Mostly, I'm a pacifist. I believe in peace and love and that we all have the capability to get along. But there are just some people that I want to strangle. This is not an attack on people who have beliefs other than my own. This is me voicing my frustration, because I just don't understand why some people believe some things, or why some people would want to do some things.

Saturday night I went out with some friends to see a movie, and afterwards we all went to a diner. I understand that it's none of my business what others' political views are. They can have that; it's all theirs. I just have a problem when people shove their views down my throat and force me to listen to why they must be right and I have to be wrong. Anyway, I was sitting near this one girl, who is a huge republican. Which is fine, she can be as republican as she wants, as long as I don't have to hear about it. What I'm trying to get at is that about halfway through dinner she proclaims loudly, "All I'm concerned right now is McCain getting elected!" It was probably in response that had nothing to do with the upcoming election, because that's just the way she operates.

Frankly, I'd rather see a monkey get elected over McCain. It might even do a better job. If he got elected, I would seriously consider moving to Canada. McCain may have better ideas about certain things like the war and so on, but I don't care. I can't care. Because he is against treating people like people. He thinks certain people are beneath him. And why's that? Because he's a Christian? Aren't Christians supposed to be understanding and loving? I'm a Christian, supposedly. I believe in the message of Christianity, not what Christianity preaches. The message of Christianity, to me, is that you should love everybody, despite differences.

McCain? Well. He doesn't seem to care that I'm a person. I don't count, when it comes to him. Maybe it seems that I'm taking this too personally. I don't really think that I am though. I think I'm completely in line. What he wants to do is take away one of my basic rights as a human. To get married, to chose the person I want to be with publicly accepted... how is that so wrong? How is it wrong that maybe I love someone for who they are and not what they are? Isn't that the real Christian message? So how is that wrong?

This is the part I don't understand. How could someone try to take that away from me? Someone I've never even met wants to take away from me what every little girl dreams about. Every girl dreams of one day getting married, celebrating her love for someone with her family and friends. And now this man comes along and tells me I can't because I'm different. That's no good reason.

Come to think of it, I don't know of any good reasons to not allow gay marriage. I can't get married because if I do, I won't be able to procreate? Well, then maybe we should have a ban against the elderly and disabled getting married. I can't get married because it may lead to other things such as people marrying pets? Here's a newsflash, A dog isn't a consenting adult.

What about separation of church and state?  Why should my country determine if I can or cannot marry?  Isn't that the church's decision?  So gay marriage isn't really church-friendly.  However, that doesn't mean there is anything wrong with civil union.  Civil union isn't marriage, and because of that, the church should not have a say.  So why do we keep bringing it back to the point that gay marriage doesn't agree with God?  Maybe some people don't even believe in God.  Why should this "entity" that isn't even believed in control the lives of the people that don't even believe it its existence? 

The list can go on, but that wasn’t my point. The point is that I don’t understand. I don’t understand why someone would vote for someone that would take away a person’s feeling of pride. I am not scum; do not treat me like scum. It is none of your business what I do with my personal life, just as it is none of my business what you do with yours. So why should it have the chance to matter what I prefer or what you prefer? Christopher Morley once said, “There is only one success- to be able to spend your life in your own way.” I would, if I’m given the chance. There’s really not much left to say about the matter. Unfortunately, this is a “with me or against me” type of situation, and I don’t usually agree with those. I wish it didn’t have to be, but being a person, I feel that a deserve to be treated as one. That’s all I ask.