The More I Think About It...

Reasons to Allow Gay Marriage

2009-05-30T12:33:00.000-07:00

I thought of this one yesterday: There'd be no marriage just because one got the other pregnant.

How I Really Feel About Miss California

2009-05-30T10:22:00.000-07:00

Warning: strong, blunt language ahead.

So, Miss California is way overly publicized.

Yes, she's ignorant and she showed that on a public stage. I want her fake boobs to pop. They're not Christian-like.

But that's not why I dislike her.

She says to the world that she does not support same-sex marriage. Okay, we got that. You don't believe gays should be allowed to marry. Thanks for that, Carrie. You'll forever be known as the bigot beauty queen...simple as that.

Then she says that she wishes Adam Lambert, an American Idol runner-up and openly gay man, had won American Idol. (Please note that I only watched this season because of Adam and because my wife and I are friends with some of his family members.)

Let the ranting commence.

Who the fuck does this bitch think she fuckin' is? You think you can enjoy what the gay community offers and be opposed to our equality and think you can just go about your fucking day without someone having a damn problem with it?

Carrie, who does your hair, make-up, etc? Seriously, I'd love to know. But more importantly, I'd love to know their orientation. You probably wouldn't look as "fabu-gross" as you did during your precious little pageants.

Carrie Prejean, FUCK OFF. You're an ignorant asshole that does not think before she speaks. You are in the national spotlight. Fuckin' think before you say things that the rest of the intellectual world will break apart, rightfully so.

No Marriage for Anyone - THAT'S Equality!

2009-05-30T09:37:00.000-07:00

So, the big kids in charge wanna play around in my sandbox after I asked them politely not to. Now everything is a hot mess and there's 2 different classifications of gays: married and not allowed to get married. I mean, really?

We're way too awesome to allow this to happen. Some clergy in California believe as we do as well.

This is beautiful.

(Psss....karma's a bitch).

Now, let's take it nationwide!

http://politicolnews.com/pastors-no-marriage-for-anyone/

So, I Make A Return to this Blog

2009-05-30T09:14:00.000-07:00

As we arrived at the Waterfront on Tuesday, we noticed that camera crews were looking for people to interview at the protest, so since Amanda and I are a couple getting to keep our marriage (how ridiculous does that sound?) I decided to see if someone maybe wanted to interview us. It worked. Here's the link to the interview:

http://bit.ly/U1mNj

This is Amanda and my personal video of the Portland Prop 8 Protest.

Another Prop 8 P'land Protest vid I forgot about. We come into frame @ :17 and camera follows me as I yell @ :28.

California Decides to Hear Us Out!

2009-02-03T16:45:00.000-08:00

Here's an email I just received from Equality California.

The California Supreme Court announced today that it will hear oral arguments on Thursday, March 5, 2009 in the Proposition 8 legal challenge.

On November 19, 2008, the California Supreme Court agreed to hear the legal challenges to Proposition 8 and set an expedited schedule. Briefing in the case was completed on January 21, 2009.

The California Supreme Court must issue its decisions within 90 days of oral argument.

On January 15, 2009, 43 friend-of-the-court briefs urging the Court to invalidate Prop 8 were filed, arguing that Proposition 8 drastically alters the equal protection guarantee in California’s Constitution and that the rights of a minority cannot be eliminated by a simple majority vote. The supporters represent the full gamut of California’s and the nation’s civil rights organizations and legal scholars, as well as California legislators, local governments, bar associations, business interests, labor unions, and religious groups.

In May of 2008, the California Supreme Court held that laws that treat people differently based on their sexual orientation violate the equal protection clause of the California Constitution and that same-sex couples have the same fundamental right to marry as other Californians. Proposition 8 eliminated this fundamental right only for same-sex couples. No other initiative has ever successfully changed the California Constitution to take away a right only from a targeted minority group. Proposition 8 passed by a bare majority of 52 percent on November 4.

