Random Thoughts

-A couple of months ago I wrote a blog about the homosexual right movement. (Titled Tolerance and Love) Though I am generally supportive of gay rights, I am distraught by the extreme maliciousness and hate possessed by and employed by the movement. It seems to be growing more and more vicious. A perfect example is the reaction to Miss California's answer in the Miss USA pageant (I just found out it was the Miss USA Pageant and not the Miss America Pageant, and I still don't understand why there are two pageants). When prompted she, of course, said that she believes marriage should be between a man and a woman. (It should also be noted that she mentioned that she is happy to live in a country with diversity of opinion and different views on the matter and also said she didn't want to offend anyone.) The next day on his blog, the judge who asked her, Perez Hilton (who apparently is gay), called her a "dumb bitch". Scanning through sites I saw her called much worse. Again, I like how so many gay-rights activitists talk about respect, equality, and tolerance, but show absolutely none. Many in the movement also actively protested what they saw as a "theocracy" run by the Bush administration, but their rhetoric sounds much more like the propaganda that comes from a theocracy. I don't understand how one side (pro traditional marriage) can understand the concept of diversity and tolerance, but the other can't. It saddens me that today political correctness is more powerful than respect and tolerance. It frightens me that this is a controversy. Though I'm not sure if I agree with her, I am very proud of Miss California for standing up for her beliefs. I took a great amount of courage.

-I had heard about the famous (or maybe infamous) blogger Perez Hilton for a couple of years, but never seen him or read anything he had written. It looks like I'm not missing much.

-I've seen many Christians call Perez Hilton "trash" or "an idiot", etc. That is exactly the polar opposite of what Jesus said to do. The non-Christian thing to do to to react to hate with hate. The Christ-like thing to do is to react to hate with love, and pray for him.

-Since having lots bumperstickers probably means your very set in your beliefs and feel very strongly about them, I would be interested in a survey to see what percent of people with a multiple bumperstickers are politically independent. I thought about that today when I saw a guy with about ten on his car. I guess one or two isn't good enough.

-Alot of people are upset about it, but I agree with President Obama's handling of the encounter with Hugo Chavez over the weekend.

-This again is NBC's "Green Week". The other day while watching the channel, I was again lectured about what I can do to stop global warming. It's seems like everytime I watch NBC they have they have some green-related special programming or theme. This is ironic for two reasons. First, NBC (actually NBC Universal) is owned by General Electric. GE has a terrible environmental record, with large scale air and water pollution. Secondly, General Electric actively does business with the oppressive and violent Iranian government. Do they care more about the environment than human rights and the murders of thousands of Iranians?