"Bottom line, if people don't say what
they believe, those ideas and feelings get lost. If they are lost often
enough, those ideas and feelings never return." -- David Wojnarowicz
This is a quote from the artist David Wojnarowicz, which I believe people should live by. One person can make a difference, they just have to find the courage to voice their opinion about an issue. People come from so many different backgrounds that everyone brings unique ideas and perspectives to the table. However, if we don't voice these, they could be lost. If we don't voice these opinions we could lose those ideas or we could stand in the way of necessary change. This is such an important action we must all be part of in order to shape the world we live in and continue improving the society/world we live in. Stand up for yourself, stand up for others. Together we'll make change.
PS. The election is getting closer....everyone should vote and get their voice heard. We need someone who will improve this country and progress towards a better future....not one who can cut 47% of the population out as unimportant.
PPS. Just to get people thinking...I'm pretty sure the Westboro Baptist Church supports Romney....and the Westboro Baptist Church (godhatesfags.com) has the word "hates" within their address, as well as the fact that I have never seen the word "hate" in so many places on a website...this one wins. Do we want a President who the biggest hate group of the country probably supports? Don't think so.
*Kristen
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Election
As the election grows closer for us, I've been hearing more people around me talking about voting. I have been surprised to hear that a lot of people are considering not voting, considering not letting their voices be heard. Or I have been hearing people say they are voting for Obama because they are democrat or they are just voting for Romney because they are republican. I write this post to challenge people to consider their choices, consider what makes them a democrat or republican and if they truly understand each party. I also challenge people to look past the division of political parties and critically analyze each person who is running - their message, accurate potential, and character.
I bring this up and challenge U.S. citizens (as well as other countries who hold elections) with this because I've recently met some people who are voting for Romney just because they are Republican. These people don't even agree with what he is saying, but they are still planning to vote for him because of their vision of the Republican party in the future. If you vote for a party or person, then this says you agree with them now. It doesn't give a voice of change, this says you like them how they are now, their goals, character, message, etc. Don't vote for someone if you disagree with them, this isn't a smart move. Though, if it comes down to it, I would rather see someone vote for a candidate that I disagree with than not vote just because they don't see any as reasonable candidates. One of them is going to be President, vote for one who you think is the most patriotic, the one who cares for the majority of the citizens, the one you agree with most, etc. I challenge people not to be ignorant. Educate yourself before the election and don't vote out of ignorance or because you hate the other political party more that you have to vote for the other even if you disagree with them. Hate shouldn't be a factor.
I consider myself an independent because I look at the current candidates. This is my second election that I am old enough to vote, and I believe Obama deserves another four years in office. Bush dug a hole so deep that Obama first had to work to fill it up a little just to get our country even a chance to climb out; now he needs another four years to show what he can do now that that hole is filling up. Obama knows what it is like to be a minority, which means women's rights and homosexual's rights and other minority's rights won't go back in time like what Romney could do. We don't need another rich white man in the President's seat. Not yet anyway. This country still needs change.
An article some may like to read: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/darin-murphy/to-the-47-for-all-you-do-_b_1892687.html
*Kristen
I bring this up and challenge U.S. citizens (as well as other countries who hold elections) with this because I've recently met some people who are voting for Romney just because they are Republican. These people don't even agree with what he is saying, but they are still planning to vote for him because of their vision of the Republican party in the future. If you vote for a party or person, then this says you agree with them now. It doesn't give a voice of change, this says you like them how they are now, their goals, character, message, etc. Don't vote for someone if you disagree with them, this isn't a smart move. Though, if it comes down to it, I would rather see someone vote for a candidate that I disagree with than not vote just because they don't see any as reasonable candidates. One of them is going to be President, vote for one who you think is the most patriotic, the one who cares for the majority of the citizens, the one you agree with most, etc. I challenge people not to be ignorant. Educate yourself before the election and don't vote out of ignorance or because you hate the other political party more that you have to vote for the other even if you disagree with them. Hate shouldn't be a factor.
I consider myself an independent because I look at the current candidates. This is my second election that I am old enough to vote, and I believe Obama deserves another four years in office. Bush dug a hole so deep that Obama first had to work to fill it up a little just to get our country even a chance to climb out; now he needs another four years to show what he can do now that that hole is filling up. Obama knows what it is like to be a minority, which means women's rights and homosexual's rights and other minority's rights won't go back in time like what Romney could do. We don't need another rich white man in the President's seat. Not yet anyway. This country still needs change.
