Proposition 8

The song Waiting on the World to Change from my play list-- "me and all my friends we are all misunderstood"... there are those who would say we are intolerant toward homosexuals because we think that marriage should be between a man and women.   Tolerance should be a two way street. 

Tolerance:   the quality of accepting other people's rights to their own opinions, beliefs, or actions  (online dictionary)

Respect:   It is possible that a confusion between the different meanings of respect affects the attitudes of people and organizations. For example, freedom of religion implies that we must respect the right of anyone to believe whatever they wish, to act within the law in accordance with their beliefs, and not to be discriminated against on account of their beliefs. However, the use of the word respect seems to have shifted our attitudes towards the quite different notion that we must behave respectfully towards their beliefs, and not criticise them. This is a restriction on freedom of speech, and is inherently hypocritical—anyone with any view on religion must necessarily believe that those who believe differently are deluded, although their rights must be respected.   The distinction between the two meanings can be shown by paraphrasing Voltaire: "I totally disrespect what you say, but absolutely respect your right to say it."  (wikpedia)

(I talked about respect in a May post,

after the California Supreme Court overturned the majority vote.  Click here to read.)

Marriage should not be a government issue.  It is a religious, moral issue.  I expect Tolerance and Respect for my religious beliefs.  By forcing me to accept gay and traditional Marriage on equal ground takes away my freedom of religion.    Like it or not... I do believe that Marriage is a Divine Institution and is only between a Man and Women.   Let me uphold the values I believe in and please do not call me intolerable because I do.

"Waiting On The World To Change"

Me and all my friends 

We're all misunderstood 

They say we stand for nothing and 

There's no way we ever could 

Now we see everything that's going wrong 

With the world and those who lead it 

We just feel like we don't have the means 

To rise above and beat it 

So we keep waiting 

Waiting on the world to change 

We keep on waiting 

Waiting on the world to change 

It's hard to beat the system 

When we're standing at a distance 

So we keep waiting 

Waiting on the world to change 

Now if we had the power 

To bring our neighbors home from war 

They would have never missed a Christmas 

No more ribbons on their door 

And when you trust your television 

What you get is what you got 

Cause when they own the information, oh 

They can bend it all they want 

That's why we're waiting 

Waiting on the world to change 

We keep on waiting 

Waiting on the world to change 

It's not that we don't care, 

We just know that the fight ain't fair 

So we keep on waiting 

Waiting on the world to change 

And we're still waiting 

Waiting on the world to change 

We keep on waiting waiting on the world to change 

One day our generation 

Is gonna rule the population 

So we keep on waiting 

Waiting on the world to change 

We keep on waiting 

Waiting on the world to change

I am not waiting; I am making my voice heard by voting on Nov 4.  Please make sure you are registered to vote.  We all need to get out and vote-- the world is changing!   Please do not sit at a distance, vote and be heard!