What The Bible Really Says About Homosexuals

The LGBT community is all the rage nowadays. Conservatives hate them and liberals embrace them. The conservative hatred stems from the bible condemning them to the fiery pits of hell, when the holy scriptures only references homosexuality six or seven times. They were written over two thousand plus years ago, so their meaning is open to debate. With numerous scriptures talking about acceptance, forgiveness, and having love for your fellow man outweighing references to homosexuality. You would think that the scriptures of love eclipsing those of hate, people would be accepting and not use the bible as a weapon against the LGBT community. Sadly, that's not the case, but times are changing and with more states in the US recognizing gay marriage; the debate heats up.

Sins of Sodom

The story of Sodom and Gomorrah in genesis was a city where the men wanted to rape the angels that retrieved Lot. They also wanted to rape the guests of the city similar to the story in the book of Judges. Now the bible goes on to condemn these violent atrocities, not homosexuality specifically. Jude 1:7 "giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh,"- referring to the citizens of Sodom. Saying that the sins of Sodom were of men lusting after angels. Later Jews interpreted this as homosexuality being the sins of Sodom. In retrospect this would be like modern day rape in our prisons. The prisoners aren't necessarily homosexuals, but rather their lust for sex and forcible rape is what is so despised.

The Holy Code

Leviticus is full of "guidelines" commonly referred o as the Holy Code. It contains two passages that are the most famous and used by most Christians to justify their hatred for homosexuals. Leviticus 18:22 "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination". And Leviticus "If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death; their blood is uponth them". Now this seems pretty clear cut and not up for debate, but think again! First you have to understand about who this scripture was written for. They were intended for the Israelites so they can be distinguished from the Egyptians (who they just fled from) and the Canaanites (who they were living amongst). A couple issues here. Egyptians and Canaanites were lustful rapist, going back to the story of Sodom these actions were condemned because of the horrible nature of rape. So the Israelites had to differentiate themselves from the rapist. Another issue is, were these holy codes speaking of consensual homosexual sex between two loving individuals? Was this even a comprehend-able option for the ancient world? The last issue I have with this so called Holy Code is that the Israelites were nomadic people and depended on procreation for survival. Could this scripture just be a way for the author of Leviticus to make sure future generations of  Israelites?

Christians have to ask themselves, is pushing there personal beliefs on other people is really "loving thy neighbor"? With the all the passages about love and acceptance why hate on homosexuals? Why push your religion into politics and stop two loving individuals from the fruits of marriage? Jesus always preached that his followers should stay out of politics anyways! Modern Christians pick and choose what part of the bible they wish to follow. Jews don't eat pork and you don't see them picketing the White House to stop the slaughter of pigs. Stop the hate and LOVE THY NEIGHBOR!

Texas GOP Raping Women With New Law

 
I've written about backwards run Texas before, but this really takes the cake. The GOP run state recently approved a new voter law that drastically restricts women's right to vote. Voters in Texas now have to show a PHOTO-ID with an up to date legal name. According to Occupy Democrats, this effects ONE THIRD of the women in Texas. To put that into perspective, Texas has 254 counties and only 81 DMVs. Men aren't effected by this because they keep their legal name after wedlock, but sometimes women don't get new ID's, or if they needed one they could just use a birth certificate in order to vote. This is no longer the case. The Republican run state knows that this law leaves a third of their women lost and confused. Women have the power to turn Texas blue for the first time in 20 years, because of senator Wendy Davis. She is a strong advocate for women's rights and against government regulating women's bodies. She is running for Texas governor and she has the women of the state backing her. The GOP are threatened by Davis and instead of battling on the issues, they change the rules. Read all about it and sign a petition here at http://act.watchdog.net/petitions/3959.

