Say What? No Sodomy-Based Marriage….Um

I’d like to send a shout out to Jason Linkins on an article that he clearly used his imagination in order to make, because there is no way that a Maine Anti-Gay PAC would distribute a pledge against sodomy-based marriage. Nope, wouldn’t happen.

And if such a pledge did exist, the group certainly wouldn’t try to substitute “sodomy-based marriage” as the phrase that should be used instead of “same sex marriage.” The group would understand that sodomy can be committed by homosexual and heterosexual couples and thus “sodomy-based marriage” is a horrible substitute for same sex marriage. The group would also understand that if people are to use the group’s definition of sodomy, which I’m assuming is solely in reference to anal sex between two men, then what becomes of the majority of lesbians who do not engage in sodomy? Does that mean that lesbians are okay? No group against same sex marriage would limit their objections to just male same sex marriages, thus again proving my point that it just can’t be true.

Here is a copy of the truth pledge:

All jokes aside, I read over the truth pledge and I found one thing that I do agree with. I’m going to take a page from politicians and paraphrase. The Truth Pledge contends that “Marriage is a Covenant that is entered into between two people…” A person signing the pledge agrees to help their “Friends and neighbors understand that special rights are wrong.” I agree with these ideas. It’s horrible that special rights are extended to straight couples. All adults should have the right to marry whomever they choose, regardless of gender.

Click here to read the actual article: Maine Anti-Gay PAC Distributes Pledge Against ‘Sodomy-Based Marriage’


Status: Enjoying twisting other people’s words to meet my not so secret gay agenda.

Nothing is All Good

Some people are upset about the casinos that are coming to Ohio. Really? Ohio is surrounded by casinos so what’s so bad about having a few in state? I read an article that discussed how the casino in Cleveland is going to hurt the city. The article explained how people with gambling addictions would now have easy access to casinos. I guess whoever wrote the article has missed the rise of “sweepstakes” businesses throughout Northeastern Ohio. People with gambling addictions now have easy access to unregulated establishments and stopping the casino won’t do anything about that. Police have tried and failed to shut down “sweepstakes” businesses.

The article also pointed to the church as a big opponent of Ohio casinos. Everyone knows that it isn’t because the church wants people to stay away from gambling, but rather, because the church only wants people to gamble with them. Church sponsored bingo tournaments are all over the city of Cleveland. An organization that sponsors gambling and then stands up and speaks out against other people gambling is the equivalent of the pot calling the kettle black. If gambling is bad, then stop raising money through gambling. Stick to bake sales and other non-gambling related fundraisers.

Another argument against the casinos was that the proponents of casinos lied and overemphasized the “positive” things that a casino could do for this region, such as jobs and more money for the city while downplaying all of the “negatives” such as gambling addiction and increased crime. To that I say: Well duh! What successful campaign succeeds by highlighting its shortcomings? The Mega Millions was added to Ohio under the argument that it would bring even more money to education. Well, um, the pennies that are actually contributed to education aren’t worth it in the big picture, but that doesn’t mean that having the Mega Millions is a bad thing.

There are pros and cons for any and every thing, and that includes casinos. I know casinos aren’t all good or all bad. I hate casinos when they take my money, but I love casinos when they give me some of theirs. The risk is mine and I choose to take it. I don’t plan on going to the local casinos too much because I don’t want to see people I know. I will check out the casinos when they open and then I will return to taking my money out of state because I prefer casinos where no one knows my name. That way, I can hit a jackpot without worrying about outstretched hands from extended family, friends or random people who know me from somewhere.

Status: Wondering why some articles are written.

Man Laws

A friend shared this on Facebook and I thought this video was funny. People come up with such silly “rules” and I think the video did a good job of capturing the way people look at you when you don’t fit in the box. The three guys lived together and had become more like brothers. “Man Law” doesn’t apply to brothers. They treated the other guy like they treated each other but he wasn’t close enough to them to understand that they didn’t mean anything by it. I can’t explain the Brokeback lotion though, so I’m going to leave that one alone.

