Since it is election day today, I feel a need to say a few things about what is happening in our country. This is only my opinion and if you disagree with it that is fine. That is what is so great about this country - we have the freedom to believe as we choose.
I usually vote for the republican candidate for president but I have decided to go in a different direction this time. NO, that does not mean that I am voting for Obama!! Since I live in California and my vote really doesn't count because it is pretty much set in stone that Obama will win in this state, I have decided to vote for the libertarian candidate, Bob Barr. If I lived in a different state I would probably vote for McCain in order for conservative values to win over, however, I would like to make more of a statement this time. Rather than writing someone in like Mitt Romney, I would rather make more of a statement by voting for Bob Barr. It says that I am not happy with the direction that this country is going and I am willing to stand up for my values and beliefs. It also says that I do not think that it is right that the government regulates EVERYTHING that we do.
Which leads me to my next point - Prop 8. I have had mixed feelings about this one from the beginning. I will be voting yes for prop 8 of course, but that does not mean that I like it that the government is defining what marriage should be. God gave each and every one of us agency. We all have the freedom to do what we choose. If someone wants to practice homosexuality, that is their choice. I think that it is morally wrong and goes against the plan that God has for our lives, but it is still their choice. One of the reasons why I am for prop 8 is because we need to maintain a separation of church and state in this country just the way the founding fathers wanted. I do not want my children taught in school that it is okay for a man and a man to be married and I don't want religious institutions to be punished or penalized for practicing what they believe to be morally right. That is not the american way. Let me believe what I believe and I will let you believe what you believe.
Next item - abortion. There are people out there who believe that a fetus is not a living person and therefore it is okay to abort it. I believe that it is a living creation from Heavenly Father and that aboring a fetus is murder. If you are someone out there who believes differently that is your choice, but you can't tell me to believe otherwise because if I have a moral obligation to abhor murder of any kind. Asking me to do otherwise is asking me to go against everything that I believe and I just can't do that. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I did. Also, why don't we start teaching young men and women in junior high and high school that sex should be saved until marriage and if you make a mistake there are serious consequences, and you have the responsibility for that mistake. Our country would be in a much better spot than it is now if people would take more responsiblity for their choices.
Those are some of my thoughts. Take it for what you will but just let me believe how I want and I will let you believe how you want. That is the great blessing of living in the wonderful country.
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Ben put a whole bunch of toilet paper in the garbage and I told him that is a no, no. He said, "no it's a yes, yes!"
I tell Jimmy on a regular basis that needs to talk nicely. He yelled something across the room to me and I gave him the look that said I didn't like the tone of his voice and he said, "I was yelling nicely!"
Jimmy and I are listening to "Give Said the Little Stream" and Jimmy says "How does it talk?" I said "How does what talk?" He said, "The stream, it doesn't have a mouth, how can it talk?"
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We were at church and during the sacrament I was talking to Luke about Jesus. I told him that Jesus bled and died for us. Luke looked at me with a very concerned look and said, "Did Heavenly Father give Jesus a band-aid when he was bleeding?"
We were about to walk out the door so I told Luke to go potty. He came out of the bathroom saying, "I can't go! The batteries in my pee pee are dead!"
After Ben finished a big meal he said, "my tummy is so big and full I look like Grandpa now!" (sorry dad).
Ben pointed to a picture of the prophet and said, "That's President Monckley!"
We have a saying in our house. It's "you get what you get and you don't throw a fit!" But Ben has his own version of this. He says "you get what you WANT and you don't throw a fit!"
Jimmy said that he is allergic to babies. I asked him how he knew and he said that he gets sick when he smells them.
Ben asked me for another piece of halloween candy and I said, "Mommy is ready for the halloween candy to be gone" and Ben said, "Yea, gone in my mouth!"
We were driving past the gas station sign and Ben said, "I see a lowercase 5 on that sign."
I was talking to Jimmy about election day and asking him if his teacher voted and he said that she was "absent" that day. (I finally realized what he meant. She had just mailed in an absentee ballot.)
