Post by powers on May 10, 2007 10:48:59 GMT -5
My editorial today comes from outdated discrimination policies that are remenicent of segregation and smaller groups like the KKK citing religious freedom with their hatred for minorities. Proposed bans against interracial marriage, seperate but equal, Sharpton blaming Romney for belonging to a religion that once refused to offer the priesthood to a member with "an ounce of black blood" (While those sexist roman catholics still won't alow a woman to become a priest without controversy)... George Bush threatens a veto against making sexual orientation discrimination a federal crime and the religious right threatens that their freedom of religion includes their judgement (judge not, lest ye be, anyone?) and overrides any "all men created equally" mentality (or other citizens freedoms).
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is considered the best policy to allow more people to volunteer for the armed services while still making opponents of homosexuality comfortable in their illusion that everyone around them is a “real, beer drinking, heterosexual manly man” or “man-loving strong brave woman.” Generals, commentators and politicians who speak against dropping the one sided policy call homosexuality “immoral” and cannot open their own minds and hearts to the idea that it is the character and commitment of a soldier that matters, not their personal religious, sexual, or political beliefs. Of the ten simple commandments that are widely accepted by many to have been passed down directly from a God, there is nothing about coveting my neighbors husband or keeping the Sabbath day hetero. There are several about stealing, killing, coveting “things” and honoring parents. The things soldiers are asked and commanded to do appear far more immoral and ungodly than something held as a personal belief referenced vaguely in lesser chapters of religious scriptures. Leaders who extend tours of duty, complain about low recruitment levels, and lament about being stretched too thin or being ill prepared for service should be more accepting of the brave men and women who want to volunteer their time and lives toward the continued protection of our country.
President Bush stated that he would veto federal protection for discrimination against homosexuality on the grounds that most states already have laws against it. Could it be, rather, that making it a federal crime would require overturning discrimination in the military and political platforms? Does it lead the overly anxious Republican Party to jump to the conclusions that it somehow effects gay marriage the same way stem cell research is being related to stealing fetus’ from the wombs of unwilling mothers? If a discrimination claim could be made for the passage of gay and lesbian marriage, it would have been passed on sexism, not sexualism.
We are constantly shown propaganda messages from the Middle East and told to hate how the “insurgents” are trying to turn the public against America by saying they are attacking Islam, yet we witness accusations dividing the country about “liberals” trying to attack Christianity every single day.
Don’t ask your followers to hate, don’t tell them how to think.
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is considered the best policy to allow more people to volunteer for the armed services while still making opponents of homosexuality comfortable in their illusion that everyone around them is a “real, beer drinking, heterosexual manly man” or “man-loving strong brave woman.” Generals, commentators and politicians who speak against dropping the one sided policy call homosexuality “immoral” and cannot open their own minds and hearts to the idea that it is the character and commitment of a soldier that matters, not their personal religious, sexual, or political beliefs. Of the ten simple commandments that are widely accepted by many to have been passed down directly from a God, there is nothing about coveting my neighbors husband or keeping the Sabbath day hetero. There are several about stealing, killing, coveting “things” and honoring parents. The things soldiers are asked and commanded to do appear far more immoral and ungodly than something held as a personal belief referenced vaguely in lesser chapters of religious scriptures. Leaders who extend tours of duty, complain about low recruitment levels, and lament about being stretched too thin or being ill prepared for service should be more accepting of the brave men and women who want to volunteer their time and lives toward the continued protection of our country.
President Bush stated that he would veto federal protection for discrimination against homosexuality on the grounds that most states already have laws against it. Could it be, rather, that making it a federal crime would require overturning discrimination in the military and political platforms? Does it lead the overly anxious Republican Party to jump to the conclusions that it somehow effects gay marriage the same way stem cell research is being related to stealing fetus’ from the wombs of unwilling mothers? If a discrimination claim could be made for the passage of gay and lesbian marriage, it would have been passed on sexism, not sexualism.
We are constantly shown propaganda messages from the Middle East and told to hate how the “insurgents” are trying to turn the public against America by saying they are attacking Islam, yet we witness accusations dividing the country about “liberals” trying to attack Christianity every single day.
Don’t ask your followers to hate, don’t tell them how to think.