RE: The Thaw

Well, a bunch of Christian kids has decided to make a video about how Christianity is under attack in America, and how they need to stand up to it.  The name of the video is “The Thaw.”  Ugh…

I am going to do this post like I have done others.  We will do a hit for hit with their words, where they say something and I respond.  Let’s get started.

Christianity is being completely frozen out of America.

Since 70% of Americans identify themselves as Christian and you can’t get to office in this country without sucking religion’s dick, I’m going to call BS on that one.  But let’s hear more.  Oh, by the way, there are a lot of people who talk in this video, so when I make a point about different people talking, take it in stride.

Why can’t I pray in school?!

Who’s stopping you?

Why do I have to check my religion at the door?

So many speakers, so many questions.  None of them smart or right.

Why can’t I write about God in my school papers?

Again, who’s stopping you?  You all talk about this stuff but have NO sources to back your claims up.

Why do I have to tolerate people cursing my God, but am not allowed to talk about my God and my faith.

Okay, fuck it.  Let’s just get this all out in the open.  Everything that these kids said was bullshit.  You are allowed to pray in schools.  Nobody is stopping you.  Here is what is not allowed to happen – you are not allowed to have teacher-led mandatory prayer.  Public schools cannot openly support a religion.  The fundies have been throwing this lie around for as long as I have been alive.  If a student wants to pray or talk about God or whatever, they are allowed to do that.  My school had a couple of bible-study groups who met after school.  I knew a girl who wrote a paper on why God is so awesome and we are so bad.  It got a bad grade, but that wasn’t because it was about God.  I read her paper.  Her grammar was awful!  For real, I guess that God didn’t give this girl good editing tips.  Oh, and she didn’t use any quotes from any other materials.  Any good essay should be backed up by sources.  Last I checked, the Bible is a source.  It has been used well, in several religious papers.  And before you call foul because I am an atheist, I was an English major before becoming a journalism major.  I’ve read a lot of essays.

But yeah, nothing that these kids say is true.  You are allowed to pray.  You don’t have to leave your religion at the door.  You can talk about your God all you want.  But at a public school, funded by public money, the faculty cannot endorse a religion or require religion to be mandatory.  Can we please stop pandering this bullshit to the Christards who want to think that they are some kind of oppressed minority?

Why are they taking God out of my history books?

Uh, I don’t know.  Maybe it’s because of the fact that God is not real, and we want ACTUAL history being taught to students.  For real, America already doctors the shit out of history for their curriculum.  Like how they make Christopher Columbus seem like a great guy, when the truth is that he has more in common with Hitler than any of us.  So yeah, that’s just dumb.

Why do they teach every other theory in science except creation?

Gee, maybe it’s because the Theory of Evolution is actual science with a metric ton of data to support it, while the belief that a magical sky-wizard created the universe has absolutely NO evidence to support it at all!  If you want to learn about pseudo-science, some schools offer religious courses.  But don’t demand that your bullshit be taught as something that has actual basis in reality.  There was no creation.  The “Theory of Creation” is nothing but a crackpot theory that doesn’t even count as pseudo-science.  It isn’t science at all.  I mean, think about it – he spends seven days creating this one planet and all the things on it, but an entire universe, with a googleplex of stars and planets, organized into trillions upon trillions of galaxies, that was just an afterthought.  Does that sound like science to you?  Of course not.  And that is why it isn’t being taught in public schools.

Why am I called names because I believe in marriage the way God designed it?

I don’t know.  Maybe it’s because you’re a bigot.  And the kid who says this looks like he is at that point where puberty is a new thing.  And when he discovers internet porn, and is jerking off to two chicks having sex, I will feel so good pointing out that he is also a hypocrite too.  But for the Christian, that means nothing.  They will impose their values onto others because Gawd tells them to.  Yeah, I could have swore that Jesus said something about loving your neighbors and your enemies and not trying to ruin their lives.  Consistency, what’s that?!

Some even call us hateful.  Hypocrites.  Unloving.  Close-minded.  Bigots.

I have yet to hear a term that doesn’t apply to you, so yeah, that’s accurate.

Why can’t Tim Tebow praise God after making a touchdown without causing a national uproar?

What the fuck are you talking about?  Last I checked, most people thought that that guy was just the most awesome thing since sliced bread.  In what universe is he this hated guy who prays to the guy that an overwhelming majority of people worship?

The football coach at Ridgeland High School, in Georgia, was investigated by the school board.  Did he abuse a student?  Is he a terrorist?  He allowed local churches to feed his football team.  *group gasp*

Wow, what ego-stroking bullshit.  So, I looked this story up.  This story is such a non-issue that it is kind of amazing.  There was no “investigation.”  A group complained and it ended there.  A complaint was issued, it was dealt with and there was no big investigation.  Not to mention, are you saying that there are people who are with the idea that the government is cracking down on religion?  For as much as politicians suck religion’s big fat cock, that REALLY doesn’t hold water.

At public school, I’m called ‘lesbian,’ or ‘gay’ for not kissing or for wanting to save myself for marriage.

Wait…what?  What school do you go to where this is the case?  Back in my days at a public high school, girls who didn’t “save themselves for marriage” were slut-shamed and harassed by the other girls who believe that Gawd just loved them.  Never mind that they weren’t slutty at all.  They were just honest about who they are.  And the biggest sluts in high school had the Bible at the top of their beloved-books list.  Not to mention “save myself for marriage”?  What the fuck is this, the 17th century?

Abstinence doesn’t work.  It has never worked.  The reason is simple – we are human beings.  We have urges.  Deny that long enough and your mind finds ways around it.  That’s the reason that SO many religious girls in high school get pregnant.  And don’t even compare yourselves to the trouble that actual gays and lesbians face from you religious zealots.  My friend Zero got the shit kicked out of her by a bunch of girls who knew that she was a lesbian.  Zero knows how to fight, but the girls got their boyfriends to help.  It was “god’s mission.”  I don’t feel bad for having my own people beat the shit out of their boyfriends’, slash the tires of all their cars and isolate each of them, with the express understanding that if they hurt my friend again, I would be taking parts off.  I was young, immature and angry, but nobody hurts my friends.  So yeah, fuck you.

In public school, people are rude and disrespectful toward Christians.  Bullying is common.

Okay, stop right there!  I call bullshit!  I cannot begin to tell you how many of the bullies at my school counted God among their best friends and called him their “lord and savior.”  Whenever a gay kid got bullied, it was a Christian.  When my lesbian friend got beaten, they thought it was a mission from God.  A girl who got pregnant in high-school, I guarantee you that it was Christians front-and-center slut-shaming her.  There was this kid whose family was Muslim, and he got bullied and harassed in ways you can’t imagine.  I took that kid into my fold after I saw how bad it got.  Nobody, and I do mean nobody, fucks with the friend group of a guy like me.  I am a titan.  I was a titan back in high school.  Nobody messed with my in-crowd.  And I made sure that people knew that this kid was a part of it.

The Christians absolutely love this narrative that goes that they are somehow the victims of oppression, when it is they themselves who are oppressing others.  LGBT rights aren’t being blocked by atheists.  It is being blocked by Christians, Muslims and especially the Mormons.  Some of the most hardcore activism against gay rights has been by the Mormons.  This narrative makes Christians feel good.  America loves to be the victims.  We love to have a narrative we can tell ourselves that makes us feel like we are the victims of some horrible crime.  Sadly, it isn’t true.  But let’s continue.

What we see in our health classes. ‘Sex education.’  4th grade and up.  Is pornography.

Wow, when the posters in a sex-ed classroom are viewed as pornography, then I am starting to think that Christians really are afraid of their own reproductive organs.  I mean, this is just pathetic.  I bet half of Christians don’t even like saying the words “penis” or “vagina.”  Can we make a deal, Christians?  I will work harder not to attack you, if you will please just TRY and be a little more mature.

People make fun of me because I don’t believe in abortion!