We were about to walk out the door so I told Luke to go potty. He came out of the bathroom saying, "I can't go! The batteries in my pee pee are dead!"
After Ben finished a big meal he said, "my tummy is so big and full I look like Grandpa now!" (sorry dad).
Ben pointed to a picture of the prophet and said, "That's President Monckley!"
We have a saying in our house. It's "you get what you get and you don't throw a fit!" But Ben has his own version of this. He says "you get what you WANT and you don't throw a fit!"
Jimmy said that he is allergic to babies. I asked him how he knew and he said that he gets sick when he smells them.
Ben asked me for another piece of halloween candy and I said, "Mommy is ready for the halloween candy to be gone" and Ben said, "Yea, gone in my mouth!"
We were driving past the gas station sign and Ben said, "I see a lowercase 5 on that sign."
I was talking to Jimmy about election day and asking him if his teacher voted and he said that she was "absent" that day. (I finally realized what he meant. She had just mailed in an absentee ballot.)
Ben put a whole bunch of toilet paper in the garbage and I told him that is a no, no. He said, "no it's a yes, yes!"
I tell Jimmy on a regular basis that needs to talk nicely. He yelled something across the room to me and I gave him the look that said I didn't like the tone of his voice and he said, "I was yelling nicely!"
Jimmy and I are listening to "Give Said the Little Stream" and Jimmy says "How does it talk?" I said "How does what talk?" He said, "The stream, it doesn't have a mouth, how can it talk?"
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7 comments:
something must have happened at the polls today to get you so agitated! whatever it was, you're right on, i love our freedoms, they were founded with the Lord's hand! good luck with the results tonight!
So, Sarah and I were talking politics today. She gave me her thing about Obama, and I gave her mine about Barr. In New York Obama will take the electoral college so I, too voted Barr to make a statement. Good luck in CA! Jenni
Oh, by the way, she told me you had given a speech on your blog so I came to check it out.
Okay, I vote Megan Ostler for Pres. 2012!
It is so refreshing to read your political thoughts. I was so glad that Prop 8 passed, but still am bothered by the relentlessness of the liberal view points that would encroach on my freedoms. And when did sexual preference become a "CIVIL RIGHT?" The 14th Amendment states "nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
I don't even know what to say about the lawsuits opposing something that the majority passed. It does irritate me, for sure. I guess the "fight" will never end. So, resign myself to being part of this always.
Sorry to vent on your blog. Maybe we'll see you guys around Thanksgiving time????
The above comment was deleted by Megan as she was a little worried about anonymous posters and privacy issues. She did the same to another comment for a similar post. However, I would like to respond quickly, and will post later today or tomorrow about some of my feelings about this issue and the logical inconsistencies on both sides of the issue.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Election day venting":
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." does not count for people that have different views or lifes (I would say lifestyle, but I am one that believes it is not a choice to be gay.)
We came across the seas to get away from religion dictating the laws of the land. I do not mind the differences of opinions, that is what makes America great, but I am tired of the religious right believing morality is part of the government of the land, and then use the tax free dollars to fight for their beliefs.
I am not sure who posted this as they did it anonymously. If it was a random person, then I am not sure why they felt the need to post anonymously. If it was someone that we know, and they posted anonymously, that worries me. I have many friends who disagree with me on this issue, and it has not impacted our relationships one bit, so hopefully you did not do this out of fear of how we would receive you after your post. In fact I am seemingly having endless conversations with friends of mine on this topic, and if you need to get something off your chest feel free to give me a call, as long as you are willing to have a civil conversation and be OK about the fact that we will probably have to agree to disagree. In fact I hope you would call as I feel one of the reasons this is such a hot button topic is people are unwilling to have civil conversations without trying to point out that their “opponent” is in some way a bad person for their opinions.
Either way I have other things to do now, but will post more on this sometime tomorrow.
--Jim
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