Hypocrisy.

I have some thoughts swirling around in my head. If I don't get them out into the world somehow, I am going to explode.

ABORTION:
First of all, talking about legal issues in accordance to abortion, gay rights and the death penalty shouldn't have ANYTHING to do with belief. Everyone sits here and says, "Well, I believe this" or "I believe that" but everyone's belief is different. And we're all taught that belief is something that cannot really be proved or disproved. Just don't mess with it. It's hoity-toity bullshit.

I'm not going to give you a piece of what I believe because what I believe has nothing to do with what should be the way that it's done. With regards to abortion, President Obama stated, "I don't think I have ever met anyone who is Pro-Abortion." He's right and although that I am in favor of choosing abortion, I don't call myself "Pro-Abortion" because it's not what I agree with. The American legal right should be to let women have the choice to undergo an abortion or not. There are too many situations that cannot be categorized under a tiny umbrella that restricts a woman to have an abortion.

The idea of abortion is solely based on religious belief. I have heard no other argument that deals with the scientific argument being just as important as the religious one. America is a country with the freedom of religion, the freedom of choice. If the government takes that choice away from us, then it will be a sad day in which the United States has spun in a dramatic 180.

GAY MARRIAGE:
This goes along with the same idea: KEEP YOUR BELIEFS TO YOURSELF. When Memorial Day, Labor Day or Veteran's Day comes around, what do people usually think about? Their freedoms and the fact that people died for those freedoms. The legality of Gay Marriage is on a state-by-state basis and any state which bans Gay Marriage is being supported by the Federal Government. In my home, California, the Government is choosing not to act on this issue and I demand WHY? By denying homosexuals the right to marry, you are denying freedoms; that for which Americans have died for. Every state who bans Gay Marriage is essentially slapping every American Veteran in the face. Freedom is freedom and you can't just take it away based on the majority of religious belief.

I can understand how Christians get really upset when homosexuals want to get married and it's clearly stated in the Bible as being between a man and a woman only. I understand that, but that choice is not up the Government or the state. When straight couples marry, they sign two pieces of paper: one is a marriage license for the government and one is established through the church. They are separate documents. The church has the authority to make a decision to marry a gay couple or not, NOT THE GOVERNMENT. If it were the case then only Christian couples should technically be allowed to marry in the United States because the Bible sure as hell doesn't support Wiccans, Athiests, Muslims, Jews, or Satanists. As a Wiccan, I find it interesting why there hasn't been a law tried against the use of the term "marriage" against us Pagans. We're hassled in the Bible WAAAAAAY more than homosexuals. Anyone recognize this passage from Leviticus?

Leviticus 20:27
"A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads."

See, according to the Bible, I should be brutally murdered. So why not take away my freedoms and instead victimize us? I just don't understand. In the eyes of a Christian, I think Pagans come off waaaay more frightening than homosexuals do, so you think they'd come after us? But no, they are targetting these innocent gay people who are even part of their own KIND!

And so the argument is based simply off belief. The Government should not use belief as a factor to contribute laws. Even though a majority of people are Christian, many, many people aren't and do not share the same opinion. The narrow-minded thoughts of some of the evangelistic propositions are so vile that it turns my blood to acid. I'M NOT EVEN GAY and this hurts me to see our country taking two steps back. Banning our fellow Americans from experiencing the legal rights for happiness and marriage is like going and taking back all the civil rights of African-Americans. It's so primitive.

DEATH PENALTY:
I just find it funny how the people who sit here and advocate for the death penalty tend to also be Pro-Life. Ironic?

HEALTH CARE:
Basically, this is what the Government says, "So as soon as you become a fertilized egg, we will do everything we can to keep you alive and well! We'll pass laws to prevent your mother from tossing you out or trashing her body. But, as soon as you part the lips of the vagina, you're on your own, buddy! We can only get ya so far. The contract ends at birth. If your parents are poor and you get sick, there's not really much we can do for ya. Sorry 'bout that, but it's just the way the system works..."

I'll end with this Bob Marley quote:

Before you go pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean.