DADT.... Isn't it Ironic... Don't Ya Think?

They put their lives on the line for the sake of honor, liberty and freedom... yet, ironically, are asked to sacrifice their own honor, liberty and freedom. DADT needs to end.

Dear God,

Don't know if you noticed, but...

Your name is on a lot of quotes in this book.

Us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look;

and all the people that you made in your image,

still believing that junk is true...

well I know it ain't, and so do you... Dear God.

~ Sarah McLachlan

So uh... do they teach ignorance and hatred in school nowadays?

Oh wait... they do.  I guess that explains (some of) the idiocy I am seeing in a certain facebook group I belong to.  I mean seriously, do people not realize the damage they are doing to our kids by forcing them to deny their identity? Homophobia in general, along with the denial of equal rights to a large portion of America citizens angers me in the first place... but when kids get hurt, I get downright pissed off.  We should be teaching our children to love one another, embrace all types of people and accept their differences. Society needs to change, not these kids. Do people really think that gay teens are 8 times more likely to commit suicide than straight teens because being gay "makes" them suicidal??? Well, sadly, yes some people do. But no, it's because gay teens have to endure condescending adults, bullying classmates and a society who tells them they are "sinners" for being who they are. Despicable.  Luckily all hope is not lost for today's American youth, as students at Gunn High School have valiantly shown us in their stand against the Westborough Baptist "church".  Just one of these kids has more integrity and couth in their pinky finger than the whole lot of those hatemongers combined.

On a separate (but similar) issue, and a slightly lighter note, I think the hypocrisy of the people who support repealing DADT but not gay marriage is best summed up here by my favorite comedian Wanda Sykes.

A Little of This, A Little of That

So... it isn't OK to bring a same sex date to prom (because homosexuality is contagious ya know) but when Jane loses her virginity to Dick (pun intended) and ends up getting pregnant on prom night, it'll be OK because at least that's "normal" (even though the bible says that sex before marriage is a sin too- not that I... buy that either). Although, I just had to laugh at myself for even alluding that most girls wait until prom to give it up... silly me. :o)  I posted this article on facebook and a friend of mine commented that he didn't think it was a biblical thing, but rather a by-law of the school.  The thing is, it IS a biblical thing in that the by-law would most likely never have been written if it weren't for an overwhelming belief by the administration in the teachings of the bible. Regardless of those beliefs, no religion should influence laws, rules or regulations pertaining to schools (or any public organization for that matter). Up until very recently, there were still segregated proms in the south. And those were written into by-laws as well... still doesn't make it right.  These kids have a hard enough time being teenagers, let alone being gay teenagers. And that is because our nation still has a very long way to go in this area. Until people can learn to respect each other and not judge another person's lifestyle and our country stops denying rights to a whole segment of our population, we will continue to have these problems. Well, good for you Constance... keep standing up for your rights and maybe someday those people will realize how ignorant, judgmental and bigoted they are.


On a brighter note, Betty White will be hosting SNL on May 8th.  This makes me extremely happy.  I love that woman.  Truth be told, I haven't tuned in to SNL since the nineties.  But for Betty White, I will.