Gay Sa Ra Sa Ra

It is obviously a slow news day today because all you are hearing about is Carrie Prejean.

For those of you who do not know who Ms. Prejean is ... She is Miss California and a Miss America contestant who openly and publicly stated she was against gay marriages.

BIG deal! She's against gay marriages! So she isn't entitled to her opinion? To her views and beliefs?

While I don't agree with Ms. Prejean, I do support her point of view and right to express it.

It's perfectly okay to disagree with someone. But do we have to be nasty and hateful while doing it?

Why can't the woman have an opinion? And why does some individuals in the media find it perfectly okay to make her look bad in order to prove their point?


Take Perez Hilton. PLEASE! (*LOL*) Chez Perez didn't exactly handle Ms. Prejean's views very well. In fact, he, as well as many in the media and in the gay community, are actually hurting the cause with their bashing of Ms. Prejean.

I'm all for voicing an opinion. But do you have to tear someone else down while doing it?

I learned the hard way this isn't how you get your point across. And it certainly isn't how you encourage others to see things your way.

Now with respect to Gay marriage. I really don't see a problem with it. In fact, I believe they should be allowed to be married and that that marriage be acknowledged and accepted by the state. Plain & simple.

All marriages performed in a church are civil ceremonies. They have to be legalized by the state it is held in. Marriages performed in church are just for show and nothing more.

Anybody remember 'separation of Church & State'?

Someone actually stated that 'God' doesn't acknowledge a marriage outside church. Well perhaps their god doesn't. And that's cool! But what if you are a Buddhist or a Muslim or a Pagan? What about atheists?

What about all those folks who got married out in a park or under the water or while sky diving? hmmmm?

I think you get my point.

And I just have to ask. Why should gays be denied all the joys and bliss of getting married and, god/goddess forbid, should the time come, be denied all the pain and agony of divorce?

The way I see it, divorce lawyers, marriage counselors, wedding planners, reception halls, etc. are missing out on a golden opportunity! Lots of money to made here!

Talk about stimulating the economy! Whoa Nelly!

I find it shameful that a gay couple, two human beings who love each other and are devoted to each other, be denied to take care of each other in the same manner as a heterosexual couple.

At the same time, I find it painfully shameful that people in general cannot be gracious enough to respect other's opinions. Especially and particularly if that opinion differs from your own.

Again, while I do not agree with Ms. Prejean's views and opinions, I will defend her right to have them and express them.

And as far as Perez Hilton, et.al is concerned ... they would do well to pick up a copy of Dale Carnegie's best seller How To win Friends & Influence People and start applying it's principles.

It has helped me (not to mention countless others) in finding a much better way of handling differences of opinions.

Speaking from experience, it's better to be thought a fool ... than open your mouth and remove all doubt!