Bush Rant

Oh, Canada. I glad you are not bigoted like the U.S.A. Canada is about to pass national laws that let all people marry, including Gays and Lesbians. President Bush, get a clue! Nations are finally recognizing us as equals. Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, and now Canada. Is it too much to hope that MY country will finally see me as a citizen with full rights? Probably so.

I don't understand why heteros have so much angst about Tim and I getting married. I won't accept religious reasons because we have seperation of church and state (unless Bush gets his way and abolishes that from the Constitution). I have heard that the 'Sanctity of Marriage' is in jeopardy. BullShit!!! 50% of all marriages end in divorce, over 60% have some sort of extra marrital affair with another person (some of those are same-sex affairs), and I'm not even going into all the spousal and child abuse that occur as well. I have also been told that homosexuality is immoral. By whose standards are they speaking. It can't be from the Bible, as I stated before, we have seperation of church and state, so whose moral code are they upholding?

Tim and I have been together for 6 years. we have the same type of relationship as many heteros. We bicker about household things (mainly money), we do upkeep on our house and lawn, we cuddle, and we make love (and just like straight marriages, it quantity has diminished over the years as well). The only thing different is we are not protected if one of us dies o9r we split up. We won't get the others social security (if it even exists by the time that happens), we could lose our home (in Ohio two same-sex people can't legally own property together, so If Tim's goes first, I have no rights to our property), we don't have tax breaks that legally married people have, and now I hear that our wills are null and void if a relative contests it. Sounds like Communist Cuba to me.

I hope America wakes up. Elect a fair politician, he or she doesn't have to be Democrat or Republican. How about trying a new party? Libertarian or Green Party, for example. Look into it. There are some great people in all parties (including Republicans). We as a nation just have to end our party affiliations and finally elect a "qualified" candidate. Not a dipshit from Texas who can't say 'nuclear' correctly and wants to take away freedom by adding Amendments to the Constitution.

If the Constitutional Amendment passes. We will be moving to Canada. I will not be diminished as a citizen in my own country. I hope that doesn't happen, though. Not that I don't want to live in Canada. Eeven thoughToronto is an amazing city, with a vibrant gay culture. I just don't want to be forced out of my country by hippocrital religious bigots who will have to face the music when God punishes them for being filled with Hate. But in the end, I'll be in heaven, so I won't have to see them anyway!!!!