What universe are these kids from, exactly?  I mean, really?!  Because, again, in my experience in a public high school, it was the Christians picking on the people who weren’t against abortion.  And god-help you (pun intended) if you were a girl who got outed when you had one.  The wrath of the Christards was almost…biblical.  Again, pun intended.

In public school, people believe Christians are goodie-goods and boring.

Okay, they have finally said something that is true.  Among my in-group, anyway.  Since Christians were never really bullied and were instead the bullies, it was an idea we kept to ourselves.  But still, yeah, they are goodie-goods and boring.  Well, those who aren’t like the people in this video, that is.  And those who think like them.  The people who are spewing this bullshit are bigots and hypocrites who want to play themselves off as victims.  But for the rest, who aren’t in my face, then yeah, I am down with that thought process.

Dirty jokes fill the hallways between classes.  During class.  Before school.  At lunch.  After school.  On the bus.  Off the bus.

Boo-fucking-hoo, you little crybaby.  If you don’t like people telling dirty jokes, here’s a radical thought – don’t listen!

Get the idea?

Oh.  So this is meant to say that we should all moderate our behavior so that you don’t have to feel offended.  Well, I got news for you, Christard kids – you don’t get to make that demand!  You don’t control my behavior!  It’s a free country, and we are allowed to joke about what we want, when we want.  Don’t like it, go somewhere else.  It’s not like we are holding a gun to your head and saying, “listen to this fucking joke, bitch!”  So yeah, another mute point made to show how you are the victims.

Despite modern popular belief, America WAS founded as a Christian nation.

No it wasn’t.  Almost none of our Founding Fathers were Christian.  Thomas Jefferson was a deist.  Thomas Paine was a deist.  John Adams was a Unitarian.  Ben Franklin was a  deist.  And not one place in the Constitution does it say that this country is a Christian nation.  You Christians have been rallying this point to death!  And you are wrong!  When I point out the 1st Amendment, people often come back at me with this line -

It’s freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion!

Wow, it’s like you all can’t stop to think.  Two words, so similar in their meaning.  And they didn’t say that we have freedom of religion.  The 1st Amendment says that government “shall pass no law respecting an establishment of religion, nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”  That clear enough for you?  If America was founded in support of Christianity, then I figure that Jesus or his baby-daddy would be mentioned somewhere.  But they aren’t!  This point is dumb!  But back to the video.

No one would dare not to stand, place their hand over their heart, and recite the pledge.

The kid who says this puts his hand over his shoulder.  So smart.

America was founded as a force for good.

Tell that to the millions of Native Americans that the Europeans slaughtered.  Or how about we tell it to the millions of civilians in the Middle East who have been victims of George Bush II and his newest crusade into their countries, killed by our soldiers.  Or maybe we could ask the slaves that we brutally took from their homes and absolutely ravaged in this country.  Let’s ask them how much America is a “force for good.”

America was once the force for hope in the world.

And now we are being left behind by the rest of the Western World, because we can’t get our shit together.  This post has gone on a little long already, so let’s skip ahead to the end.

We are an army.  Christ is our commander.  His will is our charge.  We are impacting our friends.  Our family.  Our community.  Our state.  Our country.  We’re in a war for the hearts and souls of our generation.  And we know it.

Since there is no God, no Christ or any of that, you won’t be taking your orders from him.  Instead, you’ll take it from other people.  People who are corrupt, have a stake in holding society back and are living like kings because of it.  Oh, fuck, they are living WAY better than the king’s back in Jesus’ day ever did.  You are weak, weak-minded and stupid.  But thanks to the internet, who is not at ALL a nice animal, your bullshit is being taken apart.  People are too informed to buy into your crap.  And that is all the better.

Until next time, a quote,

“Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don’t have all the answers to think that they do. Most people would think it’s wonderful when someone says, ‘I’m willing, Lord! I’ll do whatever you want me to do!’ Except that since there are no gods actually talking to us, that void is filled in by people with their own corruptions and limitations and agendas. And anyone who tells you they know, they just know what happens when you die, I promise you, you don’t. How can I be so sure? Because I don’t know, and you do not possess mental powers that I do not.”  -Bill Maher, Religulous

Peace out,

Maverick

Musical Insanity: Jesus Christ Is My Nigga

And Christians don’t get why the rest of us tell them to stay as far away from music as possible. This is so funny. It’s so awful, so out of touch with what good music or even good rap is that it makes me smile. For real, I should hate how racist and stupid this song is, but I just can’t. It’s so bad that it’s awesome.

Did you enjoy that as much as I did? I hope so. But if you found it horrible racist and offensive, I totally get where you’re coming from. I apologize on behalf of all white people.

Peace out,

Maverick

The Westboro Baptist Church is Pure Evil!

Let me just get this out in the open – fuck these people.  For real, fuck them!  If there is a group of people in existence that is more evil or more determined to spread hatred, I have yet to meet them.  And don’t go saying that the Nazis or Stalin’s regime were worse.  They were.  But I am talking about in my lifetime.  In my current existence.  These people have no equal.  Every time a tragedy happens, these people are there.  Whenever innocent people die, this group of fucking bigots decides that they need to make themselves heard.  And now, in the wake of the tragedy in Boston, the WBC immediately took to Twitter, saying that they are going to go and protest at the funerals of the dead.

I feel bad for the cops who are going to have to probably hold back the violent masses of Bostonians who are going to want to wring the fucking necks of Fred Phelps and his little merry band of pieces of shit.  I have no doubt that this will get ugly, very quickly, if the WBC descend on this unbelievably tragic event to help spread their message that America deserved this and that gay people are making things like this happen.

It’s kind of ironic – this group of people is probably the only group in existence that is getting Christians, atheists and almost every other religious group to band together.  I mean, is there really no tragedy that these people won’t exploit?  Time after time, they have come out and shown the very worst of human nature, all for the express purpose of creating more bigotry toward a group they don’t like – the LGBT community.  But of course, it isn’t lesbians that they have a problem with.

Before I get too far into my lambasting of merciless piece-of-shit bigots, I feel that I should take some time out and point out that the people who hate the LGBT community don’t hate lesbians.  That is NEVER what it is about.  In modern society, two chicks making out his hot!  Hell, I bet half of Phelps “fag-bashers” spend a lot of their weekends jerking off to lesbian porn.  It is almost exclusively the man-on-man action that they are against. (counting down minutes until I get a comment about how gross two dudes doing it is…) I bring this up because I just wish that one of these pathetic Christards would man-up and accept their premise – I hate gay people because I find them icky.  It has nothing to do with the stupid bullshit in Leviticus.  That’s just what they draw on so as not to have to admit their own bigotry.  The reality is that 100% of why they don’t like gay men is because they find their act gross.  That’s it.  That’s the entire reason.  I know somebody who has pretty much admitted that that is why he doesn’t like the gay community.  I disagree with his position, but I do respect his honesty.  Rare quality, these days.  But yeah, if you bigots would just please accept your premise, that would make tuning out your stupidity SO much easier.

The Westboro Baptist Church is scum.  Not one person in their ranks is a good person.  I make a point of pardoning those who have left.  Phelps’ own kid ditched their ranks recently.  I respect that.  Kid even apologized for how awful the father is.  A lot nicer than I would have been.  I would have gone on about what a piece of shit he is.  And on the off-chance that there is a God, and a heaven and hell, I have no doubt that there is a special place in Hell reserved for people just like him.

But, with that said, I will now get off my soap box and admit say plainly that these pieces of shit have the right to be pieces of shit.  Don’t get me wrong – if there is a fight that is started because these fucking cowards want to make themselves heard, I won’t feel bad.  If Fred Phelps gets the ever-loving shit kicked out of him, I won’t shed any tears.  But I do NOT condone censoring them.  Believe me, I wish I could.  But I am a journalism major.  I am a student of history.  The moment that we censor out one opinion that we view as wrong, where does it stop?  Does it stop at just these people?  Does it stop with the people that the majority thinks is wrong next?  The First Amendment is there to protect the minority opinion.  It is there to protect the people who cannot stand up about this themselves.

