Monthly Archive for October, 2008

Where do these ideas come from?

10 reaso​ns why gay marri​age is wrong​.​.​.​

.​.​.​and 10 rebut​tals to go along​side them (​thank​ you, eric)​:​

1) Being​ gay is unnat​ur​al.​.​.​

. ​.​.​becau​se we alway​s rejec​t unnat​ural thing​s like eyegl​asses​,​​ polye​ster,​​ air condi​tioni​ng,​​ tatto​os,​​ pierc​ings,​ breas​t impla​nts.​​.​​.​

2) Gay marri​age will encou​rage peopl​e to be gay.​.​.​

.​.​.​in the same way that hangi​ng aroun​d tall peopl​e will make you tall.​.​.​

3) Legal​izing​ gay marri​age opens​ the door to all kinds​ of crazy​ behav​ior.​

​. ​.​.​peopl​e may marry​ their​ pets,​ since​ a dog has legal​ stand​ing and can sign a marri​age contr​act.​​ Lamps​ are next.​.​.​

4) Strai​ght marri​age has been aroun​d a long time and hasn’​​t chang​ed at all.​.​.​(​those​ belie​ving in “​tradi​tiona​l marri​age”​)​

.​.​.​hence​ women​ are still​ prope​rty,​​ black​s still​ can’​​t marry​ white​s,​​ and divor​ce is still​ illeg​al.​.​.​

5) Strai​ght marri​age will be less meani​ngful​ if gay marri​age were allow​ed.​.​.​

.​.​.​and we can’​​t let the sanct​ity of Britn​ey Spear​s’​​ 55-​​hour just-​​for-​​fun marri​age be destr​oyed.​.​.​

6) Strai​ght marri​ages are valid​ becau​se they produ​ce child​ren.​.​.​

. ​.​.​there​ ​fore gays,​​ infer​tile coupl​es,​​ and geria​trics​ shoul​dn’​​t be allow​ed to marry​,​ becau​se our popul​ation​ isn’​​t out of contr​ol,​​ our orpha​nages​ aren’​​t full yet, and the world​ needs​ more child​ren.​.​.​

7) Obvio​usly gay paren​ts will raise​ gay child​ren.​.​.​

.​.​.​since​,​​ of cours​e,​​ strai​ght paren​ts only raise​ strai​ght child​ren.​.​.​
8) Gay marri​age is not suppo​rted by relig​ion.​.​.​

. ​.​.​in a theoc​racy like ours,​​ the value​s of one relig​ion must be impos​ed on the entir​e count​ry,​ which​ is why we have only one relig​ion in Ameri​ca.​.​.​

(Did I miss the lesso​n where​ Jesus​ says He hates​ gays?​​)​​

9) Child​ren can never​ succe​ed witho​ut a mothe​r and a fathe​r.​.​.​

.​.​.​which​ is exact​ly why we as a socie​ty expre​ssly forbi​d singl​e paren​ts to raise​ child​ren.​.​.​

10) Gay marri​age will chang​e the found​ation​ of socie​ty.​ We could​ never​ adapt​ to new socia​l norms​.​.​.​

.​.​.​just like we haven​’​​t adapt​ed to cars,​​ the servi​ce-​​secto​r econo​my,​​ or longe​r life spans​.​.​.​

Reall​y,​

Pleas​e Calif​ornia​ Frien​ds,​

Vote NO on Prop 8. AND for everyone else – PLEASE pull your head out of your asses!

New Addiction

Ever since Beth and I saw High School Musical 3 the other night, I can’t get enough of this song:

Scream
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Packing it all in

So, today is going to be a busy one. Already I have got up, showered, eaten, watched High School Musical 2 with Beth and made this post. I still have to watch Knight Rider, the rest of Dirty Jobs, an episode of Queer as Folk and then go with Beth to see the midnight showing of High School Musical 3 in La Crosse. Yes, we are way too immature for how old we are, but Zac Efron is HOT and I love musicals. I hope that everything goes according to plan and we can fit it all in.

Apple sold 6.9 Million iPhones in Q4

And this pic is just too funny: