JoKelsiC's blog

A bill was recently passed in the house in Florida requiring that a woman would have to wait 24 hours to get an abortion after first seeking one, and would also make it more likely that a woman would see an ultrasound of the fetus before the abortion was performed.

The global gag rule was reinstated by George W. Bush in 2001 after he was elected to office for the first time.

As the debates for presidential candidates are beginning, I just felt it was important to address the use of generalizing in our current political system. I think it is interesting to see how there are variances in political parties, as these debates will point out, but everyone seems so ready to call each other names, when we don’t know anything about each other.

I think most of us (who were old enough at the time) remember exactly where we were on September 11, and how we found out about the twin towers. My grandparents used to tell me about when Pearl Harbor was bombed and my parents would tell me when they found out that JFK was killed. I think this is what my children will ask about in 20 years, and I will be able to tell them exactly where I was.

There has been a trend on this website to cite the bible when arguing your political views. I feel that using religious arguments in the political arena is inappropriate, and I have been able to separate my Christian morals from my political opinions.

Okay, so tone of the posts on this site these days have been about homosexuality and abortion. But I have yet to see what about prostitution. I don't want to talk about the morality of prostitution, but whether or not it should be legal. I know a few prostitutes who have absolutely no regrets about their choice of job.

Nothing ruins my day more than a rude person. I get sad every time someone makes an impolite comment about me, my friends, my beliefs, or my opinions. This goes for this website as well. When I first joined, I thought it would be an interesting way to share my views with other people. I like debating about topics, but I don’t like arguing, which is what is going on here.

In all the blogs about controversial topics, the focus is on the issue intself rather than the people behind the issues. We look at things like gay marriage, abortion, illegal immigration, and all we see is how the group is affecting our society. But what if we looked to the individual?