Twice in ONE week!

Another state passes a bill to legalize gay marriage. Someone tell Miss California that, "no offense" but the whole country DOESN'T agree with you!

Maine Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill

Also, since we're on the topic of Miss CA, doesn't the bible also CONDONE slavery? How about women's rights (or lack thereof)? Or what about the part that says eating shellfish (shrimp... lobster... crab...) is sinful? Perhaps the part about how we are ALL God's children and He created us in his image? And wasn't Jesus's message to love all as well? Prostitutes? Lepyrs? And since we're on the subject of hypocracy... doesn't the bible also say that our bodies are temples and we should not alter them in anyway? (Hello Boob Job???)

But of course, what the hell do I know about the bible, right? I don't even go to church!

One thing I DO KNOW is that our government should NEVER use RELIGOUS MORAL VALUES (does the separation of church and state mean anything to anyone anymore?) as justification to DISCRIMINATE and deprive ANY of its citizens of ANY of their God-given rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

More News in Civil Rights!

New Hampshire Senate Passes Gay Marrage Bill

More Good News for Civil Rights!

Vermont Passes Gay Marriage Bill

Important News from Iowa!

"We are firmly convinced the exclusion of gay and lesbian people from the institution of civil marriage does not substantially further any* important governmental objective," the Supreme Court wrote in its decision. "The Legislature has excluded a historically disfavored class of persons from a supremely important civil institution without a constitutionally sufficient justification*."
*emphasis added

Please read this article from the Associated Press for more information.

Any success in the fight for civil rights FOR ALL AMERICANS is a success for all of us (humans... earthlings, you know). I know this is a divisive topic, so I'll just leave it at the quote above, because I really can't say it (nor have I ever heard it better put) then the IA Supreme Court has said here.

Newsworthy

1 in 31 American Adults in Prison System

Now let me ask you this...
is the answer longer prison sentences or rehabilitation?

The numbers quoted in this article reflect a disturbing trend...

"...one of every 11 black adults is under correctional supervision, one of every 27 Hispanic adults, one of every 45 white adults..."

I try not to talk about politics (or religion) on this blog but I guess my college studies (Criminology, Psychology, and Forensics) made this particular article strike my interest.

So I leave you with this quote from the article by Adam Gelb of director of Pew's Public Safety Performance Project...

"New community supervision strategies and technologies need to be strengthened and expanded, not scaled back," he said. "Cutting them may appear to save a few dollars, but it doesn't. It will fuel the cycle of more crime, more victims, more arrests, more prosecutions, and still more imprisonment."

Off my soapbox now. :")