Life, And Other Natural Disasters...

I suppose my greatest worry out of today's elections and votes is that Proposition 8 will pass in California.  If it does, what next?  If California, one of the most gay friendly states in the union is frightened into submission by the bigots, what hope for the rest of America?  Would it mean that all the bigots have to do is open their check books and scare the populace into their vision of utopia of them and us?

And the thing that really makes me mad about all these so-called caring churches pouring millions of money into passing this venomous, hate-filled legislation is just that.  The pouring of millions of dollars into a vendetta against a percentage of society - millions of dollars that could have been spent doing some good!  Millions of dollars that are not being spent on feeding the starving.  Or finding a cure for AIDS or cancer.

No.  Far better to spend dollars on denying rights.  Much more righteous.

I'm hoping to wake up tomorrow morning to something better.  Something that my friends in California have been working for.  A little thing I like to call fairness.

And hopefully the beginning of something more...

I have said before and I will say again; I do not expect to see any form of same-sex union become legal across the whole of the USA in my lifetime.  By that, I mean a form of union that allows immigration, federal rights etc. etc.  This was only heightened yesterday when I heard on Radio 4's religious affairs programme that nearly all of the Democratic candidates for the next presidency have been at pains to stress their faith.  Now, I equate "faith" with a need to appeal to the currently Republican Christian/Mormon strongholds, whose feelings on any form of gay union are well known (I think).  I still have difficulty with the concept of "gay Christian".  And as from the separation of Church from States, well Chimpy Mc Chimp has done his best to involve his pals in the church as much as possible.  Even including people educated at Bob Jones University.  Inclusive society?  Yeah, right...

Don't ask me why I felt like a rant this particular Monday morning; it's something I've been ruminating for a while. Please feel free to correct me/shoot me down in flames ;)

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So ordering a halal meal is a big no-no then...?

"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines