WHAT THE FUCK?!?!

The title says it all, and I am appalled. LOOK AT THIS BULLSHIT.

I mean, seriously! Take marriage classes or pay higher fees? That's just fucking retarded!

1) I bet you'll have to pay at least $150 for the courses to begin with, because you have to pay the teacher (even though, since it'll be run by a church, it's tax deductible) so the higher fee is still less than the stupidity, I'll bet... 2) IT'S ALL RUN BY CHURCHES! What on EARTH is supposed to happen here?! "Yes, your marriage would be godly and in-line with our christian life-views, so go ahead" or "No, he's *insert different religion here* so you can't get married! It's not biblical!" Well guess what, that's not CONSTITUTIONAL you motherfuckers!

REALLY?!?!

Some choice quotes:

"Cindy Noe, R-Indianapolis, said marriage preparation classes would strengthen Indiana families and help prevent family fragmentation." <--- BULLSHIT! There are already a shitton of families out there that have broken and been torn apart over money alone, let alone religious conflicts! Plus, what are you going to say about one of my good friend's parents, who are both Catholics (I don't care who you are or what you say, THEY ARE A BRANCH OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION) and, because of their religion, can't divorce. That has scared my friend and her sister FOR LIFE, and the only reason those two are still together is religion alone. That's some fucked up shit right there.

“This would be a real milestone and a real help,” she said. “It would have long-term benefits.” LIKE WHAT?!?! Pissing off the entire state of Indiana, you moron?! With something like this, you're basically telling the entire state "you know what, I don't think any of you people are smart enough to choose your mate for yourself, or are anywhere NEAR mature enough to handle marriage on your own, so we have to prepare you for it before hand, just like school!" Yeah, guess what, the American school system is fucked up enough as it is and turning out more retards than a crack baby on heroine. Congratulations, you idiot, you've just pissed off everybody in the state that isn't a snot-nosed, soup-for-brains, drooling christian. (and no, not all Christians are that way. Though I've noticed an alarming number who ARE. I'M JUST SAYING!!)

"Rep. Vanessa Summers, D-Indianapolis, raised the chief question of many critics who find it ironic that Republicans, who often want little interference from the government, would propose such a bill." Uhm, yeah. That's because that particular republican took a bribe from some church somewhere to push their agenda! If none of you can see this, you need to have your eyes checked.

“Don't you think this is government intrusion?” she asked.

Noe said there was a critical need for healthy relationships in Indiana, and that divorce leads to other problems and hurts children. Vivian Finnell, who leads a faith-based advocacy group against domestic violence called Not To Believers Like Us, said something had to be done.

"This would be a positive intrusion," she said.WHAT?! There IS NO SUCH THING as a POSITIVE intrusion! The word "intrusion" has a negative connotation, you moron! Oh, right, there may be some "Un-learned" people here. For those of you who don't know what a connotation is, here's the definition: Connotation is a subjective cultural and/or emotional coloration in addition to the explicit or denotative meaning of any specific word or phrase in a language, i.e. emotional association with a word. EVEN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE DISAGREES WITH YOU, YOU IDIOT! Not to mention the fact that the above pretty much solidifies my theory from earlier: This is an agenda from right-wing christians who want to control who gets married, who doesn't, and make sure we all live like good, idiotic little sheep. I'm sorry, but I'm going to pull a quote from Zeitgeist... a movie that quoted it from somewhere else: "I'M A HUMAN BEING, GOD DAMNIT! MY LIFE HAS VALUE!"

"but he was concerned with government telling churches what should be taught in their marriage classes." Uhm, excuse me, but I don't want to be told what to do inside of my marriage. If I don't want to be submissive to my husband 24/7 and act like this perfect wallflower that does nothing but stand in the kitchen barefoot and pregnant, then I'm going to act differently! Y'know what somebody in a local church told me before I met Loki? "Well, we (as women) are submissive to our husbands because... well... what do you call something with two heads? A monster, right? The man's job is to be the head of the household and ONLY provider."So what this person was telling me is that I wasn't allowed to have a career, according to the Brownsburg Baptist Church that's right outside my neighborhood. Good to know that my ambitions are safe in your church's hands, o christian god! See, they're already teaching what should and should not be done, whether the government pokes their noses in or not! And as soon as the government makes these ridiculous classes mandatory, it's only a small step or two to outlawing every religion in this country except christianity. I'm sorry but if that happens I'm fleeing to Canada!

“It's 90 percent good,” he said. “It's 1 percent government getting their foot in the door.” You know, that only adds up to 91%. This is only proving one of two things: 1) that our government officials are really retarded, or 2) that there is 9% of this bill that is nothing but a pork-barrel. If none of you know what that is, fucking google it and learn something. Plus I think that this person made up that statistic without even reading the damned thing; that's right, whoever-the-fuck-you-are, I'm calling you out!

