Crazy
Wow this was one of the most intense elections I've been involved in....mainly because it affects me personally. I handed out flyers, put up stickers, talked to a lot of undecided voters, contributed to two PACs, and of course, voted. Too bad none of what I wanted happened, but maybe there is chance for our nation yet. I find it so confining that everyone is so against who I am and just what I would consider human rights. Like somehow we have to be denied the right to recognized companionship (if it's not recognized, it is psychologically less legitimate) in the name of "family values"--as if I don't value my family. I support my parents and am honest with them, I do my best to remember family birthdays and take time off of work during the summer to be with my family. I go to Church every week with them while I'm home, call them every few days at school (I go to Church at school with them when they're up, too), and I try to get decent grades not only for my own sake but for theirs. I take my brother out every week to buy him snacks for the week. I try so hard to be a good son, and it hasn't been easy having feeelings for the same sex...I have all the emotional confusion straight men do but then I also have this added issue of people judging me; straight men don't have that. So, all of this, and somehow I'm not "family values." What about our parents? Do they have "family values?" Where is Dick Cheney's daughter? There's a reason she hasn't been on the campaign trail with her dad......
And now we have the passing of proposal 2...just what we needed. Another verification that we aren't "valued" by our families and friends, like somehow we are not fit for companionship. I'll live with it; I have no choice, but it obviously will be a lot more complicated than if I were heterosexual. Why am I "liberal?" I think I, in this election, finally figured it out. Liberals like to expand what you can do....Conservatives like to restrict it. They vote to prevent us from loving each other, to prevent us from seeing our same sex loved ones in the hospital, to prevent us from having a flawless transition of inheritance from one same sex lover to another (a lot of times family members contest wills that leave the estate to same sex lovers, saying that it wasn't intended). Yes, things like proposal 2 of MI hurt families. They separate parents and children, they prevent lovers from being in fruitful relationships, the conservatives even try to restrict our feelings in general, saying that our feelings are erroneous, and that "if we accept Jesus into our heart, he'll cure us of this disease [homosexuality]." Well, guess what, I've been pretty religious my whole life up to now, and I know God wants me to be this way. I've prayed a lot, went to church, studied a lot, and Bush's claim to know morality is nothing but blasphemous. The Bible shows us that God does not work through nation states, and the Bible shows us that God does not expect religious-enhancing laws (give to God what is God's, to Caesasr what is Caesar's). God wants vouluntary followings, not forced ones, and, I dare to say, God doesn't care that I'm gay (but that's my opinion). For all of you who know that I'm wrong, I'm so glad you know the Will of the Lord better than me, and I'm so glad you are just so much more moral because, unlike me, you are naturally attracted to the opposite sex instead of being naturally attracted to the same sex (reasoning: I don't know if it's genetic, but even if it's not i know it's not a choice, I find men attractive and women not at all in a sexual sense, and thus, my attraction is "natural"...it comes to me as easily as it would to a heterosexual...and I know it can't be changed...i tried). Anyway, I'm happy Bush can continue his efforts that may be noble, and I'm happy that the majority of the nation is happy. I'm upset that the majority of the nation is so against me as a person though, that kinda sucks. I'm personally offended by everyone who helped Proposal 2 pass. This isn't just some abstract issue....this affects me, my good friends, our fellow citizens. This restricts our practical ability to love (discreet relationships don't work), and this will affect your gay children too. You'll have some, and they might just reject you when they find out you voted against them. This is about respecting the emotions of others, and if you can't do that, well, you're just as heartless and cold person without "family values."
And don't forget the children that could loose pensions from their single mothers' domestic partner benefits. That was SURE thinking of family values when you decided to hurt them.
And now we have the passing of proposal 2...just what we needed. Another verification that we aren't "valued" by our families and friends, like somehow we are not fit for companionship. I'll live with it; I have no choice, but it obviously will be a lot more complicated than if I were heterosexual. Why am I "liberal?" I think I, in this election, finally figured it out. Liberals like to expand what you can do....Conservatives like to restrict it. They vote to prevent us from loving each other, to prevent us from seeing our same sex loved ones in the hospital, to prevent us from having a flawless transition of inheritance from one same sex lover to another (a lot of times family members contest wills that leave the estate to same sex lovers, saying that it wasn't intended). Yes, things like proposal 2 of MI hurt families. They separate parents and children, they prevent lovers from being in fruitful relationships, the conservatives even try to restrict our feelings in general, saying that our feelings are erroneous, and that "if we accept Jesus into our heart, he'll cure us of this disease [homosexuality]." Well, guess what, I've been pretty religious my whole life up to now, and I know God wants me to be this way. I've prayed a lot, went to church, studied a lot, and Bush's claim to know morality is nothing but blasphemous. The Bible shows us that God does not work through nation states, and the Bible shows us that God does not expect religious-enhancing laws (give to God what is God's, to Caesasr what is Caesar's). God wants vouluntary followings, not forced ones, and, I dare to say, God doesn't care that I'm gay (but that's my opinion). For all of you who know that I'm wrong, I'm so glad you know the Will of the Lord better than me, and I'm so glad you are just so much more moral because, unlike me, you are naturally attracted to the opposite sex instead of being naturally attracted to the same sex (reasoning: I don't know if it's genetic, but even if it's not i know it's not a choice, I find men attractive and women not at all in a sexual sense, and thus, my attraction is "natural"...it comes to me as easily as it would to a heterosexual...and I know it can't be changed...i tried). Anyway, I'm happy Bush can continue his efforts that may be noble, and I'm happy that the majority of the nation is happy. I'm upset that the majority of the nation is so against me as a person though, that kinda sucks. I'm personally offended by everyone who helped Proposal 2 pass. This isn't just some abstract issue....this affects me, my good friends, our fellow citizens. This restricts our practical ability to love (discreet relationships don't work), and this will affect your gay children too. You'll have some, and they might just reject you when they find out you voted against them. This is about respecting the emotions of others, and if you can't do that, well, you're just as heartless and cold person without "family values."
And don't forget the children that could loose pensions from their single mothers' domestic partner benefits. That was SURE thinking of family values when you decided to hurt them.