After mentioning that, I now point out that it goes both ways.  It lets me stand here on my blogging soap box and say back them them – fuck you!  You people are a symbol of everything that is wrong with the human race!  You are the embodiment of hate and intolerance!  Your entire existence hinges on the fact that you are able to hate and want to spread that hate everywhere you go.  Every single thing that you do makes the rest of the human race want to just hide in shame.  Your tribalism mentality that says that every group who disagrees with you should be hated is part of what is going to drive humanity into the ground!  I couldn’t possibly hate you people more!  You milk tragedy to get attention.  Your desperate attempts at validation make me want to kick a small child.  I hope each and every one of you gets to suffer some kind of horrible tragedy in your lives, and then get a group just like you to tell you that it is all your fault for not being hateful enough toward the group they hate.

Fuck this religion-devoted horseshit, and fuck you!

Until next time, a quote,

“Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told.  Think about it – religion has actually convinced people that there is an invisible man, living in the sky, who watches everything you do, every minute of every day.  And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do.  And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish.  Where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry, forever and ever until the end of time!  But he loves you!”  -George Carlin

Peace out,

Maverick

The Crucifixion Story

Taken from the Gospel of St. Lucien, Chapters 33-55

“And when the Easter Bunny knew that he was alone, he got down on his knees.
‘Oh Father, I know of the trials you have in store for me.  But I am afraid.  Please, Father, give me the strength to be faithful to you.  Give me your love, so that I may help the people.  For dark times are ahead.’
After he finished praying, the Easter Bunny got back up.  He went to rest.  His body ached, and so did his soul.
The next night, the Easter Bunny gathered his followers.  As they had finished eating, he held up his hands.  His followers went silent.  A look of pain was on their messiah’s face.  Jack Skellington, his most loyal follower, went over to his master’s side.
‘Holy Easter Bunny, what pains you?’
Gently resting his hand on his follower’s should, he looked up at the rest.
‘My brothers, I am afraid that I have terrible news.’
All of them looked up.  From far away, the Leprechaun felt fear creep into his heart.
‘Please, Easter Bunny, tell us, what is this news?’
‘I am afraid that one of you has betrayed me.  Even now, Santa Claus’ soldiers are readying to take me away.’
The followers all got to their feet.  Cupid looked dismayed.
‘Who among us would betray you?!  Surely not I!’
Old Man Winter also stood up.
‘I would never betray you, Easter Bunny!’
Jack Skellington stood up as well.
‘Lord Easter Bunny, I say to you, I would never turn my back on you.  Not this day, nor any other.  I am the most faithful of all!’
The Easter Bunny cast a cold look on him.
‘I say to you, Jack, that before the sun comes up, you will deny me three times.’
Skellington looked shocked.
‘Never, Lord Easter Bunny!  I would never betray you!’
It was then that Cupid put his hands on the table.
‘We must get you away from here, Lord Bunny!  Please, let us hide you!’
‘Yes, let us take you to Halloweentown!’
‘You must let us do something!’
The Easter Bunny held up his paw.
‘I say to you, my brothers, that the Lord has told me of this betrayal.  The one who has betrayed me has been paid in full.  But now amount of money will spare him from my Father’s wrath.  I say unto you – this one has no place to hide.’  His face grew saddened.  ‘But you must now go into hiding, my brothers.  For you will be taken too, if you are with me.’
‘No, Lord!  Let us stay with you!  Do not send us from your side!’
The Easter Bunny held up his paw again.
‘Fear not, brothers.  Though I leave you today, you will see me again.  For you shall have entrance into my kingdom.  Continue my teachings, brothers.  Spread my candy to all that you find.  My father shall keep a place for you there.’
The followers of Easter Bunny prayed to their Lord, and were together for that night.

As they parted, the followers of the Easter Bunny went their separate ways, as commanded by their teacher.  It was hard for all of them.  Skellington made his way to the town.  As he was going, a woman caught sight of him.
‘You are one of the followers!  The followers of the Easter Bunny!’
Fearing for his life, as the crowd looked angry, Skellington shook his head.
‘I am not!  I do not know him!’
The crowd grew.
‘Yes you are!  I have seen you with him!’
Again, Skellington shook his head.
‘I tell you now,  I know nothing of this Easter Bunny!’
The crowd grew even larger.
‘I know that you are one of his followers!  I know you are!’
Becoming exasperated, Skellington turned on them.
‘I tell you all, I do not know this Easter Bunny!  I am not one of his followers!’
Then, sitting on the floor, he looked up and realized that what the Easter Bunny had told him was true.  He fell to the ground, weeping.

The next day came, and the Elves of Santa Claus came to where the Easter Bunny laid.  He did not run from them.  He greeted them, and was beaten by them.  They put him into stocks, leading him back to the Workshop.  Once there, they chained him to a post.  For many hours, they beat and lashed him.  When it was done, the threw him into a cell.  A crown of thorns was placed over his head.  Getting it by his ears caused them to be torn and cut.  Blood ran down his face.  Yet, as they beat him, the Easter Bunny continued to pray for them.

After three days, the crowds gathered.  Santa Claus came from his workshop, dragging the broken body of the Easter Bunny.  He put him out to the crowd, and then asked them.
‘What would you have me do with the king of the Bunnies?!’
The crowd chanted, ‘kill him!  Kill him!’
It was then that Santa Claus turned toward them.  ‘You have spoken, people!  Know that this man’s death will not be yours and your children’s burden to bear.’
They continued their chant, and Santa took him back.  He prepared him for the crucifixion.  It was the worst way to die.
They lashed the man’s arms to a wooden cross.  Then, they opened the gates, forcing him to march up the hill.  As they passed, the Elves, Ghouls and all manner of the Holiday peoples came.  They spit upon the Easter Bunny.  They screamed obscenities.  They cursed him, hit him, and threw both food and fecal matter at him.  Yet through it all, the savior still prayed for them.

They got to the top of the mountain, and the Easter Bunny was tied down.  After putting a wedge underneath, they nailed his bottoms paws together.  They then put his upper paws together, and nailed them down at the arm.  They then raised his cross up.  For days and days, he hung there.  His white cotton tail dripped with blood.  As he died, he looked to the heavens.
‘Forgive these people, Father, for they know not what they do.’
Then, in that moment, his life drained away.  The moment this happened, the vault of the candy stores ripped open.  The chocolate bars burns apart.  The malt balls exploded.  It could be heard from Halloween Town to Christmas Town, the children cried.

Happy Easter, everybody.

Until next time, a quote,

“I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood.”  -George Carlin

Peace out,

Maverick

A Look at America’s Bigotry

Well, considering that I did a post about the debate over gay marriage that is now taking the center stage, and how Obama’s pussy ass didn’t decide to support either side, I figured that I should take a look at the always vocal side of America that is focused on bigotry.  Oh, so many of them will say things like “I hate their sin, not them,” or “I don’t hate them, God hates them.”  Yeah, that’s a lovely line to spew when you don’t have anything else to say.  But the reality is that they are just bigots.  Garden variety bigots.  And now, a group called Buzzfeed has given us visual proof of this. 

See, they asked 20 people why they are against gay marriage.  These people decided to be nice enough to write their answers down and let pictures get taken of them.  Here are 10 of those answers.  I will be commenting on them as I post.

Well, that reason is just so well-informed, educated and backed-up by fact, honey.  I mean, the way you put it, if we let other women get married, they’ll all want to!  Oh, wait, that’s really fucking stupid, and you’re equally-stupid because you actually believe that.  Oh yeah, and you also can’t spell, since you don’t want to be with “a women.”  Moron.