An article some may like to read: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/darin-murphy/to-the-47-for-all-you-do-_b_1892687.html
*Kristen
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
When Women Make Decisions, They're Usually Wrong
When Women Make Decisions, They're Usually Wrong
"Every day is a struggle for most women to make decisions and fight the uphill battle of living with choices. Why don't you help save the world by sponsoring some woman's uterus?".....Kate Lambert's video is a must see. This is what the United States' government is basically trying to do to us women in the U.S. Our national legislation regarding women-specific issues is comprised of men attempting to tell us we are helpless and we cannot, under any circumstance, make the right decision (especially anything that concerns the uterus or female reproductive parts that we were..."burdened" with. Women in the United States need to take charge of their rights and push to continue moving forward. The only way to do so is to vote for Obama this year, Mitt Romney and extreme Republicans will only force us back into the past concerning our rights.
http://www.upworthy.com/when-women-make-decisions-theyre-usually-wrong?c=bl3You
"Every day is a struggle for most women to make decisions and fight the uphill battle of living with choices. Why don't you help save the world by sponsoring some woman's uterus?".....Kate Lambert's video is a must see. This is what the United States' government is basically trying to do to us women in the U.S. Our national legislation regarding women-specific issues is comprised of men attempting to tell us we are helpless and we cannot, under any circumstance, make the right decision (especially anything that concerns the uterus or female reproductive parts that we were..."burdened" with. Women in the United States need to take charge of their rights and push to continue moving forward. The only way to do so is to vote for Obama this year, Mitt Romney and extreme Republicans will only force us back into the past concerning our rights.
http://www.upworthy.com/when-women-make-decisions-theyre-usually-wrong?c=bl3You
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Bullies
I have a womb and will let you know what I want done with it when I want it done. Ugh. Dumb Tea Party/Extreme Republicans. You'd think that these male Republicans wished that they also had a uterus.......oh....wait, but that would be unnatural.....hmmmmm...
Anyway, haven't written in my blog for awhile and decided to write tonight, especially after reading about yet another suicide of a young girl, age 11. She was bullied until she couldn't take it any more, until she felt so alone. She was alone. The schools in the United States tend to wait until something like this happens to one of their own. They do not care until they make it in the news with this type of negative publicity. I am putting the blame on the schools and the bully and the bully's family. The school needs to step forward. They need to put a STOP to this kind of action before it barely gets started. They do this, and children will feel as though they can come forward, that there are people they can count on to help them. If they continue to allow the bullying, children feel as though there is no one there for them, no one they can go to talk to and get them out of situations such as this one. They can talk to their own family who usually goes to the school to request help. The school promises to "talk" to the bully and the bully's family......but this is where it ends. Even if it is repeated, the school justifies the actions by saying, well we already talked to them...blah, blah, blah *insert excuses here.* If our legal system charged the bully and the school district with murder each time there was a suicide, this could significantly decrease these suicides and bullying. They would be so much more strict in their consequences for bullies. This is extreme, but apparently numerous deaths of students who feel helpless and that death is their only way out, away from pain, isn't good enough. School districts see these actions at other schools and they stand aside...ignoring what they see, ignoring the problems within their school. Bullies should be charged with assault or harassment and severe and immediate consequences should happen. Their families should be charged if they refuse to take action, if they refuse to admit there is a problem. Many families refuse to admit their precious child is mean, is a bully. Snap out of it. There is time to stop the problem if you aren't ignorant. This is how school shootings occur, this is how suicides occur. Ignorance and ignoring problems will not solve the problem(s). Duh. Take action. Protect people from bullies and hold bullies and schools who refuse to stop them accountable.
*Kristen
Anyway, haven't written in my blog for awhile and decided to write tonight, especially after reading about yet another suicide of a young girl, age 11. She was bullied until she couldn't take it any more, until she felt so alone. She was alone. The schools in the United States tend to wait until something like this happens to one of their own. They do not care until they make it in the news with this type of negative publicity. I am putting the blame on the schools and the bully and the bully's family. The school needs to step forward. They need to put a STOP to this kind of action before it barely gets started. They do this, and children will feel as though they can come forward, that there are people they can count on to help them. If they continue to allow the bullying, children feel as though there is no one there for them, no one they can go to talk to and get them out of situations such as this one. They can talk to their own family who usually goes to the school to request help. The school promises to "talk" to the bully and the bully's family......but this is where it ends. Even if it is repeated, the school justifies the actions by saying, well we already talked to them...blah, blah, blah *insert excuses here.* If our legal system charged the bully and the school district with murder each time there was a suicide, this could significantly decrease these suicides and bullying. They would be so much more strict in their consequences for bullies. This is extreme, but apparently numerous deaths of students who feel helpless and that death is their only way out, away from pain, isn't good enough. School districts see these actions at other schools and they stand aside...ignoring what they see, ignoring the problems within their school. Bullies should be charged with assault or harassment and severe and immediate consequences should happen. Their families should be charged if they refuse to take action, if they refuse to admit there is a problem. Many families refuse to admit their precious child is mean, is a bully. Snap out of it. There is time to stop the problem if you aren't ignorant. This is how school shootings occur, this is how suicides occur. Ignorance and ignoring problems will not solve the problem(s). Duh. Take action. Protect people from bullies and hold bullies and schools who refuse to stop them accountable.
