SAME SEX CANNOT _CONCEIVE_
A CHILD IN THE FIRST PLACE????
Ohh....But the mighty Republican have an answer to that one. THEY
DO NOT increase the number of children in the system. They just return
an old one. They FORGET that the one "sanctity of marriage" which
IS capable of children (the one they are so quick to cherish) and IS recognized
everywhere is the culprit as to why our social serices system is so bogged
down.
Conservatives....Need some some clues? Stop by your neareast
Human
Services Social
Services or Adoption
Agency today. Need MORE clues, then tune into an episode
or two of COPS or visit your Local
Police Station today and take notice of the number of DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE
calls they get. Heck, why even bother going down to the Police station?
There are a bunch of Online
Police Scanners filled with all kinds of police chatter you can listen
to.
Ohh but WAIT my fellow Liberal brethren as our CLUELESS Republican counterparts
have a way of countering THAT. Some of them have probably no doubt
said that if we don't reproduce offspring, this nation won't need a war
or a nuclear weapon to kill us. We'll all be dead soon anyway and
with NO ONE around to defend America, the rest of the world can do anything
they want to us because THERE WILL BE NO AMERICA TO DEFEND. To that
I say WAK UP AND SMELL THE FUCKIN' COFFEE!!!!
WE ARE ALREADY DYING OFF. One look at the streets of Los
Angeles or New York is proof
of that.
Long and short of it simple. The recognition of same sex marriages
INCREASES a child's chances of being adopted by LOVING parents by AT LEAST
DOUBLE. The aforementioned Social Services and other related agencies
have case load after case load that the so-called "convential" sanctity
IS NOT always THE BEST environment for children. and the sooner the
Republicans get that through their THICK SKULLS, the better off we'll all
be.
And that, ladies and gentlemern, is the first edition of Pat's Real
Deal.
Finally, let me wrap up by disclosing that I am NOT either gay or lesbian.
I have met some gay people (and have no doubt crossed paths with a few
lesbians in my time as well). I will admit it felt kinda awkward
at first just talking to them. But once I got to know them,
I quickly found that, other than their sexual preference, they are JUST
AS NORMAL as any reasonably minded and rationale thinking "straight" person
like myself.
Somehow this is a misgnomer some people just don't understand, so instead
of trying to understand and comphrehend it, they ASSUME the worst and will
do ANYTHING to make the rest of the world just as paranoid as they are.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is a sad and tragic fact.
Just something to think about.
Cheers for now :-)
Pat