Ah yes, God.  You’ll find that a lot of the reasons that these young people have come to this conclusion is associated with this imaginary friend.  Because, as we have seen in the Bible, this God character sure does follow people’s prejudices, doesn’t he?  Well, I’m so glad that these believers have a guy in their life who always agrees with them and never tells them that they are just a bunch of bigots.  I mean, all that stuff that Jesus said about loving your neighbor and not hurting people.  I’m sure that’s just window-dressing.  We all know that Jesus secretly hates the gay people as much as the rest of us.  Right?

You know what else is written in the Bible – that men having long hair is a sin.  Dumb shit.  Oh, and apparently, because you had good parents, that means that all gay and lesbian parents are bad parents.  Unreal.  That kind of stupid can only be found in America.  Or maybe not, but it’s most vocal here.  I just love the idea that because you had good parents, these people can’t have good ones.  But I’m sure that your Fundie Christian parents made sure that hammer that point home inside of that clump of bologna that you call a brain.  Oh yeah, and you call yourself “amazing,” yet you are at a rally for bigots.  Well, if anything, you’re an amazing piece of shit.  Would you accept that?

Oh, the pretty white girl has a problem with gay marriage because she believes in God.  So tell me, honey, you have sex before marriage?  Get any piercings?  Got any tattoos?  Ever eat shellfish?  I can see that you’re wearing something of mixed and also artificial fabrics, so you’re sinning right there, holding that sign.  So, you believe in God, but don’t obey every single command he gives, except this one.  At least the first girl was honest, saying that she found it icky.  Like all the rest of these Christ-tards, you hide being religion because it makes you feel good.  Never mind that you’re causing real harm to real people in real time.  Rotten excuse for a human being…

Oh my god.  Your grammar is awful!  Seriously, reading this out loud is an exercise in patience.  So, let me get this straight – because your imaginary friend made a man and a woman, and a woman from a man’s rib (If you buy one of the Genesis stories.  There are two, in Genesis.  In the other story, God makes a man and a woman at the same time.  But don’t tell Christians that.  They aren’t real good with consistency.  Or knowing their own Bible), so that’s why gay marriage is wrong?  Huh, when you say it out loud, that sounds pretty fucking stupid.

Oh, really?  Well, I guess you haven’t heard that being gay is totally natural.  For real, over a dozen species of animal (and human beings are animals, despite our desire to believe otherwise) that are documented to get into single-sex relationships.  Homophobia only exists in one.  Here’s a hint – it’s the one that is holding up the signs in this blog post.  And everything in nature is totally natural.  So, by your logic, since it’s in nature, that makes it okay.  Right?  I mean, if you’re arguing that it’s still wrong, even though it’s in nature, then that makes you just a hypocrite.  For real, there’s no way around that.  Either you accept your own position, or you just shut the fuck up.  I hope you pick the former, but I’m totally fine the latter.

Well, here’s a new one.  Most people go right to the whole Leviticus reasoning and just say it’s wrong.  You are actually making a different argument.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s fucking stupid, and you don’t look any smarter making it, but wow.  You actually are coming at this from a different angle.  You wearing any mixed fabrics?  You ever eat shellfish?  I ask this not to be a broken record.  I ask because I am looking at what you are saying here and think that it is nothing but bullshit.  You nit-pick, which makes you nothing but a casual Christian, and you hide behind the Bible as a means to not take moral responsibility for the insipid bullshit you say.  Yeah, That sounds about right.

Wait…what?  So, we’re redefining what’s human by allowing gay marriage?  Are you fucking serious?  Are you actually making the argument that these people are somehow not human because they don’t have the same relationships as you?  Or are you saying that somehow God’s creation is changed because we allow gay marriage?  I honestly don’t know what else to say, because I just don’t get this response.  It’s that stupid.  I leave it to you, my viewers, to figure this one out.

Yeah, and you put one woman and one man on that island, a couple generations down the road, there’ll be some nasty inbreeding happening.  Though if you by the Christian angle, it’s all inbreeding.  Still, I gotta say, this is new.  You are actually making an argument that doesn’t involve the Christian sky-daddy.  Okay, um…hm.  Well, let me first say that if you believe the entire purpose of a relationship and marriage is to produce offspring, then you must have one boring love life.  The purpose of human life is not to produce offspring.  It’s to find happiness and to lead the kind of life that you think is worth leading.  And, as usual, you are with the bigots who make the argument that a man and a woman are needed as parents.  Take it from me, you bigoted bitch, I know two women who have raised an amazing daughter.  She’s a cool kid, and one of the few I like.  What makes a good parents isn’t what genitals they have.  It’s what they do with that responsibility.

And finally, we come back to another idiot who hides behind his faith to avoid having to actually think.  The girl above you may be nothing but a idiot who has thoughts that actually amuse me with how stupid they are, but at least her idea was original.  You, on the other hand, are just a person who wants to believe that God shares your prejudice and your hatred.  As most Christians do.

I posted a long time ago asking – what is God?  I now know what it is.  God is an idea.  The idea that there is somebody out there who will love you, no matter what.  A person who will always be there for you.  A person who likes what you like, thinks like you do, and hates what you hate.  Don’t like gays?  Naturally, God has your back.  Don’t like black people marrying white people?  Well, God certainly likes that too.  I mean, after all, the same idiots who are spewing this stupid shit were saying very similar things about 50 years ago.

Think about it.

Until next time, a quote,

“Instead of school busing and prayer in schools, which are both controversial, why not a joint solution? Prayer in buses. Just drive these kids around all day and let them pray their fuckin’ empty little heads off.”  -George Carlin

Peace out,

Maverick

How to be a Christian Rocker/Rapper

So, you wake up one morning and you think to yourself – I think that God wants me to be a rock star!  Or maybe a rap artist.  Either way, you want to do this.  And naturally, you figure that there must be an easy way for you to get rock or rap to be all for God, right?  Well, if that is what you feel like your calling is, here are a few pointers to help you get on your way to spreading the message of God through your music.

1. Totally try and pander to what you think is popular
After all, if Michael Bay can get away with it, why can’t you?  Watch some old music videos and don’t for a second think about what is or isn’t popular.  Just go with your gut-instinct.  I mean, if it worked on MTV, it must work now, right?

2. Don’t think for a moment about how Christian rock is looked down upon
There will be lots of people who will come up to you and say that your music sucks, and you aren’t making things better for Christians.  Or they will say that you are making rock look worse by what you are doing.  Well, they are just heathens who God hates and will burn in Hell.  So don’t put any credence to what they say.  Sure, you may not be making hardly any money.  But your reward is in Heaven.  Well, maybe.  I mean, it doesn’t actually say anywhere in the Bible that God loves Christian rock, does it?  But hey, it’s for God.  That comes with the territory, right?  So yeah, don’t listen to any of the doubters or haters.  They are just hating on you because of how much you love God, and how in God’s good graces you are.  Even though he has never and will never talk to you.  You know by default.

3. If your lyrics suck, that’s alright.  It’s for God, so it’s all good
Remember that rap “Christian Side Hug?”  Remember how totally ridiculous and stupid the lyrics are?  Well, that doesn’t matter.  I mean, look at some of the other garbage that kids are listening to these days.  Am I right?  They listen to Justin Bieber, for crying out loud!  And she is still one of the most popular women currently in music today.  And I think it’s just awesome of Selena Gomez to be totally out of the closet with her.  What a brave girl.  Even if, since we all know that God hates homosexuality, they will both be burning in Hell.  Still, brave of them.  But yeah, your lyrics are about promoting the Holy Spirit.  So even if they don’t sound all that good, it’s alright.  You have God on your side.

4. Don’t think too hard about if your songs make God out to be a petty douchebag
There are people who have made videos about this.  One guy made a video called “God’s Music,” where he showed that some of the lyrics in these songs really don’t make much sense, and if you really think about them, they kind of make God out to be an incompetent jerk who really doesn’t care much for his own creations and only cares about his own selfish impulses.  And hey, he even pointed out that the music was funny, right?!  So naturally, if you are doubting the lyrics you make, just assume that God loves it, and you are totally fine.