*Kristen
Friday, August 24, 2012
Legitimate Rape and Ignorance
First, it is a woman's fault if she gets raped because she dressed with a little cleavage showing or she's in high heels, and we all know what that means: Please mount me, with or without my permission, oh please. Ignore me if I say no and please, rape me. Morons. And now, because they are desperate to try to try to get abortions looked at as negatively as possible, they are turning toward this load of crap that if anyone has even an ounce of knowledge about women and biology they would know this is rubbish. I'm not saying that women should use abortion as a means of birth control, but I do think that it is their body and they have a right to decide. We already have too many children in foster care and too many children being abused by parents who never wanted them. I guess I'd much rather see them at peace than having to live a life that they are abandoned or abused. Also, it isn't like these people really care about the children. As soon as they are born, they want to eliminate any government help to them and their families.
All I can say is that come this election, if majority votes for Republicans, it will be a sad day for the United States of America. I will be very disappointed in my fellow citizens and wonder how many could be so ignorant of the selfishness and ignorance of this party. It is time to overthrow the extreme Republican party and get a different one, one that is more middle of the road. The 1% richest people can vote for them, and I would understand those votes. Republicans look out for the rich, no one else. Everyone else who votes for them, there is absolutely no excuse for you and your stupidity.
*Kristen
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Video and commandments...
http://www.upworthy.com/every-biblical-argument-against-being-gay-debunked-biblically?c=bl3
A link to a great video (Every Biblical Argument Against Being Gay, Debunked Biblically, Matthew Vines). It is fairly long but definitely worth viewing. This goes along with most of my previous blogs....Vines also has a facebook page you can like: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matthew-Vines/409201242470903 and website: http://matthewvines.com/
This is just something to think about, if you know of anyone or if you are someone who is very....traditional or conservative then please listen. What do you have to lose? You get to hear a counterargument, thus making you more informed - how can this be a bad thing? I do feel bad that he has to defend himself, defend himself for something he can't choose. I do believe that we should interpret the Bible through a contemporary eye and choose which pieces still are applicable in today's society.
More to think about that is my opinion:
Let's look at a couple of of the commandments:
1. “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me."
2. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My Commandments.
3."You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain."
4. "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it."
5. "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you."
6. "Thou shall not murder."
7. "You shall not commit adultery."
8. "You shall not steal."
9. "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
10. “You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.”
***Cliff notes version: Put God first, worship God only, use God's name with respect, remember God's Sabbath, Respect your parents, do not hurt other people, be faithful in marriage, do not steal, do not lie, do not be envious of others.
How many people actually put God first? There are a lot of "homophobic" people out there that use the Bible as some sort of shield, but how much of their day is devoted to God and putting everything He has "said" first?
If asked this question: If you were forced to live on a deserted island and you have the option of bringing one or even two or, heck, even three of your possessions along with you, how many people would say "My Bible!"? No, it is because we live in a society, even though many pretend we do not or that they are not guilty of this, that worships material possessions. So one can pretend to be oh-so-religious, but they'd probably try to bring along their iPod because they bought the new version that just came out for a lot of money even though their old one worked just fine.
Just the other day I heard someone use the Lord's name in vain, people do it several times a day. We even read (and most laugh) at jokes that do it. Why is this, one of the 10 commandments not important to people today, yet homosexuality (not listed in the 10 commandments by the way) is important to shun people?
Sabbath....how many people do absolutely NO WORK on Sabbath? I don't know about you, but my week is busy....when else am I going to clean my apartment? I am definitely NOT the only one who does a little bit of work on Sabbath.
