Why do we have the law?
I have contemplated this question, since discussing abortion and voting with a spirtual leader. During the conversation, I wondered why it mattered so much that abortion is outlawed. I asked if it is not enough to believe that people are good and that they will make the correct decisions.
I don't care what the religious stand point on the issue is, or who made up the verse which says God hates gay people, or why people find it necessary to hate others according to their sexuality. All I know is that it's wrong. And I'm speaking out against it!
As a mom, a lesbian, wife of a soldier, student, employee of a non-profit,
Southerner, formerly southern baptist, atheist, I would just like to
say it would be really great if I could get on my wife's insurance so
that I wouldn't have to get a second job while I am trying to get my
master's. Our son is currently enrolled in college and our daughter is
In Oregon the debate over whether or not homosexuals should have the right to marry. The ballot failed, and, as with many other state in the US, it is now illegal for homosexuals to get married in Oregon.
Quite honestly, I can understand homophobia to an extent, though I personally think it's silly (if not stupid) and a fear that comes more out of ignorance than any real psychological root, like most other fears - the fear of heights or spiders, for example. Still, I understand how homosexuality might make people uncomfortable. What I just cannot wrap my mind around is the fact that people think it's OK to say that homosexuals do not have the right marry.