5. Don’t question why God needs you to carry the torch for him
I mean, sure, if God would only come down in a form that could be perceived, nobody would question his existence.  It would be the quickest way that the world could understand his greatness and believe in him.  But don’t let yourself get sucked into that internal conflict either.  After all, he created this world and left no trace of his existence, so that must be even more proof that he he’s real, right?  I mean, an all-knowing God who is supposedly in all places wouldn’t just create this world and totally leave the people inside of it, with all the natural disasters, disease war and famine with no proof unless he was real, right?  Sure, that sounds totally heartless, but God has a plan for it, after all.  Even if it sounds like a gutless and mean-spirited plan, it will all make sense eventually.

6. Always let your passion cloud if you have a good singing voice or not
If there is one piece of advice we could give above all others, this would be it.  I mean, sure, no record label will even look twice at you.  Your music is loved by the church, and that’s all that matters.  I mean, it’s not like your family, friends, church and all the people who have very strong ties to you and wouldn’t want you to feel bad would lie to you and tell you that you’re good, right?  Naturally, they are the most objective source of guidance that you could get on how good you are at making music.  And of course, your priest wouldn’t like to you.  They have you at the church every Sunday, don’t they?  Yeah, that totally makes sense.

There, got all that?  Good.  Now go out and make your terrible music, so the rest of the rock or rap community can point and snicker at you.  I mean, if you can’t give us a good laugh, then what use are you?

Until next time, a quote,

“Can’t you see?  You’re not making Christianity better.  You’re just making rock and roll worse.”  -Hank Hill, King of the Hill

Peace out,

Maverick

The Pope Resigns: Real Issues or Smart Timing?

I’m not going to be as judgmental as you might think in this post.  Far from it.  In fact, I am actually interested in conversation on this, because I do find this genuinely fascinating.  See, I am a journalism student.  I am hip-deep in the media all the time.  It can be a little much sometimes because I can’t get away from it.  I really do hate it sometimes, because let’s face it – the news isn’t all that positive these days.  But when I saw the story that the Pope, Benedict XVI, is resigning (the first Pope to do so in over six centuries), I became genuinely interested.  Because part of me wonders – is he resigning because of health issues, as he says, or is he dodging a bullet?

Now look, I don’t have much reason to think he’s lying.  This dude is not exactly spring chicken.  But then you have to wonder – why didn’t age stop the last few Popes from being all Pope-y and dying in office?  That has been the general way since this office began.  The death of a Pope gets a HUGE following, and it is a big event.  So why is this guy leaving now?  It is a genuine mystery.  He says that he has “put it to God” and that a younger voice is needed now.  That got my attention.  In a way, he isn’t wrong.

It can’t be argued for a second that the Catholic church is in trouble.  Seems like every single day now, new reports are surfacing of priests who are molesting or sometimes outright raping young boys and girls.  The Pope didn’t exactly make that situation better when he met with a group of victims and promised them new measures to help keep these priests and bishops in check.  He didn’t say a thing about getting justice for the victims, which is what they wanted.  They want the people who did this to them to pay.  And you can’t really argue that they have a damn good reason.  But there are also memos, reports and all kinds of documentation that are coming out showing a very organized and concerted effort to keep the truth of what these priests are doing out of the light of day.  The Vatican’s corruption is becoming more and more known every day.

However, it doesn’t end with sexual abuse.  The Irish Sisters of Mercy were busted for being physically abusive to over 13,000 children.  The Vatican is shown to have laundered money through the EU.  This organization’s corruption is becoming so vivid that it does genuinely amaze me that there are people who are still able to defend them.  I have a friend who is very Catholic, and given how bright she is, it stuns me how she can be so in support of the church.  For real, I don’t think less of her.  It is genuine amazement on my part.

There is also another issue that is facing the Catholic church.  Their main power base for the last few hundred years has been Europe.  It is where the bulk of their Cardinals come from, and you can bet that the big players in the debate over who is going to take the quitter-Pope’s place are going to come from Europe.  However, the number of Catholics in Europe is in free-fall.  In fact, it’s that way in a lot of the developing countries.  With the younger generation being so connected to the online sphere, and with knowledge being so accessible, they are not very concerned with religion.  Here in America, the Catholic church has two problems.  1. We are also experiencing a huge departure from religion, but much slower than in Europe, and 2. the Protestant, Evangelical and Fundamentalist groups are starting to far outnumber the Catholics.  I would be legitimately surprised if there was a rep from America who is a legitimate contender in the race to see who will be the new Pope.

All of this has put the Vatican and the church itself in a rather awkward position.  Who will they have to replace Benedict (or Been-a-dick, as TJ would say)?  If you read the current issue of the New York Times, or most any other newspaper, you will see that a big theme that is going around the church right now is “traditionalism.”  They seem to want a Pope who will champion their traditions and keep the church as it has always been.  At least, those in power within the Catholic hierarchy.  But if you ask me, that is NOT a good idea.  Not one bit.  Most religious groups in this country are starting to figure this out with the newest generation.

Churches across the world are losing members because there is an open market of information.  Information is dangerous to religion, and religion knows it.  There is a reason that conservative groups who have control over what goes into textbooks are trying to get rid of the theory of evolution.  There is a reason that religious groups are trying to tell the people that all the things they are hearing are lies from Satan.  But the twist is – it isn’t working.  The churches that survive now are those that are less about the Bible being everything, and more about community and being a part of people’s lives.  All people’s lives.  Being accepting of those who are different.  Letting people in who other groups are throwing out.

And that, in the 21st century, is what is going to save the Catholic church.  If they keep to this traditionalist garbage, it will be the end of them.  By the 22nd century, the Vatican will be selling tickets to tourists to try on the Pope’s goofy hats to keep themselves afloat.  But those are my thoughts.

So, what about you?  What do you think of all this?  I do not censor, so if you choose to say that I am a heathen who will burn in Hell, I will post it right alongside those who actually have a point of view.  But that’s just me.  Don’t take my word for it.  Think for yourselves.

Until next time, a quote,

“Growing up is hard when you start losing faith in the only thing you believed. Growing up is hard because you have nothing to start with. Growing up is hard when you do things that hurt other people. Growing up is a process of life.”  -Unknown

Peace out,

Maverick

The God Band-Aid

This isn’t a new concept.  I first heard about this from Marilyn Manson in an interview he had done a long time ago.  And it makes a lot of sense.

Here’s the premise – if there is something in your life that you can’t explain, then God did it.  For real, if you have a really good day, it was because of God.  If your day kind of sucked, well, it was God testing you.  If your cancer was cured, by modern medical science and a doctor who studied for years to learn oncology, then somehow God blessed it.  But if your loved one died of cancer, then they are with God.  If you are talented, or have worked hard to learn a skill, it was a gift from God.  If you girls get raped, according to several congressmen and preachers, then it was somehow a gift from God, so they can justify being against abortion.  This God character is so fucking interchangeable, isn’t he?

But there is also a darker side to this.  Well, it’s all dark, but it gets even darker.  See, large portions of Americans to this day believe that our going into the Middle East and killing thousands of civilians who weren’t involved in anything is just fine, because we’re Americans.  And we believe in God! (insert dumb-ass redneck accent) In the documentary “Jesus Camp,” the woman who ran it talked about how militarizing children in America was fine, because it was for God.  She made reference to how children in the Middle East in certain places are being indoctrinated for Islam.  And she wants kids who would be willing to kill and blow themselves up for the cause of Christianity, stating that “we have the truth.”  Yeah, because being a terrorist is okay, so long as you have God on your side, right?  All throughout American history, and European history as well, genocide has been considered totally acceptable if the people who did it had God on their side.

