How I Voted - November 03, 2004

i may as well come out and say this- i'm going to have to eventually- and lose all of my friends in one fell swoop. i voted for bush. what's more, i voted yes on 36.

why would i vote that way? i honestly don't think anyone i know would understand, though i'll try to explain it. if no one wants to talk to me after this, i'll just have to get used to it. it's a very lonely feeling being a moderate christian in this city.

so, why 36? when the measure was first introduced, i was wary. a good part of the reason though, was because i knew none of my friends would vote yes on it. i didn't vote yes because i want people to suffer, nor because i feel hatred or fear toward anyone different than me. i just can't reconcile it with my beliefs, and i have tried. and i can't just forsake my God because i know people won't like me.

i'm not opposed to civil unions, and i'm not opposed to giving the financial/visitation/etc. rights to gay couples. the reason why i voted this way is because i don't believe marriage is a right...not even for straight people. i think a lot of straight people take it for granted and rush into marriages without thinking about what it means.

to me, marriage is like a minature version of God. why only between a man and a woman? if you're not a creationist, you won't agree, but the point is just telling you what i believe. i believe that when God created adam, adam wasn't specifically male or female. he was made in God's image, and God is neither. i'd say God is beyond our traditional ideas of gender. when God created eve, in most translations of the bible, it says he removed adam's rib. the hebrew word that is translated as "rib" can also be translated as "structure," "curvature," or "organ." i think that God removed the female reproductive organs from adam to make eve. that way, together they completed the image that was originally created. it's kind of like the story in "the origin of love" from hedwig. little ironic that i reference hedwig there...

anyway, this is wordy and only explains some of it. you can take it or leave it. but if you think it's not a good enough explanation, and you're still willing to talk to me, let me know.

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