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So I was watching this film on Christianity and homosexuality. A fellow Mike Gravel supporter on MySpace posted the video as one of her bulletins. It's a great film by the way if you guys would care to watch it you can find it at the following address, but I warn you its almost two hours long and does have graphic content (as in death, not gay sex or anything):

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=8079306
618277312330&autoplay=1

What an inspiring film, truly! I told myself, I'll watch some of the film and watch the rest in the morning if it catches my interest. And boy did it catch my interest, I ended up staying up late watching the whole thing. What an insight to what different Christians believe. This film does a great job at making the subject feel personal. I don't want to talk to much about the film because that would just take too long. What I did want to talk about are the powerful words that Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa had to say at the end of the film. These words really hit me like a ton of bricks. Something to, if anything else, simply get you thinking a bit. He stated;

"I can't for the life of me imagine god would say, 'I will punish you because you are black, you should have been white. I will punish you because your a women, you should have been a man. I punish you because you are homosexual, you ought to have been heterosexual.' I can't for the life of me believe that is how God sees things"



I just thought to myself, wow... This man has a heart of gold. He's also a nobel peace prize laureate. For those of you who may be wondering why I'm even interested on the subject, it's really quite simple. I'm a strong supporter of Civil Rights and I know that there is plenty of work that needs to be done still. the battle didn't end with Dr. King. Also, for my gay and lesbian friends. Lastly, because I feel they deserve all the rights we have as heterosexuals. No homosexual should be treated like a second class citizen and currently, thats exactly how they're treated.

So my questions to you are the following:

How do you feel about homosexuality?
What do you think about Archbishop Tutu's statement?
Do you support gay marriage (Religious and/or government institution)?

And if you actually watch the film, what did you think about the film?

Side Note: Archbishop Tutu was actually in San Francisco during the protests of the Olympic torch supporting pro-Tibet protesters. But he was actually there to speak to a LGBTI group to apologize on behalf of his Church for ostracizing them.

So... the New England Historic Genealogical Society finds out that Clinton is somehow related to Angelina Jolie, Madonna, Celine Dion, Alanis Morissette, novelist Jack Kerouac, and the Duchess of Cornwall Camilla. Obama is somehow related to Brad Pitt, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Lyndon Johnson, Harry S. Truman, James Madison, Winston Churchill, General Robert E. Lee, Dick Cheney AKA Satan, and the monkey in office George W. Bush. McCain is somehow related to Laura Bush.

I kind of find it hard to believe but thats beside the point... Why is this even making the news?!?!?! How about showing more important things about the leading candidates? How about showing the money trails? Expose their lies to the American people? Or how about showing what REALLY going on in the middle east? I guess you have to blind the public with juicy gossip so they let Imperialist America do as they will huh?

While we're at it, I'd like to say that I am personally related to the following:

Slash (Gn'R)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Mayer
Greg Graffin (Bad Religion)
Lenny Kravits
Abraham Lincoln
Emiliano Zapata
Malcolm X
Johnny Cash
Conan O'Brien
Bill Hicks
The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
Scooby Doo
Speedy Gonzales
and lastly, the cast of Good Day LA

Thanks :)

President Bush is pushing to expand on NAFTA, pushing for the proposed Colombia pact. Administration officials say the agreement will help level the playing field for U.S. companies. Bush said he's going to send the measure to the Capitol after the Easter break. Because of the fast-track trade authority that was in effect when the agreement was signed, there will be a 90 day deadline for a vote, with no amendments or filibusters allowed.

Bush said:

"The Colombia agreement is pivotal to America's national security and economic interests right now, and it is too important to be held up by politics," he said. "There needs to be a vote on Colombia this year."

He also stated that this pact would create more jobs for Colombians in effect making it harder to "recruit people to violence and terrorism and drug trafficking."

He also stated:

"NAFTA has worked," Bush said. "People shouldn't back away from NAFTA."

It's pretty obvious how out of touch with the American people this man is. He has damaged this country to deeply. It's undeniable that he will go down as the worst president in US history. I support Congressmen Kucinich's effort to impeach Bush. It's time to get this man out of office before he destroys our nation further!

Today, Ralph Nader turns 74. Nader is a consumer rights champion and leader in the forefront of humanitarianism and environmentalism. Unsatisfied with the leading candidates running for president, he has thrown his hat in the ring for November. Happy birthday to you Ralph, and many many more!

I just love it when people say "Why are you throwing your vote away voting for someone who isn't going to win? Just vote for the lesser of two evils." Not only do they KNOW the top candidates are scum, but they vote for them! Yet they have the nerve to say I'M "throwing my vote away". How would I be throwing my vote away if I'm voting for the person I actually want to be president? They're the ones voting for someone they don't really want. But they do it so the other one won't win. With a mindset like that, how will things ever change?

Now tell me... who's throwing their vote away?

What is it about the American people that makes them believe that the tube tells them everything they need to know? Now I'm not knocking local news because thats exactly what its good for, local news. But people don't seem to genuinely care about whats going on in the real world, specifically in politics.

Take the presidential race for example: People don't make an effort to find out about all the candidates. They see whats on TV and think "those are all of them!" In an age where the internet is widely available and widely used, you would think people would put some effort instead of making uneducated, half-baked decisions. Do they even realize how important this decision is? Peoples lives are at risk, the future of not only our nation but the world is at risk! If your one of these people, do yourself a favor and read up. If not for yourself, for the children.

Their future is at stake at this point, thats how bad things are right now. With these wars based on fabricated lies waging on, the environment falling apart, our nation on the verge of bankruptcy, the new additions to the so called patriot act, the "Thought Crime Bills", and the president trying to start yet another war with Iran, this is serious business! Possibly the most important presidential race in the history of our nation.

 So many people THINK they know Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Mike Huckabee so well. But how many of you honestly know the following candidates: Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, or even Ron Paul? Hell, how about the Independents: Kent Mesplay, Kat Swift, Don J. Grundmann, Daniel Imperato, etc.? Even less likely!

Mike Gravel and Dennis Kucinich are two men who are being ignored by the media and by the Democratic party. The media tryed to eliminate Ron Paul but support behind him is too strong for him to be ignored at this point. Kucinich has just started being ignored and when he was in debates he got very little time to debate as did Gravel. But Gravel was pushed away way back in October. Its a real shame because Gravel did a lot of brave and daring things for the American people while he was in the senate and he has great, revolutionary planes in store for our country if he becomes president.

I ask you... no, I DARE you, to look up at least those three men: Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, and Ron Paul. You can thank me later ;)

Gabe