Respect your parents...if you are a parent, how respectful are your kids to you? Do they listen with their undivided attention? Need I say more? I have seen kids scream at their parents, acting spoiled rotten. Some kids do need to be spanked or punished, and if you disagree, then don't do it to your kid! Ugh. Backseat parenting annoys the crap out of me. Make the kids work for something in their lives, if you hand them everything, they will not respect you, your hard work, your money, or the thing(s) you just bought them. Or if you aren't a parent, how many times to walk into a store and see kids screaming their heads off because their parents said "no"?
We do punish people for murder and stealing, but check out the prisons - overcrowding because people do this often. A lot of these people are Christians....
People lie everyday, many several times a day....we tell little white lies, some to try to protect our friends or whatnot, but bottom line is it is still a lie. We deem these okay because we have to justify to ourselves someone would get hurt. Murderers and thieves lie to stay out of prison, usually. Big fat lie = lie, little white lie = lie. However, I do not advocate for someone to be so brutally honest with someone that it harms them in anyway, mentally, emotionally, or physically. I think this is where interpretation comes in: I think God will judge you in the end how you treated others, were you kind? or did you judge them and shun them? Because I am fairly certain that a kind person who doesn't necessarily go to church every Sunday, tells a few lies here and there to avoid hurting someone and is homosexual will make their way to Heaven before someone who lies about their lifestyle, is mean to people because of their race, sexual orientation, gender, etc but goes to church all the time, remember, if you believe in God, then you also believe you can't keep secrets from him. Your life is an open book to Him.
How many people do you know who have had an affair? How many people do you know who don't leave their eyes lingering on an attractive someone who is not their significant other? This happens all the time...the same political people who say homosexuals are bad or wrong are probably married but have someone on the side.
How many people have envied another? People kill over jealousy. Grass is always greener, people.
The 10 commandments merely offer a guideline of how to live. We, ultimately make the choice of whether or not to listen to them. For those who think being black, a woman, and/or homosexual is wrong, it is a choice to believe it is wrong, however, you should seriously consider this: those people didn't have a choice to be born that way.
A link to a great video (Every Biblical Argument Against Being Gay, Debunked Biblically, Matthew Vines). It is fairly long but definitely worth viewing. This goes along with most of my previous blogs....Vines also has a facebook page you can like: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matthew-Vines/409201242470903 and website: http://matthewvines.com/
This is just something to think about, if you know of anyone or if you are someone who is very....traditional or conservative then please listen. What do you have to lose? You get to hear a counterargument, thus making you more informed - how can this be a bad thing? I do feel bad that he has to defend himself, defend himself for something he can't choose. I do believe that we should interpret the Bible through a contemporary eye and choose which pieces still are applicable in today's society.
More to think about that is my opinion:
Let's look at a couple of of the commandments:
1. “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me."
2. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My Commandments.
3."You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain."
4. "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it."
5. "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you."
6. "Thou shall not murder."
7. "You shall not commit adultery."
8. "You shall not steal."
9. "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
10. “You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.”
***Cliff notes version: Put God first, worship God only, use God's name with respect, remember God's Sabbath, Respect your parents, do not hurt other people, be faithful in marriage, do not steal, do not lie, do not be envious of others.
How many people actually put God first? There are a lot of "homophobic" people out there that use the Bible as some sort of shield, but how much of their day is devoted to God and putting everything He has "said" first?
If asked this question: If you were forced to live on a deserted island and you have the option of bringing one or even two or, heck, even three of your possessions along with you, how many people would say "My Bible!"? No, it is because we live in a society, even though many pretend we do not or that they are not guilty of this, that worships material possessions. So one can pretend to be oh-so-religious, but they'd probably try to bring along their iPod because they bought the new version that just came out for a lot of money even though their old one worked just fine.
Just the other day I heard someone use the Lord's name in vain, people do it several times a day. We even read (and most laugh) at jokes that do it. Why is this, one of the 10 commandments not important to people today, yet homosexuality (not listed in the 10 commandments by the way) is important to shun people?
Sabbath....how many people do absolutely NO WORK on Sabbath? I don't know about you, but my week is busy....when else am I going to clean my apartment? I am definitely NOT the only one who does a little bit of work on Sabbath.
Respect your parents...if you are a parent, how respectful are your kids to you? Do they listen with their undivided attention? Need I say more? I have seen kids scream at their parents, acting spoiled rotten. Some kids do need to be spanked or punished, and if you disagree, then don't do it to your kid! Ugh. Backseat parenting annoys the crap out of me. Make the kids work for something in their lives, if you hand them everything, they will not respect you, your hard work, your money, or the thing(s) you just bought them. Or if you aren't a parent, how many times to walk into a store and see kids screaming their heads off because their parents said "no"?
