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Ok, so I promised no more politics here in the ol' journal...I lied:
Family Values Drive Santorum's Politics
Two-parent families, says Santorum, are good. Requiring people to work is good. So is banning late-term abortions and giving religion a greater role in government. Traditional welfare, on the other hand, hurts the family. Homosexuality, feminism, liberalism all undermine the family. Even parts of the Constitution can harm the family.
"If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual (gay) sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything," the Pennsylvania lawmaker said in a recent interview, fuming over a landmark gay rights case before the high court that pits a Texas sodomy law against equality and privacy rights.
"All of those things are antithetical to a healthy, stable, traditional family," Santorum said. "And that's sort of where we are in today's world, unfortunately. It all comes from, I would argue, this right to privacy that doesn't exist, in my opinion, in the United States Constitution."
"Dogs and cats living together...mass hysteria!" Sorry, couldn't resist.
And he's from Pennsylvania...well at least we know he's serving the views and desires of the majority in his state anyway. Every hate group in the state (and there are lots, trust me) has probably got his poster on their wall. Oh, and he labels himself a "compassionate conservative" in case you were wondering.
Will he go the way of Trent Lott? I think there's a very good possibility that he won't, which makes me tremendously sad. It also inspires me to make sure everyone I know all throughout the US gets out there and votes in every election from now on.
Ok, I'm going to stop now before I get myself too worked up, on to more pleasant topics.
( She's a dancin' machine... )
The definite plus side of a good hard workout is that I generally pass out within seconds of my head hitting the pillows. But last night I made myself stay up a bit later to re-do my altar and hold a small ceremony in honor of Ostara. It was so delightfully relaxing that combined with the workout and the shower I got the best night's sleep I have in weeks.
Ended up missing the conclusion of Helen of Troy, but I did get to see the Judgement of Paris and the sacrifice of Iphigenia so I was mostly happy with just seeing the first half. Hopefully I'll get home early enough tonight to spend at least a few minutes working on my veil, I so want to get it done!
Family Values Drive Santorum's Politics
Two-parent families, says Santorum, are good. Requiring people to work is good. So is banning late-term abortions and giving religion a greater role in government. Traditional welfare, on the other hand, hurts the family. Homosexuality, feminism, liberalism all undermine the family. Even parts of the Constitution can harm the family.
"If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual (gay) sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything," the Pennsylvania lawmaker said in a recent interview, fuming over a landmark gay rights case before the high court that pits a Texas sodomy law against equality and privacy rights.
"All of those things are antithetical to a healthy, stable, traditional family," Santorum said. "And that's sort of where we are in today's world, unfortunately. It all comes from, I would argue, this right to privacy that doesn't exist, in my opinion, in the United States Constitution."
"Dogs and cats living together...mass hysteria!" Sorry, couldn't resist.
And he's from Pennsylvania...well at least we know he's serving the views and desires of the majority in his state anyway. Every hate group in the state (and there are lots, trust me) has probably got his poster on their wall. Oh, and he labels himself a "compassionate conservative" in case you were wondering.
Will he go the way of Trent Lott? I think there's a very good possibility that he won't, which makes me tremendously sad. It also inspires me to make sure everyone I know all throughout the US gets out there and votes in every election from now on.
Ok, I'm going to stop now before I get myself too worked up, on to more pleasant topics.
( She's a dancin' machine... )
The definite plus side of a good hard workout is that I generally pass out within seconds of my head hitting the pillows. But last night I made myself stay up a bit later to re-do my altar and hold a small ceremony in honor of Ostara. It was so delightfully relaxing that combined with the workout and the shower I got the best night's sleep I have in weeks.
Ended up missing the conclusion of Helen of Troy, but I did get to see the Judgement of Paris and the sacrifice of Iphigenia so I was mostly happy with just seeing the first half. Hopefully I'll get home early enough tonight to spend at least a few minutes working on my veil, I so want to get it done!
