UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE

[jesus_h_biscuit]

Gas prices are exponentially higher every time you turn around. The war in Iraq goes on to the tune of untold amounts of money, lives of Americans and Iraqis, (to say nothing of why the world at large now hates us) and all with no end in sight. We're fighting insurgents, NOT 'terrists'. Meanwhile, the Taliban in Afghanistan has never been better

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[sisyphus238]

I'm probably completely wrong here but I would think that the first amendment would nullify an anti-gay marriage amendment (due to a clever interpretation I've read into it) but given the assholism running rampant in Congress these days they'd probably try to repeal the 1st.

[coolbeans56]

There is a Book out there... "The Case for Gay Rights" I believe... I read it in college for a class... that basicalyl said that the right for Gays to Marry is already laid out in the constitution via the "Civil Rights Amendments" 13,14, and 15. Basically he argued that since those amendments state that anyone born in the US is a citizen and therby should have any and all rights granted to them, and they should be equal in every way.

How we know that sounds good in practice... but... in reality.. it is not. I believe that one could make a strong argument at the SCOTUS level if you used the 1, 13,14, and 15th amendments in arguments.

[ex_keening]

3.50 a gallon for unleaded here in sunny southern California.

[hyldigyth]

*stands up and applauds*

go jude...like ive said before its your right as enshrined in the declaration of independance.. from what i can see the administration are a bunch of clueless pricks with their priorities all wrong.time to kick their complacent butts

[coolbeans56]

"But Marriage is an institution that has endured for thousands of years!"

Lets talk about "Marriage" and how sacred it really is.

Back in the day, Marriage was property transfer. A woman was not treated as a person, but treated as property, a commodity. She was basically there to "sweeten the deal" for a man to gain some more property. If the woman was homely, they father built up a dowry.

The Commandment, "Thou Shall not Commit Aldultery" is not against Marriage... it is like "Don't mess with the goods unless your serious!"

Marriage between inter-racial couples was forbidden in some areas of the Country until the 1970's.

AND... Marriage was really a sacrament until the 1800's anyhow... before then... it was REALLY only a property transfer.

[snowboardjoe]

I hesitate to post this, but what the hell. If you don't like it, you can tell me to just shut it. :)

When I look at your posts overall from yesterday (and all very good ones) there seems to be this everlasting rage inside of you. Granted, your LJ name is angry_biscuit, but was wondering where the positive stuff is? Or, is this mainly an outlet to unload your frustrations?

Just trying to find the source of this anger is all. Not suggesting a change in tone here because this is your journal--not ours. Just an inquiry here.

[jesus_h_biscuit]

You're entitled to your opinions/obeservations. The truth is I have much to be angry about, my anger ost days in inexhaustable. I publically post whatever is relevant to me, which is about roughly 60-70% of my total posting, and the rest is for my eyes only. There are many sources/reasons for my anger, look through my tags and you'll find posts detailing as much if you want to read it. I'm not always pissed off, nor am I always sunshine and daisies, if I have something positive to say I say it. Pretty much.

[snowboardjoe]

And I tend to click with that, which is why it interests me. My first thought was along the lines of why is this guy so fucking angry? Depressed? Other issues? But I catch myself and realize, that, wait a minute, uh..., I don't have a fucking clue of how this guy operates or what is normal to him--stop imposing your own norms on him! :)

I, too, have much to be angry about as well, but it tends to be focused on my hate of my current job (and working on that I assure you) and how I deal with things. Just made a post this morning about how I allowed myself to be ripped off by The UPS Store because I was too lazy and in a rush.

It's hard to not make assumptions about people based on LJ content. Just because you post a lot of angry things does not mean he's an angry person. But, I do feel you have a little bias towards anger as I do and was just exploring that aspect trying to figure out where I get it from too.

[veronica_rich]

Actually, when I first asked to be friended to read the posts, I figured it'd be pretty much all political here. But Biscuit's posted a surprising amount of music and recipes he's recommended, and photography, all of which is fairly positive.

This is like people who want to know why the news is always "so negative." (I'm a journalist.) I tell them they can take heart that it's the bad stuff that gets attention because that's what is unusual. (And with any luck, maybe things'll stay that way, though the past few years have sorely tested my hypothesis.) It's sort of a glib response, but anything less than several paragraphs to explain it properly IS glib, IMO.

As for this post: I always figured this sort of shit - gay marriage, abortions, yadda yadda - got the attention because it can be rendered in black-and-white terms (even if it's not) of Right and Wrong, and involves no hinky moral paradoxes or complex thought beyond "it's what my minister told me to think." *shrug*