Everybody lies.
Jun. 12th, 2009 04:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trenchkamenI've never liked politicians in general. The very definition of their job is to pander to the lowest and most common denominator of society--regardless of whether or not the majority wants to tyrannize the minority, regardless of whether or not the majority wants only what's best for themselves at the expense of others and the future of the country and the world.
I thought so much better of him.
I guess that's what I get for thinking Obama might be just a hair above that standard. But that's also what I get for taking any of his campaign promises seriously. I was never enamored with him, but I really did believe he could do at least some of the good things he promised.
Yeah, I believed in him. And yeah, even when I marked his name on my ballot I did not agree with all of his policies. But I thought so much better of him.
It's like Clinton all over again. I hope he thinks, misguided though he is, what he is doing is right, and is not just pandering to the Christian Right. I will lose all respect for him if it is the latter.
First Prop 8, and now this. Why, America? Why is allowing consenting adults to enter into a marriage contract so threatening to your heterosexual marriage? Why do you feel the need to shove your religious convictions into public affairs? Your church can do whatever the hell it wants regarding marriage recognition. Anybody who tries to scare you by telling you otherwise is lying, pure and simple. Separation of church and state is a dual tradeoff. You keep your autonomy, and the government keeps its autonomy. It's that simple.
This is not a Christian nation. The founding fathers NEVER intended for "One nation, under God". That clause was added to the Pledge of Allegiance by a pastor in the 1950's. So stop fucking saying that's what the founding fathers intended. And even if they did, who cares? That does not mean that it's right. Yes, America was settled by religious pilgrims and our Puritanical heritage plays heavily into our ethic, for better and worse, but that does not mean it is still ethical to attempt to create a theocracy. The government should be secular, and it should protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority. Any argument you have against gay marriage is either religious and Biblical or total pseudo-logical bullshit.
I thought so much better of him.
I guess that's what I get for thinking Obama might be just a hair above that standard. But that's also what I get for taking any of his campaign promises seriously. I was never enamored with him, but I really did believe he could do at least some of the good things he promised.
Yeah, I believed in him. And yeah, even when I marked his name on my ballot I did not agree with all of his policies. But I thought so much better of him.
It's like Clinton all over again. I hope he thinks, misguided though he is, what he is doing is right, and is not just pandering to the Christian Right. I will lose all respect for him if it is the latter.
First Prop 8, and now this. Why, America? Why is allowing consenting adults to enter into a marriage contract so threatening to your heterosexual marriage? Why do you feel the need to shove your religious convictions into public affairs? Your church can do whatever the hell it wants regarding marriage recognition. Anybody who tries to scare you by telling you otherwise is lying, pure and simple. Separation of church and state is a dual tradeoff. You keep your autonomy, and the government keeps its autonomy. It's that simple.
This is not a Christian nation. The founding fathers NEVER intended for "One nation, under God". That clause was added to the Pledge of Allegiance by a pastor in the 1950's. So stop fucking saying that's what the founding fathers intended. And even if they did, who cares? That does not mean that it's right. Yes, America was settled by religious pilgrims and our Puritanical heritage plays heavily into our ethic, for better and worse, but that does not mean it is still ethical to attempt to create a theocracy. The government should be secular, and it should protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority. Any argument you have against gay marriage is either religious and Biblical or total pseudo-logical bullshit.
