Okay the time is now for me to speak up and share my thoughts and feelings concerning President Obama's announcement and support of same gender marriage. Many of my "tribe" have called it a political ploy to get our votes. Well in my opinion he already has many of "our" votes and support. According to an article by Bill Moyers called The Obama Effect "In Washington Post-ABC polls earlier this spring, only 41 percent of black voters support gay marriage. Since the president's announcement, that number has shot up to 59 percent." So in reality it seems that he has both "our votes and the majority of black votes. Yay!
I believe it is time for me to share the things that this President has done for my "tribe" since he has been elected: 1. Visitation to hospitals for same gendered couples. 2. Don't Ask Don't Tell has been repealed. 3. Extended Domestic Benefits for Federal Civil Service Workers. 4. The Justice dept. is NOT prosecuting under DOMA. 5. If re-elected he will work with congress to Repeal DOMA. 6. He is the ONLY sitting President to come OUT FOR same gender marriage. And there is probably more that we don't even know about yet that he is doing for us under the radar. Oh yea my vote will be for OBAMA 2012.
Now also according to the Bill Moyers article The Obama Effect ~some gay rights activists still are criticizing President Obama for stressing in his pronouncement that his position is personal, and that he still supports the concept of States deciding the issue on their own. It seems though, that with some persuasive leadership, he may be able to at least influence those decisions.~ I honestly believe in my heart of hearts if or I should say when President Obama is re-elected he will PUSH congress to REVOKE DOMA. Then all the constitutional amendments from states will be null and void.!
Oh by the way has any noticed that the gas prices are coming down and I have noticed that there are MORE HELP WANTED signs out on windows of businesses. The tide is turning. Thank You President Obama.
These are MY thoughts and feelings from Jillsville.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
CONFUSION AND QUESTIONS
I just got to say to all of you Homosexuals are human beings not monsters. We deserve to have the SAME no EQUAL rights as Heterosexuals do. That is the right to marry the one we LOVE. I don't know how many times I feel I Have to/ Need to say this. I guess I will say it until everyone treats us as such and until we have those SAME EQUAL rights as our counter parts .
Not long after the vote one of my brothers put a video up on his facebook. This particular brother of mine is an evangelical minister a follower of Christ as he describes himself. So really the two of us don't have much in common in that aspect of our lives. Also he is an extremely intelligent man who is an author of books and an avid reader. My wife Kathy and he have at times had very in depth conversations because both of these individuals are on the same wave length as far as intelligence goes. In other words there are times I have NO clue what they are talking about with their big words and all. I am a plain simple person as far as if I ask you a question PLEASE answer with simple words. This is just a fact for me.
Anyway...this brother of mine put up a video on his facebook and above it he wrote these words "So I got asked quite a bit about Amendment One. I don't do politics on Facebook, so I did not comment. If you want to know how I feel about the whole issue, check out this video from my favorite preacher from Manhattan. My conservative friends may hate this; my gay friends may hate this. Hopefully, everyone will love the line "heterosexuality doesn't get you to heaven." "What this video is is the Gospel." If anyone wants the link to this video I will gladly get it for you.
Well this statement intrigued me I to was wondering how this North Carolina minister brother of mine voted. But of course I did not dare ask him. I guess I was a bit fearful of his answer and a part of me wanted to believe that he did the correct thing by voting against. But then again I had my doubts because of conversations that we have had in the past about homosexuality. Of course like our President he may have evolved since then. This was probably around 6 or 8 years ago. Time is something I have problems with among other things.
After I watched this video I still had NO clue whatsoever how he voted because the video was WAY over my head and to me ...just to me...it sounded like double talk and avoidance. Mainly because I truly did not understand what he was saying. I guess the Gospel is just over my head. So I of course did what I always do when I don't understand something I asked my wife Kathy to watch the video and see if she could figure it out. She got back to me through email because she is out of town at this time. Her email was long winded as she put in her email back to me when she was finished composing it. She in fact understood what the minister was saying but she said she still didn't know which way my brother voted. She also added that to my brothers credit he has taken the time to research and to search his soul on this issue. Which is truly no surprise to me. I figured he would because that is how he rolls and that is one of the things that I admire and love about him.
Now back to the point of to this whole blog of mine and the reason why I entitled this blog Confusion And Questions it is because one thing that I did catch from this video was the statement from this minister this is the gist of the statement I can't remember the exact things he said but one of the things was that homosexuality is not a sin but the sex is the sin. He also said that Greed is the biggest sin that there is.
What I want to address most is the homosexual sex sin. Now the way I see it our sex is not so much different from heterosexual sex. Be honest...How many of you heterosexuals out there have had or are having ORAL sex with eachother and How many of you have or have had anal sex with each other? Simple questions to ponder. Now does that mean that heterosexual sex is also a sin? I am truly serious about these questions and these confusions of mine. Also on the Greed statement. When I was a kid I found a wad of money at a drug store and I turned it in to the cashier ...Does that mean that I have a seat on the bus to heaven or because I am having homosexual sex that I don't?
These are my Thoughts and Feelings from Jillsville.
Not long after the vote one of my brothers put a video up on his facebook. This particular brother of mine is an evangelical minister a follower of Christ as he describes himself. So really the two of us don't have much in common in that aspect of our lives. Also he is an extremely intelligent man who is an author of books and an avid reader. My wife Kathy and he have at times had very in depth conversations because both of these individuals are on the same wave length as far as intelligence goes. In other words there are times I have NO clue what they are talking about with their big words and all. I am a plain simple person as far as if I ask you a question PLEASE answer with simple words. This is just a fact for me.