Killers all over the world and all throughout history have justified their actions or claimed innocence because they believe in God, or repented, so now they are better.  There are new laws stating that a woman’s rapist could actually bring legal action against her if she tries to have an abortion.  People will say that God hates them just because they are gay, a condition that we are not able to choose.  God is behind hate, killing and rape.  And if you look at the Bible, yeah, he is.

But it seems like God is the answer whenever something is too hard, too complicated or too difficult.  Why do people buy this?  Why do people accept something that is so obviously ridiculous?  Well, I think I’ll let Huey Freeman take this one -

Because the truth hurts…The world is a hard and lonely place, and nobody gets anything for free, and want to know what else – one day, you and everyone you know is gonna die.

But when you think about how liberally people apply the God Band-Aid, you start to see how absolutely despicable this character really is.  A pastor says that God helped him find his car keys.  Jerry Falwell said that 9/11 was punishment from God for the feminists, gays and lesbians, pagans and the ACLU.  Ray Lewis said that he’s innocent when implicated in a homicide because God made him good at football, and if you don’t buy that, then God is going to bitch-slap you.

Think of all the immeasurable suffering in the world.  Think of the rampant starvation all over the world.  Think of the people who are dying in this country because they can’t afford medical care.  You look at all that, and when you make the argument that God does some of the most inane or completely horrible bullshit, then you are essentially saying that God is a complete monster who could give a shit about all the horrible things in this world, that he created, and only cares about the most shallow and egocentric of human impulses and desires.

But what kills me, absolutely kills me, is how many people go along with this!  For real, all over this country, there are people who will totally bash atheists who are good people and don’t want to hurt anybody, all because they don’t believe in God, but will then turn right around and defend the asshole Christian who is a wife-beater, saying that all they need Jesus to help them.  What the fuck?!

I find it so interesting when I hear Christians make the argument to me that atheists are evil because they don’t believe in God, while they are so much better because they believe in God.  If you listen to how these people talk, it makes sense why Ray Lewis would get so much support, all because he says that God has his back.

It never ceases to amaze me how Christians don’t find this sort of thing insulting, to say the least.  God helped you find your car keys?  God helped you score a touchdown at a game?  God was the reason that you won a Grammy?  Well, he just sounds like such a cheap and shallow asshole, doesn’t he?  And of course, he also hates the people you hate.  He really is everything you want him to be, isn’t he?  And since the Bible is so contradictory, it is an easily supported position.  Sure, God said that if you eat shellfish or wear mixed fabrics, that is a damnable offense.  But he said that them fags are bad, so that’s what you want to hear.

Christians, if you believe in God, and you use this sort of reasoning, then the truth is that your God is a complete piece of shit.  For real, he is among the worst sort of things in all of existence.  Because any God who will do the most mundane of things, while ignoring how horrible life is in a vast part of the world, is not a God that is worth following.

Until next time, a quote,

“You got a problem, you stick the God Band-Aid on, you know?”  -Marilyn Manson

Peace out,

Maverick

RE: Marriage = Biology (Not Bigotry)

Oh boy.  Well, seeing as how it is Super Bowl Sunday, and I couldn’t care less about the sport, I thought that instead, I would simply choose to respond to a video that is so stupid, yet tries to pass itself off as professional and smart.  This video makes the contention that “natural marriage” is good, and gay marriage is wrong.  And we’re going to rip it to pieces.  Here is the link to the source, now let’s get cracking.

Should marriage be limited to one man and one woman?

No.  Gee, that was easy.

Why do governments promote marriage between one man and one woman?  It’s not just because two people love each other.

You’re right.  It’s because America is totally ruled by religion, and guess what the Christian religion thinks of gay people?

No, it’s for the perpetuation and stabilization of our society.

Uh…what?  You’re going to have to explain this one.

This understanding of marriage is rooted in the biological facts of nature.

Oh, this should be good.

But do we really have a good reason to maintain such a narrow definition?  Or has the time come for the government to revise and expand their definition of marriage to include same-sex couples?

You know, here’s a thought – why the fuck is it the government’s job to tell people who they can and cannot marry?  For real, what reason does the government have to lord over who people enter into binding contracts with?  We don’t do it to corporations (who we say are people), so why do we do it to private citizens?

When it comes to the behavior of its citizens, a government has only three options: It can promote, permit or prohibit their behavior.

That’s so stupid that I don’t even have to explain.

For example: the state promotes police work, permits most occupations, but prohibits drug dealing.  Why?  Because dealing drugs harms society, while police work greatly benefits society.

Wow, I guess you haven’t heard the overwhelming stories about the cops who are rampantly abusing their power, brutalizing citizens, raping and killing even, with little to no oversight.  Or perhaps you haven’t heard about the overwhelming profit motive for private corporations to keep the drug war going, even with the overwhelming amount of statistics that ending the drug war and having the government tax and control the sale of drugs would massively reduce gang violence and make our country safer.  So I guess that was a bad example.

In the same way, our government promotes “natural marriage,” permits most relationships but prohibits incest and pedophilia.  Why?  Because incest and pedophilia harm our communities, while “natural marriage” benefits our communities.

Oh boy, we have a lot to talk about here.  First, this term “natural marriage.”  I put it in quotations because it is bullshit.  Marriage is not something that occurs in nature.  I don’t see many gecko priests announcing the union of Mr. and Mrs. gecko.  I don’t see many shark or dolphin or scorpion priests or judges doing it either.  So yeah, this is an absurd and insulting thing to call what is, for all intents and purposes, a legal contract.  You can argue how your sky-wizard likes it all day, but the truth is that marriage is a contract underneath all the flim-flam and bullshit.  Now, I’m definitely with you that pedophilia is bad for a community, but with incest, I take an exception in one regard – if two people, who are old enough to consent decide to enter into that, so long as they don’t have kids, I see no problem.  And since you are comparing this example to the one you previously made, you aren’t helping your position.

And here’s how – natural marriage creates children,

And single mothers and fathers don’t?  Or maybe abusive relationships?  And of course, not some teenager who was given abstinence-only education, so she wasn’t able to protect herself never creates a child.  Fucking moron.

it best raises children,

Fuck that noise!  For real, I have seen SO many married parents who raise their kids like shit.  Not to mention, are you saying that a gay or lesbian couple who wants children are not able to raise it well?  That their children are naturally inferior?  Wow, I am totally with your title.  That’s not bigotry at all. (cough*bullshit*cough)

it protects women,

My god, how stupid are you?!  Do you have any idea what the domestic violence rates are among married women?  Where are you getting this information from?  What sources?  Not to mention how unbelievably sexist that statement is.

it civilizes men,

Oh yeah, because all men who aren’t married are just a bunch of animals!  Why, we would be raping and killing right now, were it not for marriage.  Oh, wait, that’s total bullshit.  I’m not married, have no interest in getting married, and I am about as respectful as it gets, because I believe in treating people the way I want to be treated.  Pity that the shallow nature of most of the women I have met has put that kind of attitude into the “friend zone.”

it lowers crime, poverty and welfare, which in turn reduces government spending and deficits.

You’re fucking kidding me!  You’re really making this argument?!  No wonder you disabled the comments section on your video.  There must be people foaming at the mouth to destroy you with statistics on how there are tons of women in urban communities that are infested with crime, how America’s poverty rate is reflected more by how the gap between the lower and upper class is growing, along with data about how our extraordinary military spending is a thousand times more of an iron ball our our nation’s economic ankle than welfare programs ever would be.  Or maybe they could hit you back with statistics about how investing in infrastructure and a social safety net is proven to be a force for making a nation’s economy stronger, rather than what you seem to think.  Not to mention – do you think that all crime is coming from gay and lesbian couples, you fucking bigot?  Fucking brilliant…

In short, “natural marriage” perpetuates and stabilizes society.  Everyone benefits from that.  Even those who don’t get married.

Not with the bullshit reasoning that you’ve handed us.

Now, let’s look at same-sex marriage.

This should be rich.

