Bush is at it again/plus a slight tangent

Bush Speaks Out Against Gay Marriage

Again - I cite that families are already FUCKED to begin with anyway.. Anyone who wants to peruse the number of divorce statistics and custody battles can tell you that.. Let's not open up the whole "it's in the Bible, it must be good" argument.. Obviously Bush forgets the little "oopsies" about the sex scandals involving priests..

He has nothing else to base his stance on except to fall back on "culture" and "traditions" arguments.. Can he say exactly *how* "And changing the definition of traditional marriage will undermine the family structure." No one has been able to say exactly what would happen..

So what possible motivations does Bush have for coming out against gays??

1.) He's a homophobe (a distinct possibility)
2.) He's going with popular opinion (unlikely if Bush claims he never reads the newspapers.. -- which should be a rant for another day.....)
3.) Somehow, somewhere, there's influence in the administration of his policies..

I'm not saying that Bush is under the influence of churches, but the idea in general does raise some incredible questions though about what kind of "support" any (not singling out Bush or Kerry or anyone else) church organization offers.. I remember hearing a brief news blurb in the last month or two that there was an investigation into a particular church's actions in endorsing a candidate for a local office.. Which is a no-no because for them to achieve their tax status, they must remain unaffiliated with politics..........

Think further on that one..

Churches are not *supposed* to intervene in politics, yet they do that really well already.. Also Churches don't want to be told what to do.. But they influence politics across the board.. Generally speaking, most people do look inward to their spiritual leaders for guidance.. That's where I had a problem with religion: I don't like someone telling Me how I should think or why..

So maybe the Church can't give any money for their "preferred candidate", but they can go ahead and add little reminders each Sunday during their services, during their outings, potlucks, and socials.. People talk about the news all the time, and it's foolish to believe that Churches remain "distantly quiet" when such conduct happens..

I want to add one more point to this rant:

Some people can't even comment on politics because of their job.. Now I'll admit I'm one of those people -- who can't even write an editorial in my local paper because of the ramifications for taking a stand on a political issue.. I can get away with posting in forums and my blog because it's rather obscure and not really visible.. If I had 2000 hits a day, I'd likely have to reconsider..

So why do I have these constraints, but the churches can organize protests, campaigns, crusades and off-camera endorsements to candidates??

We live in a world of hypocrisy -- Bush's stance is just a gentle reminder of that fact.. He's delaying the inevitable.. As the population grows, so will the gay/lesbian community..

It's coming George -- this will be a stain on your administration.........