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:
