why gay marriage should be prohibited

Here's something I saw posted elsewhere and thought makes the point quite well.

1) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, liposuction and air conditioning.

2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Brittany Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

8) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

9) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans...

3.0.

Today I am officially old.

But that's okay. I get to play with legos and trains and playdough all day at work. I am vicariously young.

Really though, 30 isn't that big of a deal to me. Once I get to 50, that will be a big deal. And scary.

Now I am going to go buy some yarn as a treat to myself. Though it's going to be used for xmas presents for other people, so I guess it is mostly a treat to them! I did a very knit-geeky thing yesterday though. I made an excel spreadsheet of all my projects. Current projects, finished projects, projects that are on hold indefinitely, and the one that is the craziest - projects that I have bought yarn for but that I haven't started. That last list is way too long. Yet I am going to go buy more yarn now anyway. It's my birthday; I can if I want!

socks finished!

Just a quick note to say I finished my sockapal2za socks! I forgot to take pictures before I mailed them out though. No worries, the second one looks quite similar to the first one. After completing them, I decided that I wasn't too sure that my sock pal would be too fond of the ankle socks though, so I included some extra yarn in case she wants to pick up stitches and make it longer. Hindsight and all that. I do hope she likes them though.

Voldemort Can't Stop the Rock!

The Harry and the Potters website made me laugh so hard. Oh my goodness. You must listen to the songs and read the captions to the pictures. Though of course they are funnier if you have actually read the books and/or seen the movies.

Ree-ta Skee-ter bet-ter shut her mouth be-fore she gets in trouble!

As Tim said, they get an A for effort.

packing up

We leave tomorrow early morning on our Arizona trip. I have a very long list of things to do before we leave. So far today I have changed kitty litter; trimmed kitty claws so that they wont tear up furniture when we are gone; cleaned up another huge line of ants (ARGH!); and vacuumed and mopped the living room, dining room, kitchen, guest bath and hallway.

I still need to mow the grass in the backyard, water all my plants, do laundry, do some dishes, take out the trash, get gas for the car, drop something off at work so someone can sub for me next week, and put post-its all over the house to make it easier for Matt to remember what all needs to be done when he comes by the house. Tonight, Tim is going to help me clean the fishtank, go grocery shopping for roadtrip snacks, and build a moat around the cat food so that the ants don't have a crazy fiesta while we are away.

Getting ready for a trip is hard, but I think I make it harder because I like the house to be clean when I get home. I don't like coming home and looking around to see a lot of stuff that needs to be done. Plus I want to get the house as clean as possible so that there is nothing even tempting to the ants to invade our house while we are gone. I'm sure Matt will appreciate that as well.

I'm also sure that this entry was an incredibly interesting read.

Have a good long weekend, everyone!