This video made me think about a recent experience that I had. I went to a store around 10 at night. Two guys pulled up in a car about the same time I pulled up. We all went in the store. I grabbed my items then headed to the register. When I reached the register, I watched one guy go to the car. The other guy was in line in front of me. He asked for two condoms, the clerk took his money then handed him the condoms. The guy walked outside. I went out about a minute later and the two guys were still there. They were sitting in the car. It looked like one was on the phone. I immediately assumed that they were trying to arrange a late night hookup with some girls. I got in my car and drove away. I was almost home when it occurred to me that they could have been together. I associate a young guy buying condoms at night with a booty call, but in reality he could have just as easily been buying them to use with his girlfriend or boyfriend, it didn’t have to be a hookup. I made an assumption based on the fact that he didn’t buy a lot of condoms, which would imply a relationship. He asked for two condoms. In my mind, that said, “I need condoms for tonight and that’s it.” My point is that I have certain preconceived notions in my head. Just like in the video, the main character judges the other guys based on his preconceived notions of what men should and shouldn’t do. I have actually heard a couple of those rules before, so it was even more amusing to see them demonstrated.

People are Idiots!

I came across an article on Yahoo! that only confirmed my contention that people are idiots. I’m not big on name calling, but if the shoe fits in this situation. A photographer took a picture of an elementary class. Later, the photographer was informed that two of the students did not have parental consent forms signed and thus those students needed to be removed from the image. One of the students was easy to edit out. The second student, a young black boy, was not easy to edit out because he was smack dab in the middle of the picture. The photographer offered to come back and take a new picture, but the school did not want him to do that. Instead, they wanted to cover the boy’s face with a star or a smiley face. The photographer did just that. The photographer covered the boy’s face with a black smiley face. Some people were upset and found the use of a black smiley face offensive. There is this thing called being overly sensitive and I think this is a good example of that. Since they get to be easily offended then I’m offended too. I’m offended that the teacher didn’t check the consent forms and keep those two children out of the picture. I’m offended that the school didn’t just let the photographer take a new picture. I’m offended that they created a problem, rejected the best solution then had the audacity to complain about a smiley face. Really people? If your residents are that easily offended then I’m wondering what’s going on in your town.


Here is the offending picture:

Possible Solutions for Santa Monica College's Problem

Santa Monica College has a plan to let students who do not get into a needed, high-demand course take the class anyway, but only if they pay hundreds of dollars more. Um, I thought tuition was meant to cover the cost of classes?


Student protestors tried to get in to a meeting of the school trustees. The students were pepper-sprayed by police and the footage is all over the news.

I’d like to offer the school a few alternatives.

Alternative # 1

Set up a camera in the classroom and allow the students to view the lecture online and schedule times to come in for exams and various hands on activities as needed.

Alternative # 2

Only students who need the course to graduate that semester should be allowed to take the course. If there are still too many students then there should be a lottery. The winning students are put in the class and the other students are put on the wait list. If a student is on the wait list for two semesters, they are automatically enrolled in the course the next semester and any remaining seats are filled with new lottery winners.

Alternative # 3

Offer most of the high need courses at the same time and force the students to pick the one they want the most.

Alternative # 4

Offer a few of the high demand courses at crazy times, maybe 4am to 5am or something like that. The students will weed themselves out.

Status: Glad I’m done with college, because some of these schools are taking things too far.

Mega-Crazy

Have you heard about the fight brewing in Maryland over the winning Mega Millions ticket? A group of MacDonald’s workers got together and played the Mega Millions. They put the first batch of tickets in the safe at the restaurant. The night of the drawing, the manager allegedly gave more money for the pool. A worker went out and bought more tickets then took the tickets home. One of the tickets was the winning ticket. The woman who purchased the tickets, Mirlande Wilson, claimed that she did not buy the winning ticket with her coworkers’ money. She claims that she purchased the ticket with someone else. To add insult to injury, Wilson called the MacDonald’s and allegedly told her coworkers, “I won!” Wow! Talk about tactless. Let’s say for the sake of argument that Wilson is telling the truth. Why would she call her coworkers and tell them that she won? Maryland doesn’t require Mega Millions winners to come forward. Wilson should have kept her mouth shut and quietly slipped out of town. She could have claimed her prize without any of her coworkers knowing.

This whole situation could have been avoided if they would have done the pool in a more organized way. All of the tickets should have gone in to the safe. If Wilson wasn’t able to bring the tickets back to the restaurant then she should have emailed or texted copies of the tickets. That way, the other contributors would have a copy of the tickets purchased with their money and Wilson would easily be able to prove that her winning ticket was not included in the group’s tickets.

Now for the million dollar question: Does she really have the winning ticket?

Status: Wondering why money makes people so crazy.

What is it like to have a Transgender Child?

I hadn’t heard of In the Life until today. I stumbled on this video. The video was very informative. I appreciate how the parents were honest about their feelings.