Gay marriage

I've wanted to do a blog post about gay rights for a while because I'm a tad bit frustrated with the way the whole issue has worked out that past few years. I feel like gay rights has been protested for an against so many time you think that there would be some progress. On my teacher, Mr. McAlister's blog, He tells a story of how he once was at a gay rights protest and got mixed emotions of positive and negative remarks. Thats cool and all but I want to see some real change. Michael A. Jones a writer for a gay rights and I have similar views. Even though the President has openly admitted his disagreement with federal laws prohibiting same sex marriage he still hasn't changed anything due to his ties with the black and latino community. I just feel like there isn't anyone saying that the debate has gone on for to long. Gay marriage isn't going to kill anyone. Its just kind for ridiculous why people even care but I found ten reasons why gay marriage shouldn't happen and I think some might enjoy them, I got it from democrats.com

1) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning. Also apparently those homosexual animals have picked up some unnatural behavier

2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.

4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Brittany Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

8) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

9) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

Republican Party

I have a tough time with the Republican party because its hard to decipher between the right wing intellectuals who are rarely seen or the tea party members. I really can't stand the tea party members because they are just like the radical left, to violent and stupid to even relate to. I think one of the main problems I have with the Republican party is that they have really strong ties with religion. The huffington post, a conservative blog site, agrees with me as well. The party seems to be breaking to idea of the separation of church and state. Religious views control how the party acts upon social matters. There strengths lie in economics ideas. They take the strong and bold view on economics that I think the democrats lack.

Democratic Party

In my view on the world I find it hard to associate to one particular party because both parties have a wide variation in radicalism and they never seem to be able to help eachother out. Focusing on the Democrats I really don't like the extreme left of the party. For example blogger Brian J. Gladish, who declares himself as a classic liberal labels anything that he doesn't agree with as fascism. At the same time I feel like the fact that the Democrats represent liberalism is the best trait they have. The youth will always associate as with liberal view point which is what will bring in future voters to the democratic parties. They have programs that recruit young voters. One of their other weaknesses is they are stereotyped as being the "hippies" of politics. They appear weak when it comes to defense issues and economic issues as well as the Baltimore Reporter points out.