So, I'm going to have another baby. Ben helped, too, so I guess I should say we. But I'll be the one doing the having...so I get to say "I". :-)
We don't know if it's a boy or a girl yet, though my RIDICULOUS morning sickness makes Ben hope it's a boy.
BeeBoo talks about the baby in her tummy. :-D
The baby's due on Bee's birthday. Right in the middle of finals week....
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Frustrating
So, I'm glad that I don't live in California. Because that means I don't have to vote on Proposition 8. I don't understand the whole thing, really. The full text of the thing just states that the California constitution will now include a clause defining marriage as being between a man and a woman.
I personally think that that's the ideal situation. Heck, it's the way I'm going to raise BeeBoo and whatever babies follow. What I get confused about, though, is why something so linked to religion needs to be politicized.
I've really been generating ulcers about the fact that the LDS church has decided to be SO actively involved in the process. It's beyond just the normal "get out and vote the way you feel is right." In a recent broadcast they've asked people to commit to vote a certain way, and to convince other people to do so. It just seems so out of the norm for what I'm used to.
Probably the thing that has nagged me most is a discussion we had with some folks while visiting family. Both people in this couple insisted on browbeating me into the idea that voting for Proposition 8 is the only option as a good Mormon, if I lived in CA and could do so. One of the arguments that the wife used was that the Catholic church was going to lose its tax-exempt status because their social services won't adopt out to gay couples. That made me think about the consequences for the Church and not performing same-sex marriages in the temple...so I thought maybe she had a point. Well, turns out, it's bunk. The Catholic church may lose money from secular organizations that are subject to non-discrimination laws and therefore can't fund Catholic social services, but the church itself won't be harmed. I HATE WHEN PEOPLE BUILD ARGUMENTS ON THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE.
Mostly because it just confuses me even more on an issue that I just don't know how to feel about.
I personally think that that's the ideal situation. Heck, it's the way I'm going to raise BeeBoo and whatever babies follow. What I get confused about, though, is why something so linked to religion needs to be politicized.
I've really been generating ulcers about the fact that the LDS church has decided to be SO actively involved in the process. It's beyond just the normal "get out and vote the way you feel is right." In a recent broadcast they've asked people to commit to vote a certain way, and to convince other people to do so. It just seems so out of the norm for what I'm used to.
Probably the thing that has nagged me most is a discussion we had with some folks while visiting family. Both people in this couple insisted on browbeating me into the idea that voting for Proposition 8 is the only option as a good Mormon, if I lived in CA and could do so. One of the arguments that the wife used was that the Catholic church was going to lose its tax-exempt status because their social services won't adopt out to gay couples. That made me think about the consequences for the Church and not performing same-sex marriages in the temple...so I thought maybe she had a point. Well, turns out, it's bunk. The Catholic church may lose money from secular organizations that are subject to non-discrimination laws and therefore can't fund Catholic social services, but the church itself won't be harmed. I HATE WHEN PEOPLE BUILD ARGUMENTS ON THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE.
Mostly because it just confuses me even more on an issue that I just don't know how to feel about.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Sooooooo sick
So, if I manage to make it through two hours of teaching without puking in front of my students, I will consider today a grand success.
I just want to go home.
I just want to go home.
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