We do punish people for murder and stealing, but check out the prisons - overcrowding because people do this often. A lot of these people are Christians....
People lie everyday, many several times a day....we tell little white lies, some to try to protect our friends or whatnot, but bottom line is it is still a lie. We deem these okay because we have to justify to ourselves someone would get hurt. Murderers and thieves lie to stay out of prison, usually. Big fat lie = lie, little white lie = lie. However, I do not advocate for someone to be so brutally honest with someone that it harms them in anyway, mentally, emotionally, or physically. I think this is where interpretation comes in: I think God will judge you in the end how you treated others, were you kind? or did you judge them and shun them? Because I am fairly certain that a kind person who doesn't necessarily go to church every Sunday, tells a few lies here and there to avoid hurting someone and is homosexual will make their way to Heaven before someone who lies about their lifestyle, is mean to people because of their race, sexual orientation, gender, etc but goes to church all the time, remember, if you believe in God, then you also believe you can't keep secrets from him. Your life is an open book to Him.
How many people do you know who have had an affair? How many people do you know who don't leave their eyes lingering on an attractive someone who is not their significant other? This happens all the time...the same political people who say homosexuals are bad or wrong are probably married but have someone on the side.
How many people have envied another? People kill over jealousy. Grass is always greener, people.
The 10 commandments merely offer a guideline of how to live. We, ultimately make the choice of whether or not to listen to them. For those who think being black, a woman, and/or homosexual is wrong, it is a choice to believe it is wrong, however, you should seriously consider this: those people didn't have a choice to be born that way.
| *Kristen | ||||||||
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Wipe Out Homophobia
I wanted to share this facebook and webpage of Wipe Out Homophobia. If you are not already familiar with this facebook page, it offers a supportive community and believes that everyone should have equal rights. Gay, straight, bisexual, etc. you are welcome here, Their site offers more information about the fight for rights. It speaks about hate crimes committed against people just because of their sexual orientation, just because of a single difference.
If you are open to differences and believe all have the right to be considered equal, then I praise your tolerance. If you are not, I do not know your reasons, however, I ask that you consider this: if it were your family that were being targeted for a single difference, if it were your family receiving threats or having people chase down your children, or worse, would you think any different? I am not saying you have to like the idea of being homosexual or having a different sexual orientation, but I am saying that everyone should respect others. Everyone should respect that other people have a right to live their lives that allow them to pursue happiness for themselves and for their families, so long as their pursuit to happiness doesn't harm others. Being homosexual doesn't cause harm to others, it doesn't break marriages apart, it doesn't cause hate, homosexual relationships don't harm children, or anything else. Divorce rates are already high in this country, we could do with a little more love, not hate.
A person's differences do not make them any less human. They have a heart, they have dreams, don't take away their lives or dreams because you can't understand why they are different. Just accept that they are and move forward with your own life as they move forward with theirs. Everyone is different, don't lose sleep over it. Instead, walk a mile in their shoes. Look at this organization, hear what they have to say, hear alternative view points, etc. or just find a supportive community that you would like join.
https://www.facebook.com/WHOF1?ref=ts
http://www.wipeouthomophobia.com/
*Kristen
If you are open to differences and believe all have the right to be considered equal, then I praise your tolerance. If you are not, I do not know your reasons, however, I ask that you consider this: if it were your family that were being targeted for a single difference, if it were your family receiving threats or having people chase down your children, or worse, would you think any different? I am not saying you have to like the idea of being homosexual or having a different sexual orientation, but I am saying that everyone should respect others. Everyone should respect that other people have a right to live their lives that allow them to pursue happiness for themselves and for their families, so long as their pursuit to happiness doesn't harm others. Being homosexual doesn't cause harm to others, it doesn't break marriages apart, it doesn't cause hate, homosexual relationships don't harm children, or anything else. Divorce rates are already high in this country, we could do with a little more love, not hate.
A person's differences do not make them any less human. They have a heart, they have dreams, don't take away their lives or dreams because you can't understand why they are different. Just accept that they are and move forward with your own life as they move forward with theirs. Everyone is different, don't lose sleep over it. Instead, walk a mile in their shoes. Look at this organization, hear what they have to say, hear alternative view points, etc. or just find a supportive community that you would like join.
https://www.facebook.com/WHOF1?ref=ts
http://www.wipeouthomophobia.com/
*Kristen
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