4 Sep 2017

Quick Marks (September 4)

Quick thoughts on some of the past week’s news: Dave Grohl feels like an alien; Those who are supposed to protect us from violence don’t know how to protect us from violence (Antifa); and possibly the highlight, an Australian woman who grew up with two lesbian mothers explains how unhappy she was. Dave Grohl on how Donald Trump inspired Foo Fighters’ new album - NME Dave Grohl discusses how Donald Trump & subsequent ‘wave of conservatism’ shaped his lyrics on Foo Fighters’ new album ‘Concrete & Gold’

10 Jul 2016

Stop Using the Word Homophobe

Stop using the word homophobe. It's not accurate and it's used in a derogatory manner, which only serves to anger people.

There's No Such Thing As A Homosexual Human Being
27 Jun 2016

There's No Such Thing As A Homosexual Human Being

Homosexual is a social construct. All human beings are heterosexual by nature. They can act in unnatural ways, but it doesn't change their nature.

The Marriage Equality Myth
27 Jun 2016

The Marriage Equality Myth

The marriage equality argument is a myth. There's this argument that says homosexuals are treated differently when it comes to marriage, but it's actually not true.

3 Jun 2016

Modern Sound of Silence

I heard Simon & Garfunkle’s song Sounds of Silence on the radio today. In my mind, I replaced one of the lines with the following: And the people bowed and prayed To the rainbow God they made

Heterosexuality Rears Its Ugly Head In a Same-Sex "Marriage"
29 Apr 2016

Heterosexuality Rears Its Ugly Head In a Same-Sex "Marriage"

A homosexual couple can not be the biological parents of the same child. It's impossible by nature, although this is exactly what one couple is arguing for in a case of surrogacy.

Discriminating Between People and Events
13 Apr 2015

Discriminating Between People and Events

People really seem to have a problem discriminating between people and events, and are too lazy to intellectually think it out, resulting in a lot of discrimination against people.

Same Sex Marriage Is Not About Equality
5 Apr 2013

Same Sex Marriage Is Not About Equality

The claim is that same-sex marriage is about equality, but the marriage laws already treat everyone equally regardless of gender or sexuality, so it must be about something else.

The Slippery Slope
21 Dec 2010

The Slippery Slope

A few years ago, I had taken a speech class. My final speech was on the topic of same-sex marriage and one of the points I had made was that love, by itself, is not enough to justify marriage.

9 Aug 2010

Proposition 8 Overturned - Love the Person, Hate the Sin

It’s funny. During election time, we get bombarded by ads explaining the history of the candidates we look to elect. We see what they did, what they said, and what they wrote. It’s the same thing when people are picked to sit on the Supreme Court; their entire life history is rolled out before the public and scrutinized. I’ve always had mixed feelings about the way a political figure is portrayed, especially through the attack ads and media, because I know that things in a persons past can be an indication of what that person is like, but it also can be an indication of what that person was like.