All Roads Lead To...

I happened to read a conservative news article about the Democratic candidates appearing on LOGO (the gay & lesbian TV network). There were a few articles commenting on the show, but then as always -- bang! A plug for the war. I could not stand it and sent this reply comment to the blog. I'm sure it will be hated, but then - do I care?

As posted on Humanevents.com

I was replying to an article called " Pandermonium: Dems Leave GLBT Group Confused"
by Ericka Andersen

My Reply:

A proverb says that "all roads lead to Rome”. In today’s world it seems all roads lead to another plug for our troops being someplace they shouldn't be. There were no WMDs only Bush’s lies to get us into this mess. He should have been focused on getting Osama – me thinks his family ties to the bin Laden family created an error in judgment. However, that aside; yes no one should be surprised to read or hear conservative rhetoric on a conservative site, TV station or radio station – that is their purpose. Go to more liberal places and you will find what you are looking for there as well.

What does bother me is that there is nary an unbiased place for news reporting any longer. There are very few reporters around that can keep themselves in check when it comes to intermingling their own viewpoints with the “story” and thus creating the ever-present slant. As a matter of fact – I don’t really know of a time and place where it was “just the facts” and nothing else.

As for the gay marriage issue – I have yet to hear any good reason against it. So some say it is against the Bible…well, that is a book for only some Americans not all so if it is against your specific religion, then don’t do it. They say it would weaken the institution of marriage to allow gays to marry; let’s face it, how many years has the whole Anna Nicole Smith marriage, divorce etc. been banging a dent in the institution of marriage. Even now that she is passed on, I doubt we have heard the last of it. Of course there have been many other public debacles of said institution over the years. The word marriage does not belong to any one person, group or religion. If allowing full and equal rights under the law makes you afraid – then find a country that oppresses freedom and I’m sure you will be happy there.

Inch by inch the rights for all Americans moves forward. It might be slowed, but never stopped. If the best one can get is “Civil Unions” then fine. We all know that once there are Civil Unions people will naturally refer to it as “marriage” because that word is too ingrained in the American lexicon. Civil Unions will be a phrase used by conservatives during the last breath of non-acceptance – but in the end a rose by any other name is still a rose.