falcon_liz

okay, only half the sates don't ant gay marriage to be legal. in those states there are legal options for gay marrigaes. so can still get married in the states that allow it. but states if they want can choose not to except your marriage. as for 9/11 so i over estimated, it was just thrown out there, what's important is that lives were lost when we should have made sure that we were safe. and Bin Laden was the main threat. he was the main threat because no one gave a damn. When you fight a war against terror, you go after those that are killing thousands of lives. Bin Laden killed many in 9/11, but Saddam killed thousands daily. We limited Bin Laden, and cut off many of his connections. So we went after those we believed would be involved in communication with Bin Laden. Saddam had many people working for him, that we didn't kno, so at the time we went in, i was a possible threat. another reason, like a said before, was Saddam was ignoring UN sanctions. if you ignore those sanctions, how are we to kno that something isn't going on? kill it before it happens. i really don't want to sit around and wait for something or someone to attack us again. and i think Bush is doing one hell of a job to prevent that. :smile:

Okay, let's start from the top, it's been a while. first of all, i have nothing against homosexuals, they should be treated the same, and it sucks the ridicule that they get, it does because most of them are nice people. but when it comes to marriage, there should be a line that is drawn. when it comes to rights and property and wills, there are legal ways of handeling that without having to be married. i am religious and there is no doubt about it. no one is forcing religion on others, but it is out of respect for your relgion to practice your beliefs, and have them define yourself, and you should base your decisions off of what you believe, and what is best for the country. if the two clash, it's the person in power's decision to decide that, but i think if kerry claims himself as a practicing catholic, his record doesn't support that, and that's not how its supposed to be. in the terms of love thy neighbor, what happened to love thy enemies? i don't deny that there are some that strongly go against it, but god created individuals and each with own personalities. how we act is our own business. not everyone wants to hang you from a tree and call you a witch, that's a stereotype and if you think that most of the world is out to get you, remember that it's not centered around you. because by saying that you're acting like my 5 year old sister. as for the war. i would have gone into Iraq. not the way bush did, and maybe not the reason he did either. but solely on the basis that Hussien, and his sons, killed hundreds of his own people, just for fun. or for stupid reasons. he was a cruel dictator, and if we were in that situation, would you want someone come in and stop him from doing this? you would have no way of knowing who would be killed next and have the constant fear that it might be you. plus those who resist us in Iraq, are those that probably agreed with Saddam, and got paid to do some of his dirty work too. it's almost like Hilter and the Jews. for abortion, some cases maybe depending on the severity can be justified. there are councelors, and many people are able, through therapy, to live with the fact that they were raped, and give the baby up for adoption on the day it's born. granted a small few, but it is an option. many women and men want children, and will love those children, reguardless of rape, or incest. they have the chance to show love to a baby they were denied. If i were raped, i would be emotionally damaged, but the baby would be half of me, and i don't think i'd be able to kill something that has the ability to be anything like me. if raised by parents that will love it no matter what. the price of gas has to do with the gas companies themselves. They create an aritficil shortage when they convert over to the reformulative. they make money! that's how we are... money money money. and when there is lack of it, we bitch! it's not iraq. and if china wasn't using most if it, no one would be complaining. we're not the main consumer anymore... china has cars too, and twice the population, or close to it. you say that we should mind our own business, we did, and 4 planes went down killing millions of lives because of it. for 80 years. so it's not just bush's fault. mind you, there were 6 republicans and 5 liberals in about that time frame. so to blame most of this on bush is crazy. he did what he thought was best for the country. i kno my cousin and his friends are in Iraq, and they have it hard, but they see how they are helping, and they are proud to serve their country. my cousin is a democrat. but if he could vote, he'd vote bush just because of kerry not knowing what he would do in iraq. and waiting for countries that were in iraq and helping Saddam would just waste time. he had 14 sanctions. how many did he ignore. when it came time to act, those who wanted him out, did nothing. i respect your views on this war, but your reasoning has to be worked on, because your problems are one in a million, so i ask you to tell him, just how kerry plans on fixing the problem in iraq, dealing with homosexual marriage without pissing off 25 states, dealing with the "oil issue", national dificit, without raising my taxes, and paying for all his promises. we had a surplus because nothing was really done during the 8 years before bush, and you have proof that can factually prove me wrong, please do tell, because i think that kerry is just gonna be another clinton, minus the affairs in the oval office :wacky:

i honestly think that kerry wants what's best for our country but has no clue how to do it. he did mention in the debate that he was gonna lessen the strain on our armed forces by creating two new divisions and double the number of special forces. i want to kno how he plans on doing this, when u are scrownging for people to sign up for the military as it is! and he wants to add two more divisions? :wacky:

i dont see how anyone can vote for kerry. i have noticed that many people don't support kerry, they just don't want bush. who knows, if those who don't want bush vote for kerry, they might just end up with "4 more years of hell"- Teresa Heinz Kerry. the funny thing is that i too am a practicing Catholic, and as such i was taught to push my religious views no matter what people think. isn't that y jesus died? i don't kno what catholic school kerry went to if he thinks that not pushing ur beliefs means u're a practicing catholic. along with that, when it comes to an abortion, if you are kill an innocent life, aren't u as bad as those terrorist that go around and kill innocent people everyday? and the right to kill a baby is not a constitutional right. and it is against the ten commandments, that kerry supports, unless he doesn't agree with that aspect of the church either. if i could vote this year, my vote would go to bush, and im gonna make sure that i push others to push for bush, because as a practicing catholic it is my duty to express my moral beliefs even if others don't give a damn.