Prop 8: Hasn’t the shame set in yet?

Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in the case on March 5th. I am 90% certain Prop 8 will get squashed.  It should never have been on the ballot in the first place.

You know what should really piss people off about this whole Prop 8 mess, besides the obvious matter of intolerance? All the money that was wasted, even during a poor economic time like this. If only people felt so strongly about causes like fighting HIV, hunger, Malaria. Think of all the lives that dirty money could have saved.

Check out this database that went public of donors for and against Prop 8.

While trolling through this list of donors who supported prop 8,  I found a Mrs. Wilde from my hometown. She is a “Homemaker” from a small town, who donated $25,000 to support the ban on equal rights for human beings. Twenty-five THOUSAND dollars. That money would buy 2,500 mosquito nets. That money would provide thousands of people with clean drinking water. And that money would provide hundreds of kids with vaccines they need. And that’s just one donor. More than $83 million was donated to support or oppose the prop. I feel sick.

Some Prop 8 supporters filed a lawsuit to keep their names from going public on this list. The federal lawsuit was filed in January by the ballot measure’s sponsoring committee, Protect Marriage.  The suit was rejected by honorable U.S. District Judge Morrison England. “If there ever needs to be sunshine on a particular issue, it’s a ballot measure.” The suit claims releasing the names has led to consumer boycotts and picketing. Well damn people!  Don’t you get it? People don’t want to give their money and do business with, I hate to say it but, bigots.

Although the word bigot is harsh, it is what in my opinion these people are: intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices, especially one who regards or treats the members of a group with hatred and intolerance. That’s straight from Websters  ya’ll.

I have a family member that does not support equal gay rights. And although, I still love that person, his views on this I despise. Its a hard thing to swallow.  I hope someday he, and others, understand the signifigance of this.

 

BiTtEr SwEeT

President Obama has been elected as the 44th President of the United States of America. Today is a beautiful day. I am enlightened. And proud to be an American, finally after eight long ass years.

I have something weighing on my mind though. California voters have proven that we have not come as far as some of us would like to believe. There are still many people, for whatever reason, that are too close minded to accept differences. They have stripped many people of their pride. They have made some believe they are not a worthy human being. I am horrified that 50 some odd years after our country unified, that we are again discriminating others because they are different. Voters have stripped them of rights because of who they love and who they want to commit to and spend their lives with. How can people be so naive to believe that in any way shape or form that would take away from what they have? Your marriage should be strong. A marriage is between 2 people, not the whole flippin state. Prop 8 is shameful and I am ashamed I did not do more to smother it. It was a campaign that won because of ridiculous lies spread by religious “cults” and out of state special interests. How is that legal? How is the prop legal at all? How did the prop even make it on the ballot? How did it pass after all the people that spoke out against it?

Equality under the law this is not. This is oppression.

I hope there are herds of lawyers out there trying to smash this. I wish I could do more.

Here is an interesting tid bit. Read the comment section! I heart Steve.

 

fucken-worst-of-the-worst

So this weekend me and my beautiful lady friend Crystal met a couple guys while we were walking along Mission Beach. One seemed completely normal and the other was the fucken-worst-of-the-worst-trust-fund-babies I have ever met. I wanted to puke all over his huge diamond ring, in his grey goose drink, on the windows of his beach house, on his 2 black BMWs  and even smear my puke on his perfectly over plucked eye brows.  ANYWAY, you get the point. I didn’t like him. Of course politics came up, somehow it always does when a Harmon’s around. And OF COURSE the-fucken-worst-of-the-worst-trust-fund-babies-I-have-ever-met was a republican, no surprise there. Ewwww. The other guy had a problem w/ Obama being a “Muslim”. First of all, he is not. His father and step-father were. And second of all, who gives a flying fluck!  The percent of Muslims who are terrorists must be around .001%. Give me a freakin break!

I wanted to flick them off and tell them that they are the reasons the world feels so sour about Americans. But instead I tried really, really hard to keep my temper down and argued/discussed with them about their statements. I think I got through to the one who didnt like Obama. He told me he would check him out and keep an open mind. Then again maybe he was just trying to get in my pants. Don’t worry Mom, I dont sleep w/ republicans or idiots.

I’ve unfortunatey met a lot of people like this w/ differing views on the world and I can admit I have a really hard time keeping an open mind towards them. Once I hear  the “R” word, I gag and then ask “well, that’s ok but did you vote for Bush?” Funny when you can get along w/ someone so well until you find out they voted for the devil.

 

Do I dare have Psycho Tom pop my blog cherry?

I’ve always felt Scientology was a brain-washing cult, like I do many religions, so when I watched the buzzed about video this week of Psycho Tom Cruise posted on Gawker.com I was nearly unaffected. But as the day progressed and more and more buzz arose, I started researching recent headlines on this religion that I’ve always been so disgusted by. And I saw this article on the BBC posted back in May of 2007. Yes, like the story of my life goes, I came a lot late to the party. And if you live under a boulder like me, you never heard about it. Once you read the BBC journalist’s article, watch this, and try not to be too put off by the super annoying, unnecessary captions.

I’m about ready to swear all who believe in a religion based on the teachings of a science-fiction writer out of my life. Beck, Jerry Seinfeld, I’m talking to you!