Anyway...this brother of mine put up a video on his facebook and above it he wrote these words "So I got asked quite a bit about Amendment One. I don't do politics on Facebook, so I did not comment. If you want to know how I feel about the whole issue, check out this video from my favorite preacher from Manhattan. My conservative friends may hate this; my gay friends may hate this. Hopefully, everyone will love the line "heterosexuality doesn't get you to heaven." "What this video is is the Gospel." If anyone wants the link to this video I will gladly get it for you.
Well this statement intrigued me I to was wondering how this North Carolina minister brother of mine voted. But of course I did not dare ask him. I guess I was a bit fearful of his answer and a part of me wanted to believe that he did the correct thing by voting against. But then again I had my doubts because of conversations that we have had in the past about homosexuality. Of course like our President he may have evolved since then. This was probably around 6 or 8 years ago. Time is something I have problems with among other things.
After I watched this video I still had NO clue whatsoever how he voted because the video was WAY over my head and to me ...just to me...it sounded like double talk and avoidance. Mainly because I truly did not understand what he was saying. I guess the Gospel is just over my head. So I of course did what I always do when I don't understand something I asked my wife Kathy to watch the video and see if she could figure it out. She got back to me through email because she is out of town at this time. Her email was long winded as she put in her email back to me when she was finished composing it. She in fact understood what the minister was saying but she said she still didn't know which way my brother voted. She also added that to my brothers credit he has taken the time to research and to search his soul on this issue. Which is truly no surprise to me. I figured he would because that is how he rolls and that is one of the things that I admire and love about him.
Now back to the point of to this whole blog of mine and the reason why I entitled this blog Confusion And Questions it is because one thing that I did catch from this video was the statement from this minister this is the gist of the statement I can't remember the exact things he said but one of the things was that homosexuality is not a sin but the sex is the sin. He also said that Greed is the biggest sin that there is.
What I want to address most is the homosexual sex sin. Now the way I see it our sex is not so much different from heterosexual sex. Be honest...How many of you heterosexuals out there have had or are having ORAL sex with eachother and How many of you have or have had anal sex with each other? Simple questions to ponder. Now does that mean that heterosexual sex is also a sin? I am truly serious about these questions and these confusions of mine. Also on the Greed statement. When I was a kid I found a wad of money at a drug store and I turned it in to the cashier ...Does that mean that I have a seat on the bus to heaven or because I am having homosexual sex that I don't?
These are my Thoughts and Feelings from Jillsville.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
THE AMENDMENT OF BIGOTRY AND DISCRIMINATION
I need to vent after the passage of this horrible Amendment. Bigotry and Discrimination wrapped in the Bible are STILL Bigotry and Discrimination! I have seen this on my facebook and I agree wholeheartedly. There is suppose to be separation of church and state. I saw no such thing with this vote.
What these so called christians don't get are that we homosexuals are human beings with feelings. Many of us have families and all of us have responsibilities. All we are asking for are the SAME civil rights that heterosexuals enjoy and some misuse. We pay taxes, have jobs, raise kids, have family responsibilities, are a part of society and yet we are treated like second class citizens. This has got to change.
There are many homosexuals that believe in God I being one of them. My idea of God is Good Orderly Direction. That is how I try to live my life. God is loving and non judgmental. The Jesus that I heard about as a child never judged anyone. In fact he always helped people in need. My idea of Jesus is that he walked the earth many many centuries ago as a saint. I believe that Jesus would be so disappointed in the "radical" conservative christian right of today's time. The ones that are using his name in vain to do horrible injustices against others that don't believe as they do. The majority of conservative christians believe that being a homosexual is a sin. I don't believe that. We are just human beings who happen to love people of the same gender. I get SO tired of the conservative christians who keep taunting the phrase one man one woman equals marriage when the phrase should be LOVE + COMMITMENT = MARRIAGE. These three things are what I have with my wife Kathy. Two loving committed people is what makes a marriage work.
It hurts my heart to know that 61% of North Carolinians believe that we shouldn't have the right to marry the one we Love and are committed to. This is going to change it just has to change. It takes all of us to make a change. Don't let bigotry and discrimination win out. No One has the right to judge others. There is nothing unnatural about one human being loving another human being and wanting to marry that someone no matter what their genders are.
These are my Thoughts and Feelings from Jillsville.
What these so called christians don't get are that we homosexuals are human beings with feelings. Many of us have families and all of us have responsibilities. All we are asking for are the SAME civil rights that heterosexuals enjoy and some misuse. We pay taxes, have jobs, raise kids, have family responsibilities, are a part of society and yet we are treated like second class citizens. This has got to change.
There are many homosexuals that believe in God I being one of them. My idea of God is Good Orderly Direction. That is how I try to live my life. God is loving and non judgmental. The Jesus that I heard about as a child never judged anyone. In fact he always helped people in need. My idea of Jesus is that he walked the earth many many centuries ago as a saint. I believe that Jesus would be so disappointed in the "radical" conservative christian right of today's time. The ones that are using his name in vain to do horrible injustices against others that don't believe as they do. The majority of conservative christians believe that being a homosexual is a sin. I don't believe that. We are just human beings who happen to love people of the same gender. I get SO tired of the conservative christians who keep taunting the phrase one man one woman equals marriage when the phrase should be LOVE + COMMITMENT = MARRIAGE. These three things are what I have with my wife Kathy. Two loving committed people is what makes a marriage work.
It hurts my heart to know that 61% of North Carolinians believe that we shouldn't have the right to marry the one we Love and are committed to. This is going to change it just has to change. It takes all of us to make a change. Don't let bigotry and discrimination win out. No One has the right to judge others. There is nothing unnatural about one human being loving another human being and wanting to marry that someone no matter what their genders are.
These are my Thoughts and Feelings from Jillsville.
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