what are we really saying?
I was going through some essays this morning and found an essay I wrote back in 2004. how scary is it that it's still so applicable two-years later. Nowhere in the first sentence, or throughout the entire Declaration of Independence does it say that all men, “barring homosexuals” are created equal - That said if anyone was hip to homos, it was Jefferson. After all, he was bending the wife of France’s foremost artist, Richard Cosway. And in the event, one pious zealot or another chooses to wail, “Our Creator defines homosexuality as a sin.” I have this to say, with all of the perks so many religions are now offering; the competition for parishioners is fierce. Is it really wise to alienate such a diverse voting population? The Constitution was written to insure the preservation of independence, equality and freedom for every American. Yet, Bush, who, by the way has single handedly motivated me to wax completely, is proposing we forego the institution this great country was founded u...