I hate morons.

[piasharn]

Vacation enties are again being put on the back burner, as are my opinions on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Why? Well, I read this article in a local newspaper today and got rather riled up.

So of course I've got to rip it apart.

It may help if you are familiar with the author, a rather conservative man by the name of Cal Thomas. I've never been able to stand his articles, and he is simply one more reason why I call myself a Liberal.

"Has the end of the world arrived because the Supreme Court ruled no state may prohibit private, consensual homosexual conduct?"

Ugh. Enough with the 'homosexual conduct' and 'homosexual acts' bit. Really. The issue here is sex. We're all mature adults here, right? I know I can say the word without blushing.

Besides, the other terms are far too vague. Since I am a homosexual, am I not performing a 'homosexual act' simply by walking down the street? Now, perhaps Mr. Thomas believes that homosexuals shouldn't even be allowed to perform the acts of breathing and eating and sleeping. (In short, the act of Life) If this is true, then he is perfectly correct in his choice of words.

However, if it is the act of two consenting adults having sex in the privacy of their own home that bothers him, then he really ought to rethink his phrasing. Jesus, I learned that back in high school. You'd think that being a professional, he'd know these sorts of things.

"No, the end of the world is being handled by the Supreme Judge. But the end of the Constitution has arrived, and that is something about which everyone in this temporal world should be concerned."

Concerned? Perhaps... I'm more worried about the backlash from idiot like him, though.

My first reaction was to find some champagne and celebrate, not worry. But what do you expect from one of those goddamn queers?

"Writing for the majority that struck down the Texas anti-sodomy law, Justice Anthony Kennedy takes us on a journey with no fixed origin, no map, but a certain destination. His constitutional rewriting will lead to same-sex "marriage"..."

Isn't it great? ^__^ I can't wait until this country finally pulls it's head out of its ass and legalizes gay marriages.

"...and a Constitution that means to liberal judges what the Bible means to liberal theologians - a document to be tailored to the whims of culture, not the reverse."

We are not living in the same world that the authors of the Bible did. If the book can not adapt to the changing world, then it is useless. Nor should we throw out all the centuries of knowledge that we have gained. To believe that the Bible is free of error means that one must also believe that the world is flat.

Besides, I'd like to remind him that many of the honest, tax-paying citizens of this country are not Christian, nor was this nation founded as a Christian nation. The Bible has no place in writing the laws of this country.

"Beginning with the manufactured "right to privacy"..."

What do you want to bet that if someone was peeping into his bedroom and telling him what he could and could not do, he'd be out there protesting? Gods, I hate hypocrites.

"Kennedy dismisses thousands of years of law, history and theology, choosing to rely solely on modern times: "In all events we think that our laws and traditions in the past half century are of most relevance here." Kennedy deletes the wisdom of the ages, preferring to download the squishy morality of post-modernism."

Funny, I don't remember the ancient Greeks having a problem with two men sleeping together. Neither did the Japanese, or the Indians, or the Native Americans... Many cultures had no problem with 'homosexual acts'.

Besides, by that logic, we ought to go back to oppressing women, enslaving blacks. And teaching that the Sun revolves around the Earth. After all, that idea was around for far longer than our more modern heliocentric beliefs, right? So, by his logic, it must be the better concept.

"Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) predicted two months ago that if the court struck down anti-sodomy laws, challenges would soon follow to laws prohibiting bestiality, polygamy and all sorts of other sexual practices. We will now see him proved right (see Justice Antonin Scalia's remarks below). Prostitutes, call your lawyers."

What the hell does bestiality have to do with legalized gay marriages? It's like that imaginary line that people try to draw between homosexuality and pedophilia. It doesn't exist.

Also, I don't think that polygamy is necessarily a bad thing. I've known some polyamorus people over the years. I also believe that prostitution should be legal.

"Supreme Court decisions like this one also have far-reaching consequences. Griswold led to Roe, which led to partial birth abortion. And this ruling will lead to same-sex "marriage," because the court has removed from the people their right to create community standards for themselves. Inevitably, this will force the schools to teach homosexuality as normal and not just an "alternate lifestyle." The trend in that direction was already well advanced before this ruling."

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but homosexuality is normal and natural for a part of the population. It's just like being left-handed.

And if he had done any reading into modern biology, then he would know that it is also beyond our control. Hormone levels during pre-natal development and genetics are believed to be the main causes. It's just a quirk of Nature, that's all.

I'm still in a bit of a bad mood, so this entry isn't as mature as I'd like it to be. I'm getting sick of these idiots and their faulty logic, though. It's hard to stay reasonable and logical when the other side refuses to do so.

While I'm on this subject, I'd also like to pass along this link. The idea is to name a sex act (preferably an unpleasant one) after senator Rick Santorum in response to his horribly bigoted statements on homosexuals.

Having gotten that out of my system, I am off to bed. Perhaps tomorrow (er... later today) I'll get my vacation notes posted, followed by my latest HP ramblings. I'll try to refrain from repeated gushings of "Lupin came back!"