What benefits does it provide?  *sound of crickets chirping*

Oh, that’s what you think it provides?  Hm, how well-researched.  Well, allow me to retort.  For one thing, it allows people to enter into a contract with the person they love.  Despite my views on marriage, culturally, this is a huge issue.  To deny one group of it is basically saying – we don’t care about you, now please fuck off.  Next, it gives them the same tax benefits that regular married couples have, along with hospital visitation rights, in case their partner gets injured or severely ill, and the ability to share in property and have work rights that regular married couples do.  Gee, so glad that you did your research, makers of this video.

Same-sex marriage offers NO benefits for society as a whole.  In fact, it hurts us.

Well, I was wondering when we would get to the bigoted drivel that you want to sell, while trying to say you aren’t bigots.  Alright, let’s hear it.

Promoting same-sex marriage changes the purpose of the civil institution of marriage.

And what might that be?

“Natural marriage” centers on bringing up the next generation.  On raising children to become good citizens.

Uh…what?  That’s really, really dumb.  For one thing, what about married couples who have no children?  For another, are you saying that gay couples can’t raise good children?  I know a woman and her partner who have raised an amazing child, who is one of the few kids I actually happen to like.  And what about single parents?  Are you saying that they can’t raise good children?  Wow, sexist and bigoted.  Good for you, going balls-to-the-wall with this.

Same-sex marriage merely validates sex partners.

Whoa, stop right there!  What the fuck?!  “Merely validates sex partners”?  Do you have any idea how insulting that is?!  Yeah, because these people weren’t valid before this.  They were just a caste of citizens that we could totally ignore and not give a shit about.  You are one of the worst people I have ever had the chance to meet!  If a bus hit you tomorrow, I wouldn’t shed a single tear.  Un-fucking-believable.

We know, statistically, that “natural marriage” creates the best possible family for children.

And those statistics are…?

If we alter the primary purpose of marriage, the losers will be the children.

Yeah, because gay couples just raise the worst children.  Unlike those good-old fundamentalist Christians, who raise children to hate gay people, along with women who get abortions, or any other group they don’t like.  Spreading hate everywhere they go.  Or maybe like those Evangelical Christians, who militarize children for God.  Or how about those extreme Muslim families, who are proud of their children blowing themselves up for Allah.  Yup, all those people are so much better.

Doesn’t every child deserve a mom and dad?

You hear that, single parents?  You are failing because you don’t have a person of the other gender with you.

But what about “natural marriages” that don’t create children?  They are the exception, not the rule.

Oh yeah, just like loving gay and lesbian parents, or single parents.  You know, those people who you seem to be totally against.

The only relationships that do create children are between a man and a woman.  No exceptions.

Hey, now I know why so many kids are in the foster care system!

Whenever same-sex marriage is promoted, schools subject your students to mandatory homosexual curricula.

Uh…what?  Where was “Being Gay 101″ when I was in school?  I don’t remember my biology, English, US History, Geometry, or French teachers having a curriculum about being gay.  That would have been something I might have been interested in, so long as there was a class about sucking dick, eating pussy and how to tie an elaborate knot, which comes in SO handy for my S&M scenes I do with my Dom.  For real, knowing your knots is important, kids.  Learn it!  Oh yeah, and they also have a bunch of BS headlines that read like they are news stories, but since there are absolutely NO sources, if you look them up, they’re bulllshit.

Your businesses and taxes fund homosexual relationships.

Yeah, more bullshit headlines, with no sources.  Oh, and that’s also a bullshit statement.  By that logic, businesses and taxes fund heterosexual ones as well.

Your freedom of speech is gagged.

How?  Your headlines had statements about a guy who got fired for making statements against gay marriage, which have no sources, but assuming they’re true, this guy was a sports anchor.  Guess what – the government doesn’t own that network.  The heads of the network made the choice to fire that person, if such a person exists.  You also have a headline (without source) talking about a consultant getting fired for writing a book in support of your view of marriage, which again, is totally in the hands of the private business.  They could have kept this person on and been known of supporting bigotry.

And your religious freedom is overruled.

Yeah, because suddenly, we have gay marriage, and you can’t be a Christian anymore!  You have more BS headlines.  One talks about a student getting expelled for disagreeing with same sex marriage.  I call bullshit on that because there was no source, and he would have had to do a lot worse than that to get expelled.  You also have a headline saying that Catholic adoption groups close their doors, rather than let gay couples adopt.  You know what, fuck that noise!  If you are going to deny a loving family the ability to raise a child, then fuck you.

The government has no interest in legally promoting same-sex marriage.  None.

Hey, here’s a thought – how about the government has no right at all to tell people who they can and cannot enter into a marriage contract with!  For real, you might as well say that they have the right to tell women what to do with their bodies.  Oh, wait…

But we have every reason to continue to promote “natural marriage.”

Such as?

But what about equality?  The law already treats everyone equally.  Every citizen can marry someone of the opposite sex.

Unbelievable.  You are so fucking stupid and bigoted that it boggles the mind.  Yes, because lesbian and gay couples are not equal to the rest of us.  They are beneath the rest of us.  Yeah, that is totally cool.  Fuck you.

But is it fair to promote “natural marriage” and not same-sex marriage?

Simple answer – no.

Yes.  The law treats all people (they put emphasis on this word) the same, but it doesn’t treat all behaviors the same.

It doesn’t get more offensive than this.  For real, it doesn’t.  This is the most bigoted thing I have ever heard, and these people think that they have made it sound smart.  Yes, because entering into a gay relationship is a “behavior.”  Yeah, it’s that simple.  It’s not a huge part of a person’s personality.  It’s not a major part of their life.  It’s just a behavior.  Like opening a door three times, or making sure all the lights are off before you go to bed.  Yup, that simple.  Fucking brilliant…

Same-sex marriage and “natural marriage” are different behaviors, with different outcomes.

Um, no they’re not.  They’re legal contracts that people make.  Underneath all the religious bullshit about how sacred marriage is (though if you look in the Bible, clearly not to Christians, with all the sex-slaves, concubines and many wives some of them had), it is, at its core, a legal contract.  That is it.

So the law rightfully treats them differently.

No, the law is lead by people who think like you, and you are a horrible bigot.

Isn’t this discrimination against homosexuals?

Simple answer – yup.

No.  This discriminates against behaviors, not people.

So many Christians have made variations of this statement.  From “love the sinner and not the sin,” to “I don’t hate them, God hates them.”  It’s all the same, in the end.

For example, are you being discriminated against when the government promotes police work, but you never become police officer?  No, not at all.

Wow, that example is so stupid that I almost had to slap myself to remember that I am awake.

We all benefit when police work is encouraged.

Tell that to Raymond Harisse, who was gunned down while in his car by six cops who fired with abandon into his vehicle while he was unarmed, hitting several civilians as well.  Or maybe the black kid in New York City who were taped driving up to a black kid and beating him to death, saying that he was “resisting arrest.”  Or how about the family in Michigan, who were raided and had their dog shot and the dog’s puppies pepper-sprayed for the fun of it, all claiming it was a “drug bust.”  Or maybe we can talk to the girl who was detained because a cop didn’t like her swearing, even though she had tried to call them earlier and was hung up on while her father was having a seizure.  Yup, I bet all those people just love the cops.

In the same way, people who don’t marry someone of the opposite sex are not discriminated against when our government promotes “natural marriage.”  In fact, we all benefit when “natural marriage” is encouraged.

Using the logic you have presented?  Fat fucking chance.  Oh yeah, and they are discriminated against when a government denies them the right to marry who they love.

But what about tolerance?  Yes, same-sex marriage advocates need to be more tolerant.

Oh, fuck you!  You’re not fucking going where I think you’re going.  But wait, they are.  They hold up another headline (with no source) of Obama saying that we shouldn’t advocate against gay marriage.  Yeah, because heterosexuals are so fucking discriminated against.  You all have it so damn hard.  I feel bad for ya.  I really do.  It must be so hard to be in the overwhelming majority and not have your rights and your decisions being trampled on at all.  So hard indeed.