Noe said she was still working on some of the proposal's specifics and could make changes to the bill next week. Rep. John Day, D-Indianapolis, questioned why Noe didn't simply require all couples to take premarital classes before their wedding day.

Noe said that would be a little too much intrusion, though she said that would also help couples develop stronger marriages.

“I think it would have really good results,” she said. and I think you're a moron, but nobody listens to me... so why should I listen to you? And you, Mr. Day, have just proposed the question that I have been fearing: FORCING us to do something? That's unconstitutional. What about life, LIBERTY, and the PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS?! for me, happiness does not include sitting in a fucking classroom and learning "communication skills" ... I'm pretty sure I know how to communicate, thank you very much! Conflict resolution? Are you kidding me?! I deal with conflicts every day of my life, and I resolve them just fine. Shut the hell up! Parenting responsibilities is the only thing I see a sliver of merit in, and the only reason I see merit in that one is because the little fuckers don't come with instruction manuals!! Even so, it's "responsibilities" ... not "how to parent 101," which would be what I'd be more in favor of. The former course would cover "Ok, when the baby wakes up screaming at 2am in the morning, SOMEBODY has to get up or it won't quit crying. Who's going to do it?" There's your "responsibilities" that come with this "Marriage course" ... SERIOUSLY PEOPLE?!?!

Grow some fucking balls and quit trying to deal with the scary reality of declining marriage rates, divorces, and childhood abuse cases by forcing -new- couples into a god damned classroom lead by the POPE, OK?! All he's gonna do is be all "You're both mature, just go get married... but thanks for the money! hahahahaha!"

"Courses could be taught by therapists, social workers, clergy members or others outlined in the bill." So, what you're saying is, "Therapists don't deal with enough whining per day, Social workers don't have enough work to do, and the church can handle everything, including teaching marriage courses because god magically gives them the ability to do so!" You people do realize just how idiotic this sounds to the rest of the world, right?

Onto a different topic...

So I got drunk and told all of my friends during Heather's 23rd birthday party that I'm now Wiccan. Most of them were cool with it, but Ami and Heather were both like "WHAT?!?! Who are you and what have you done with my SISTER?! D= " Yeah, well, I'm still the same person, but I'm just not taking it up the ass by the preacher and everyone else he decides needs to interfere with my daily life. Plus, I don't have to get up early on Sunday if I don't -want- to, I don't have to drive to a building full of people dressed in their best (to 'impress' the invisible man) and fall asleep in the pews while old people sing really soft songs that are DESIGNED to put you to sleep in the first place!

Anyway, after everybody left Heather and I got into a ten minute debate on religions. She expected me to shove my religion down her throat, just as she was trying to make me become christian again... Uhm, no. If she wants to remain christian, she can. All I'm saying is that I don't want to follow a religion that uses guilt as its main tool to keep people on the straight and narrow, requires you to not do a crapton of stuff that's perfectly harmless in most cases (such as drinking or smoking one once in a blue moon, or swearing! What's so horrible about a -word- ... c'mon people. Don't even get me started on the retarded "no pre-marital sex" crap.)

So, because most people have not read the wiccan rede, here's a link explaining it. Enjoy educating yourself, and if you think you're going to beat me over the head with a spiked bible in order to get me to "see the light", just realize that you'll be doing nothing more than alienating me. The only light I'll be seeing is "stars", and that's due to the occipital lobe in my brain hitting the back of my skull, not any sort of divine intervention. I do worship... in several forms, if you must know. but I'll put that in my book of shadows once I get around to it.

This makes me wonder just exactly how much people know about wicca. Yes, Gerald Gardner went public about his practice, and put his own spin on things. These are the only records we have of the religion, because of certain laws that were in effect at one point that made it a crime (punishable by death, no less) to be a witch. To reveal yourself meant death! THAT is why there is no data past when Gardner came out, not because he "created" the religion. Don't believe me? Look it up.

Yes, I'm slightly pissed off because of the idea of being monetarily forced into taking a retarded, religiously-led "class" and fencing with one of my friends who I consider a sister on the issue of religion. I think she's probably going to drop me as one of her friends simply because she and I no longer follow the same faith, which is rather sad because we don't really have anything in common past that, I think... except similar taste in books, disturbingly similar looks, and even more disturbingly similar taste in men. (we both like a good mystery / romance, we get remarks on how she's the older sister and i'm the younger [because i'm shorter than she is, and it's actually reversed] every time either of us refers to the other as "sis" or "my sister", ... we both went after Bryan, and she said that if she were single and I wasn't dating Loki she'd go after him. ... sorry Heather, he's MINE.)

So now I get to have a little rocky road ice cream and type up some things in my book of shadows!

Have any comments? Go ahead and leave 'em. Want me to cover something in a blog post? Leave it in a comment and I'll consider it.

Blessed Be!
~SNT
Listening: Katy Perry, Firework
Drinking: H2O!
Eating: Rocky Road ice cream! Yum!