continuing the dialogue about marriage rights for same-sex couples and the repercussions from california’s proposition 8 vote this last week… please take a moment to watch this, and pass it on to anyone you know who should see it. -h

…as you would have them do unto you means the church gets what it has coming to it. for some weird reason, the mormon and catholic churches are acting all shocked and offended that there’s a massive outcry against them for their bigotry in supporting california’s prop 8.

apparently it’s ok for churches to take an active part in bigoted oppression, spending time and money promoting hatred and division, instead of championing social justice. apparently it’s ok for the church to take political stands in clear violation of federal tax laws, despite the scriptures stating to honor the laws of the land. apparently it’s ok for them to declare people with alternative sexual preferences as abominations, despite the fact they should deem themselves abominations because they trim their beards and eat fish and swine and don’t throw their wives out of their house every month when they’re on their period.

so, to these churches and to the people who support their policies i say this sincerely: fuck you. your oppression is your own doing. pull your heads out of your hypocritical asses and realize this: you are the problem with society, not them. maybe if you spent more time reading and focusing on the parts of scripture that teach you how to love, you wouldn’t have enough time to spread all that hate. gay people and even homosexuality in general are not your problem, YOU ARE. grow up and grow a pair, and confront your leaders when they speak out in bigotry and hatred. speak out for social justice and the human rights of others, or you will only stir up more hatred against yourselves.

stand up, grow up, and act right, or any oppression that you may face will be your own doing, and will be for the cause of hatred and evil, not for god. i promise you that.

-h

tonight, i hear the sounds of fireworks and
the sounds of friends and patriots rejoicing.
tonight, these sounds do not ring hollow.

tonight, i encourage you all, whoever you are, however you voted, and whatever you may have heard and/or decided about our newly named president-elect…

please, let’s join together as americans, and walk forward in peace. this last 8 years has brought incredible division in this country, defining us as red states or blue, as real americans or anti-americans…

tonight, we are all americans.

let’s work for peace, to end war and in-fighting amongst ourselves. for equal rights for all americans to health care, to education, to love and marriage and family. let’s work to innovate, to end our dependence on oil and create new, cleaner technologies to provide for our children a future with a clean environment and a prosperous economy.

let’s send a message both to our next-door neighbors and to those we affect overseas via our foreign policy: we will fight no longer, but we will work together to make not just america, but this world a better place for all of us.

YES, WE CAN.

-h

as a follow-up to my recent post about the importance of bringing our troops home, i’d like to inform everyone reading this that you can help bring our troops home simply by signing the online petition below. it takes just a minute or two to fill out and send, and your petition gets delivered directly to your state/region’s elected representatives in the senate and congress.

please, take a quick moment out of your day to make your voice heard.

click here to sign the petition now

please do what you can to send this along to friends as well. it only takes a minute to email to your friends right from the form, so please, let’s do our part to show those serving in the armed forces that we care… -h (read on below)

from the petition form:

George Bush is bullying Congress to give him $102 billion more to continue the disastrous occupation of Iraq into 2009 and beyond. Bush’s Iraq disaster has already cost American families the loss of 4,000 soldiers and cost American taxpayers $562 billion, and could cost $3 trillion if it continues.

The occupation of Iraq has greatly increased Al Qaeda terrorism worldwide, devastated the morale of American troops through repeated deployments and lowered recruiting standards, increased oil prices to $110 per barrel, and pushed the U.S. economy into a recession.

George Bush is defying the will of the American people, who elected a Democratic Congress in 2006 to end the occupation. Polls consistently show over 60% of Americans disapprove of the occupation, and over 70% of Iraqis want us to leave.

click here to sign the petition now