Homosexual relationships are already tolerated in the US.  They can already commit themselves to each other until death do they part, without government endorsement.

And, just like all Christian videos like this, the ultimate truth comes out – they are against gay marriage just because they don’t want to share the name for their contract with a group they don’t like.  Fuck you.  Fuck everyone who thinks this way.  For real, you’re fucking scum, and you should die.

But only the union of one man and one woman should be promoted, because it alone is the foundation of a civilized society.

Oh really?  So, the ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Japanese and Chinese societies weren’t civilized?  There’s a reason that the Japanese looked on the Europeans with disgusted when they first found them.  And their societies, while having their problems, were flourishing without your Christian definition of marriage.  Oh yeah, and people are civilized without marriage.  Every single contention of this video is bullshit.  Straight-up fucking bullshit.

That’s not bigotry.  That’s biology.

Nah, it’s bigotry.  And fuck you for speaking it.  Oh, and also fuck you for exploiting science to try and make your point.  Thankfully, science doesn’t back you up at all, because homosexuality isn’t limited to humans.  And marriage exclusively is.

This is what the LGBT community has to live with.  Uninformed assholes who want to trample on their rights.  See now why I have absolutely ZERO love for the religious community?

Until next time, a quote,

“I’m completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.”  -George Carlin

Peace out,

Maverick

RE: Rhode Island Gay Marriage Protest

Oh man, I was looking for something to get my feathers ruffled, and now I have found it.  Turns out, Rhode Island is looking to pass legislation legalizing gay marriage.  Before you go off, that doesn’t ruffle my feathers.  I am for unilateral legalization of gay marriage.  I don’t honestly get why people think that the role of government is to tell people who they can and cannot marry.  I don’t even believe in marriage.  I think it’s a stupid and pointless, by people who want to believe that a line on a piece of paper means something.  It doesn’t.  But if that’s what you want to do, like drugs, I am totally for you doing it.  Whatever floats your boat.  And of course, when there is the issue of legalizing gay marriage, immediately you see the homophobic Christian bigots come running.

Now, for as much as I rail about how stupid Christianity is, I am not saying for a second that all Christians are like this.  Not at all.  I grew up in a church of some damn good people.  The only reason I left is because I just didn’t buy the story about their imaginary friend.  It seemed totally ridiculous to me.  But if you see how large a crowd the concept of giving people who want nothing more than to live their own lives and be married to the person they love draws, you realize that there are a lot of dicks in the Christian religion.  Now, I am going to be responding to this video, but not the way I normally do.  I am going to respond to some of the statements made in it.  Not all.  Because there is no narration to this video (linked here).  This video is a clip from a news story.  I want to respond to it because I want to respond to the Christian fucktards who feel the need to make themselves heard.  With that said, here goes.

Jesus can change you!

Yeah…that makes perfect sense.  Just pray to Jesus, and you’ll love pussy.  But wait, aren’t these the same people who say that Jesus can take away one’s desire for sex before marriage?  We tell teenagers that enough, don’t we?  So, if you pray to Jesus, he’ll also make you not want the pussy.  Huh, that’s…kind of weird.  Is Jesus a Eunuch?

Marriage is Holy!

Oh really?  Hm…well, you see, the problem with that is that the Bible doesn’t agree with you.  Not one bit.  For example -

Abraham, a devout follower of God, had 2 concubines.
King Solomon had over 300 concubines
In Genesis, Chapter 16, it talks about how a husband acquires a wife’s property, including her slaves, who he can fuck with abandon.
In Genesis, Chapter 38, Verses 6-10, it talks about how when a husband dies, the wife must marry his brother and submit sexually to him.
In Deuteronomy, 22:28-29, it talks about how a rape victim must marry her rapist, and submit sexually to him as well.
In Number 31:1-18, along with Deuteronomy 21:11-14, it talks about how the Christian men of conquering nations could take the virgin daughters of the nations they conquered as their sex slaves, and kill all the women who aren’t virgins
In Exodus 21:4, it talks about how a slave owner can assign a male slave a female slave, and the female slave must submit sexually to him.

Yeah, marriage is really fucking holy to this God character of theirs, isn’t it?

I suggest a consideration of natural order.

Oh, this should be good.

Living things preserve their existence and procreate based on a fusion of heterosexual union.

Um…bullshit.  For real, some animals don’t even have a union at all.  Take coral, for example.  They procreate by sending sperm and eggs out into the sea, without any copulation of any kind.  It’s blind stupid luck when an egg gets fertilized.  Coral polyps don’t have any defined gender, they just have a method of procreation.  Many shellfish reproduce in the same way.  Not to mention, there is homosexuality in animals that aren’t human.  Like the firefly.  When attracting mates, a firefly puts on a display with its bio-luminescent tail.  However, there are times when one male firefly will attract another male by accident.  And guess what, these animals get it on.  Offspring isn’t produced, but it is sex all the same.  If you are going to argue that homosexuality is against the natural order, then you first have to define the natural order.  And your definition is…what’s the word?  Oh, right, bullshit.

If we deviate from the natural order, we manipulate the purpose of created things, and stifle life.

Okay, what the fuck does that even mean?  For real, if we allow gay marriage, all the sudden everything is going to become gay?  Not to mention, there are no “created things” in the natural world.  For real, life was not created.  Life grew and evolved slowly over time, in a process that we call “Natural Selection.”  You can argue for the universe being created, but life was not.  There is vast amounts of scientific evidence that supports the growth of life from single-celled organisms to what it is today.  Life was not just suddenly blinked into existence, like I Dreamed of Jeannie.  But back to the more meaty bullshit, this is totally ridiculous.  It’s not like if we allow gay marriage, all the sudden everyone is going to want to be gay and no more people will be made.  It’s not like every guy is only being straight because being gay is socially taboo.  I highly doubt that every guy will up and dump his girlfriend the moment that gay marriage is legalized like “screw you, bitch, they legalized gay marriage!  Now I’m going to go have a crazy orgy with 20 guys!”  That just isn’t going to happen!

I would think that our elected representatives have far more pressing matters than seeking to overturn a definition of marriage that has stood since the dawn of humankind.

Ugh…this is patently stupid!  For real, it doesn’t get any stupider!  Do you honestly think that marriage as we understand it has been the case for all time?  Not even talking about all the biblical times when men have married more than one woman, like King David, a very devout Christian, there wasn’t even a concept of marriage for a large portion of human history.  Many primitive cultures had it, but not as we understand it.  It used to be totally cool to marry more than one person.  In ancient Greece, the Greeks had marriage, but would also have totally open sexual relationships with whoever they wanted, just because they wanted sex, and it was totally cool.  This idea that marriage is some all-powerful and unchanging thing is totally dumb.

So, marriage is between a man and a woman.  A civil union, a homosexual union, is between a couple of the same sex.  So, we should leave a thing as what it is.

I love that logic.  Really, I do.  I love how we can paint bigotry in this country as equality.  It’s a tacit admission of – yeah, it’s pretty much the same thing, but I have a problem when we call it the same thing.  The woman who said this is a bigot.  She’s just one of these really smarmy bigots who likes to think that she can rationalize her bigotry, if she words it just right.  These Christians just kill me.  They will jump through all kinds of hoops, just to avoid calling a spade a spade.

But here’s the thing – why do they care?  For real, what does it matter?  I mean, if you don’t want gay marriage, then don’t be gay and get married.  But why do you care if they do?  The way I see it, this whole thing with gay marriage is just Christians being butt-hurt because these people who they don’t like get to be a part of the same club as them.  And that’s pathetic.  Really pathetic.  The people in this video are nothing but bigots, and if you confront them with that, they’ll deny it up and down.

Until next time, a quote,

“I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don’t have as many people who believe it.”  – George Carlin

Peace out,

Maverick