In the Miss America Pageant ( forgive me for going here, but you'll see my reasoning shortly - whether you agree with it or not, you'll understand my POV ) Miss California is quoted as saying, “We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite. And you know what, I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that’s how I was raised.” While many will attack her for her views, I'm going to refrain from doing so. Not because I agree with her - I don't - but because she has a right to her POV. What she does NOT have the right to do is misrepresent the reality that we, as Gay and Lesbian citizens of the United States of America, face every day. “We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite." I don't know what land she lives in, but here in Washington State, I do NOT have that option. Recently, our Legislature passed the ...
Just the random shit that drives me crazy from time to time...