Ugh...Social Conservatism!

The thing that pisses me off the most about the republican party platform is their quest to push their social conservatism on me. It's so ironic to me that they are the ones who say they want less governmental interference, but they are the first ones to push these Big-Government initiatives. If "family values" are such a big thing then they should have nominated James Dobson for president. But I guess he was tied up defending his gay pastor and senator friends.

Anyway, I bring this up because there is a proposition on the California General Election Ballot referred to as Proposition 8. Proposition 8 is an initiative measure on the 2008 California General Election Ballot titled Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry. If passed, the proposition would "change the California Constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in California." A new section would be added stating "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." Who cares!?

By what definition is the government defining marriage? Is it the Biblical definition? If so, we have now created a dangerous blur of the line between church and state. That means anything we interpret in the Bible can be turned into a law (Remember the Biblical justifications for slavery?). Then at the end of the day, whose Bible do we get to use? The Bible does not advocate divorce either, but I don't see any proposition 8 on banning divorce. But I guess that would be kind of awkward seeing that John McCain divorced his former swimsuit model wife because she was critically injured and disfigured in a terrible car accident. Talk about family values! Even though she stayed faithful to him while he was a POW and raised his three children, he married the younger, blonder, richer Cindy McCain one month after the divorce.

I'm so sick of hearing about "family values", "right-to-life", "marriage between man and woman", "prayer in schools", "ten commandments on public buildings", "stem-cells have a right to life", "Obama is a Muslim" blah blah blah. At the end of the day, these social conservative family value scare tactics are just a bunch hypocritical B.S. For example:

• The abortion rate among the social conservative Evangelical Christians is just as high as the national average and even higher among Catholics.
• The 15 most republican states in the U.S. have the highest divorce rates.
• There will always be prayer in schools as long as there are praying people who attend them.
• Most Christians don't keep all 10 commandments (Exodus 20:8-11 anyone?)
• President Bush went abroad for the same type of Stem Cell treatments his party is against
• So what if Obama were a Muslim?

Do I agree with same-sex marriage? NO! Do I need the government to legislate that? Hell NO! Bottom line, my marriage will not be any less valid or happy because Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi are "married". The economy is still in shambles with or without proposition 8. Yes or No we are still fighting a useless war in Iraq. I think it is sad that people are so insecure in their own marriages, family life, and spiritual walks that the decisions of other people affect their way of life.