Bummed Out

Rant Alert!!!!

I am in a post USA election funk! It is not even my country but I still feel bummed-out over last night. Of particular disappointment to me was the defeat of the same sex marriage bill in the State of Maine. This bill overturned an earlier decision to allow people who love each other to get married in Maine. The reversal of this decision was promoted and openly financed by various Churches and other homophobic right-wing organizations whose goal is to force their own misguided "morals" down everyone else's throat.

I support the comment made by Jesse Ventura on the issue:

"You can't put a civil rights issue on the ballot and let the people decide. You have to have elected officials to who have courage to make the right decision. If you left it up to the people, we'd have slavery, depending on how you worded it."

• Former Minnesota Governor and pro wrestler Jesse Ventura, responding to Maine's vote on CNN last night.

Jesse is right. The USA appears to be only one vote away from from kicking non-white kids out of their schools and sending them and their parents to the back of the bus again. I thought (hoped) that a self-proclaimed civilized society had progressed beyond the dark ages, but I was wrong. You cannot trust people to vote on human rights, period. Someone has to be the grown-up and make the proper decisions.

Washington State voters did pass a watered down version of the Bill but with very wishy washy language. A same sex marriage in that State is now “almost”, just about”, “sort of” equal to an opposite sex marriage but “not quite” and can't actually be called a “marriage”. Hate and Homophobia reign!

BUT

On the bright side, Carrie Prejean, the homophobic former Miss California who claims “God” was whispering in her ear when she gave her ignorant and hateful answer to a same sex marriage question during the Miss California competition has just made new headlines! A video has surfaced of the pure little Ms Prejean starring in her own little “hand-made” porn production. It seems she could not afford to hire a co-star so she went the distance solo, if you get my drift. A few minutes of this little production was shown to the pious little miss goody two shoes while she and her lawyers were in a conference with pageant officials over her lawsuits with the pageant after they blurted out that they had paid for her boob job and they now want their money back. She counter-sued for a million because now everyone knows she had a boob job. This was fun enough by itself and now the video surfaces and everyone can see her “handiwork”! She walked out of the meeting and the lawsuit "empty handed". This almost makes up for the voters of Maine ruining my day! Almost but not quite...

There! I feel better. The soapbox is stashed away again (for now). Back to thinking about Mexico.

EDIT: OK, I lied. Here is one more tidbit from TMZ:

"We have more info on Carrie Prejean's abrupt about-face during the settlement negotiations with Miss California USA lawyers -- when they showed her the X-Rated version of Home Alone ... starring Carrie herself. When the video started playing, Carrie's first reaction was "that's disgusting" ... and Carrie denied it was her. Then, the camera angle changed ... and panned up to her face. She was caught red-handed ... so to speak. Carrie was rendered speechless and immediately began talking with her lawyer. We're told it took about 15 seconds for Carrie to drop her $1 million dollar demand."

And from the Conservative website Idiocratic:

"So – my fellow conservatives – Was defending Carrie Prejean worth it or did we prop her up on a pedestal a little too soon? Was it really a good idea to see her as our poster girl just because we salivated over a few sentences that she uttered at a beauty pageant? We should have known better using a beauty queen to try to get our message across. What were we thinking? And yes, I am sure that we can thank our good friends on the left for digging up these uncomplimentary images and video about Prejean. That’s what they do best. But if the allegations are true, then Prejean is a hypocrite and we all look like idiots. The point is, we can’t just go embracing every Tom, Dick, and Harry out there that says they are opposed to gay marriage. Maybe we should do a little of our own digging next time? "

I'll stop this soon. I promise! The thing is, it is fine for her to have her opinions and indulge in a little self amusement once in a while. No problem! What is not OK is that she is such a biggoted hypocrite and is given full access to the airwaves to spew out her hatred. Why can't we all just get along?