Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Not that it's news any longer, but Obama did win, which is great. Prop 8 passed here in California, which isn't great at all. It's funny (by "funny", I mean "sad") that at the same time we finally have a president-elect who breaks the mold, there are still enough assholes in the world to continue denying rights to a group who apparently it's still okay to hate.

There are still a lot of racists in the world, but they're usually shot down pretty effectively when they open their ignorant mouths. I wish the same thing would happen to the homophobes. The success of Prop 8 serves as a reminder that we still have a long way to go as a society.

This is what happens when people continue to look to a 2000 year old book to tell them how to live their lives here in the 21st century. Or worse yet, when they listen to a person with an agenda interpret said book for his/her own nefarious purposes. Even so, they manage to pick and choose. Why do some people just seem to need to hate and/or fear other groups of people? It's not because it's in the Bible. People just use the Bible as an excuse. Still, I wish I could find the article that outlined all of the other crazy, outmoded ideas one can find within the pages of the Bible - such as the proper circumference of the switch husbands must use to beat their wives. I'll have to look around for it...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I do not hate or fear. I am not homophobic but do believe homosexuality is wrong. I can love the person, hate the sin so to speak. I am allowed to have morals and beliefs and yes even in that book you speak of which has shown itself true over and over in my life.

dr silence said...

We're all allowed to have morals and beliefs, but in a country where every one of use should receive equal treatment, it is not okay of forbid a whole segment of the populace the right to get married. What if you were told you couldn't marry the person you loved? What if somebody told you your love was a sin? Love is never a sin. Period.