Raise The Wage Minimum Wage, For America

You know, the cell phone companies really understand the power that consumers have. They made smartphones reasonably priced so everyone can have one. Now everybody has one and their paying for data, and apps with companies advertising in these apps. They've opened up a whole new marketplace never before used. Now couldn't this same rule apply to the whole minimum wage debacle? Think about it. Disregard your views on the situation and think about what I'm saying. Raise the minimum wage so more people have more money to spend. In a world ruled by capitalism, you would think companies would be jumping at the chance to pay their employees more to, keep the flow of money going back up to the employers. Without the consumer (the underpaid employees) capitalism is nothing. Capitalism ultimately works like a powerful Red Wood with the CEOs at the top and the consumers (i.e employees) at the bottom. A strong consumer will in turn give way for a stronger CEO. Republicans love to throw the "trickle down" argument around (that the wealth of the CEO will trickle down to everybody), let's throw the "trickle up" argument right back at them. It's time America. Raise the minimum wage. 

End The War On Drugs And Legalize All Drugs

Now I don't advise anyone to go out and do illegal drugs because this is would be ILLEGAL. I also don't do illegal drugs so with that said lets move on. This is a touchy subject and people don't like talking about it. Well this is the purpose of my blog, to talk about the things people don't want to talk about. The primary way organized crime syndicates make money is through the sell of drugs. Now the logical thing to do would be to prohibit them in a country so the citizens can't buy them. But sometimes the most logical (or easiest) answers are the best ones. By making them illegal you now gave the entire market to the cartels, gangs, terrorists, etc. Now they can make ALL the money to supply their groups to do other horrible things. Think about it, if you legalize it you give the market to the legal owners who don't do horrible crimes like murder. People will pay taxes on them bringing more money to the states and federal government. You can argue that this will cause children to become drug addicts at a much higher rate. I don't think this would be true at all because by the time I was 11 I knew what every drug was called due to schools giving drug awareness classes. Just because something is legal doesn't make it easier for children to get their hands on. It was really hard trying to get LEGAL alcohol when I was a teenager, almost impossible, that's why I then turned to marijuana, an ILLEGAL DRUG. Illegal drugs are easier for children to get a hold of because they are on the street and trust me dealers don't check I.D. The "drug war" cost the U.S billions upon billions of dollars each year. You can check the drug war clock in real time at http://www.drugsense.org/cms/wodclock. Why would you spend all the money each year on a war that's been going on for decades when the majority of the population believe will never be won. All that money could go to better use like giving addicts free rehabilitation.
 Looking back to the time of prohibition when alcohol was illegal, people then claimed to stop drinking because the without the sin of illegality it just wasn't "fun" anymore. Practically overnight mass shooting and crime related to underground liquor disappeared. Without the profit from alcohol people like Al Capone faded into history as a mere memory of America. By legalizing all drugs you open up a whole new category of workers and business man all paying taxes and being paid legal money in turn spending that money into our economy. Think about all the people that go into the distribution of alcohol, bartenders, waitresses, bar owners, executive distillers, etc. Drugs are the only reason traffickers are in business. Society needs to open up their eyes and see that the drug war is not working and hasn't worked for decades. There are millions of non-violent offenders still in our prisons being kept in bars like an animal because of possession charges. They are addicts and need society's help to get clean. If legalized AND decriminalized we can then focus on helping addicts overcome their addiction and change their lives. Prison won't help them, and even if they overcome their addiction they wont be able to get a good job and start a good career. A potential employer will do a basic background check and see that they have a drug charge and wont even give them a chance. If you would like to sign a petition to legalize drugs click here. The war on drugs should end and their should be a new war declared. The war on addiction. The first step in battling this foe should be to legalize and decriminalize all drugs to take out a major source of income for traffickers. With drug related crime and trafficking under control we can focus our attention on rehabilitating addicts. Its time America!
Drug Legalization = Drug Liberation!

Why America Is Better Off Without Texas

A closed minded conservative state. Stuck in the 1800's with no intentions waking the eff up. I'm talking of course about the lone star state, Texas. In a recent poll by a popular business magazine, people were asked to name which state was the worst and which one was the best. Participants obviously chose Texas to be kicked out of the union. But we all know you can't just go kicking out a state even how backwards it is. In my opinion we should just give them back to Mexico, making Texas, Mexico's problem. Texas would act as a buffer for the rest of the country against illegal immigration from Mexico. Dramatically affecting the number of illegal immigrants entering the US. Since illegal immigration is such a HUGE problem ( I say this with the most sarcasm possible) for Texas, it would no longer have this problem because they will no longer be illegals, just neighbors. Nonetheless, this isn't a viable option for the US even though I would be more than happy to see Texas sent to the people they hate the most. What they don't seem to understand is that these "illegals" are humans too, people that just want a better life for their families. Texans will never understand this, because they simply refuse to understand it. Their Christian values only stretch so far, you know? So who can blame them? They always threaten the US with secession, my opinion is just to let them go on their own and see if they can survive. I would love to see them be hit with a massive hurricane caused by the extreme storms that global warming produces (which their lawmakers and politicians have openly denied is even real!). How would they survive without the help of government assistance, like FEMA? When they want to import goods from the US, I say we raise taxes on them and let them starve. Oh but this is only fantasy and will never happen. If only there was a way to forcibly take the majority in Texas and kick out the Conservative Republicans. An example of Texan bigotry; recently Texan educational system changed the social studies curriculum. Historians criticized it saying that it is historically inaccurate and that this reflection of their conservative injustice, will contaminate textbooks and classrooms beyond Texas. Remember those nice Republicans that said even "when a woman gets raped they're body has the ability to shutdown the bodies ability to get pregnant." They said this in regards to their new controversial bill that will shut down most abortion clinics in Texas. According to this new law abortions are only legal in surgical centers and bans all abortions after 20 weeks and severely limiting medication-induced abortions. I'm pro-choice. Just because you don't like or want abortions shouldn't mean that nobody else can get one. Just like everything else in this country their are different beliefs and religions that you have to respect even if you don't believe in them and that is just the bottom line people. Watch this posted video from the Daily Show, although funny it is very informative.

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Put some damn Democrats in there that will clean up the state for America's sake, or just get rid of Texas all together. I mean we could trade it to China for significant debt relief, or maybe just sell it to the highest bidder. Texas is a bastion for the disease that is American Conservatism. If we get rid of Texas we destroy the heart of the beast and we can finally give America it's first dose of liberal/ progressive medicine that it needs. Only logical way to end this post is with a quote from The Daily Show. "Remember the Alamo? Neither do I, F*CK Texas!"

A Liberals thoughts on the 2013 Government Shutdown

So with the intro to this blog out of the way I' ll go on to my first topic just a little bit of politics for you kids. So here in America the government shut down on October 1, 2013. The first in 17 years. Scary stuff. Yea, not really. On September 24th senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, gave a dramatic 21 hour rant/speech attacking Obamacare. This obviously was a huge failure (thankfully his references to Ashton Kutchers speeches didn't sway the Democrats) because the affordable care act is in effect. Fox News has been having a great time blaming the Democrats on shutting down the government, with no proof of this at all! They have no reason on shutting the government down and would gain nothing from doing this. All the Republicans have to say about why they think the Democrats shut down the governments is "just because they can." The hard headed right side will blindly believe bullshit mountain that is commonly known as Fox News, but this video of the Republican speaker of the house of representatives, John Boehner is a little convincing. George Stephanopoulos goes one-on-one with the speaker, and catches on his lies on pressing the blame on the Democrats. He constantly says he wants to sit down and have a "conversation", but the left has always been ready for a sit down and talk about the debt ceiling. The right side doesn't want Obamacare, they resent the fact that they lost the "fight". This government shutdown was brought on by the Republicans, because they think Obamacare will be too costly for the American people and it will cost the government too much money. So, shutting down the government is a way for the Republicans to save a little money for the budget and to punish the Democrats and using it as a bargaining chip. Their basically saying, do away with Obamacare or the government stays shutdown. What they don't understand is that the affordable care act is helping millions of people and due to the heavy traffic of people wanting to sign up for it, it actually popped up errors on the first couple days! Fox News had a field day with this. Now, with this said make your own decision on who has the best interest of the American people. A group of people that is willing to layoff tens of thousands, doesn't care about you. They have their own agenda that has the corporations heart. - Think about it! Stay informed I'll write more later on the shutdown!