The National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal, and the ACLU filed this challenge on November 5, representing Equality California, whose members include many same-sex couples who married between June 16 and November 4, 2008, and six same-sex couples who want to marry in California. The California Supreme Court has also agreed to hear two other challenges filed on the same day: one filed by the City and County of San Francisco (joined by Santa Clara County and the City of Los Angeles, and subsequently by Los Angeles County and other local governments); and another filed by a private attorney.

Serving as co-counsel on the case with NCLR, Lambda Legal, and the ACLU are the Law Office of David C. Codell, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

One of the Top 5 Reasons...

2009-01-30T00:17:00.000-08:00

I voted for Obama.

I'm smiling.

LINK.

Bipartisan Change. When will it happen?

2009-01-29T13:34:00.000-08:00

Here's a nice lil email I received from MoveOn.org this morning.

Did you see how many Republicans voted for President Obama's stimulus package in the House yesterday?
None. Seriously, not a single one.
Americans voted overwhelmingly for change in November. We voted for an end to the partisan bickering and political games that are destroying our politics. And President Obama bent over backwards to get House Republicans to craft a bipartisan bill, to no avail.
As the bill moves to the Senate, we need bipartisan support, or the stimulus won't pass. Senate Republicans need to know they have a clear choice: support a stimulus package that will put millions of Americans back to work, or continue to play the games that got us into this mess.
We've put together a powerful new ad to pressure the key senators. Can you chip in $25 to get it on the air immediately?
https://pol.moveon.org/donate/recovery_ad.html?id=15461-10318075-m5dagXx&t=3
President Obama spent hours meeting with Republican leaders personally. He made painful compromises to win them over.2
But Republicans refused to play ball. They're insisting on a plan that doesn't invest a cent in green jobs or health care or education. They just want more tax cuts for the rich and for corporations, even though that's part of what got us into this mess.3
GOP leaders will get their way—unless we can convince a few Republican senators who are on the fence.

New Post on Our Blog

2008-12-23T18:14:00.000-08:00

New post on Amanda and my blog and, like, 4 videos.

Holla.

-Scarlet

Glad to Know Someone Can Afford a New Home

2008-12-04T15:14:00.000-08:00

For the past 2 or 3 days, I've been having to walk an hour to get to work and school...and it's not exactly warm here. The reason is because a lot of my pay has been really messed up and we don't have any extra spending money, (i.e. buying a $2.00 bus pass). I've been living off of $4 the past week.

So, we finally had to resort to attempting to take out a loan for just a few thousand dollars just to pay for some much needed essentials. By the grace of God, we were approved. The banker even told my wife that he was surprised that we were approved due to the economy sucking right now. Then he told Amanda about how someone with a credit score of 800 tried to get a home loan just a couple days before and was disapproved. How does this happen? How?

At least I can sleep soundly tonight with my $4 tucked away knowing that our dear fucking President has no problem purchasing a new home in Dallas.

I hope I'm not the only one having some issues with this picture.

Bring my America back.

-Scarlet

Prop 8 - The Musical

2008-12-03T16:52:00.000-08:00

This is wonderful. This is just want I needed to make me smile right now.

Everything said in this musical is funny, yes, but so very true.

-Scarlet

Go Florida, Til It's Your Wedding Day, Protest Til It's Your Wedding Day...haha

2008-12-02T05:10:00.000-08:00

No, we're not going away. Not gonna happen. Deal with it.

If you are not a hata (that's hater for all you that don't know) and live in or around the First United Methodist Church of St. Petersburg, FL (here's the address:212 3rd St N, St Petersburg, FL 33701...oh, and phone number: (727) 894-4661) and want to participate in this protest against equal HUMAN rights on Dec 12th, then slap on a pink shirt (that's what the protesters/congratulaters are wearing) and head on over to Gov. Crist's wedding. Should be loads of fun.

Or if you are a hata then meet up with the Westboro Baptist Church members who will most likely be protesting the protesters/congratulaters. Just remember to wear your Godhatesfags.com t-shirt.

Power to the people.
Peace.
Love.

Holla peoples.

Some Interesting Things

2008-11-25T15:58:00.000-08:00

I thought this was a pretty awesome sight. I still can't believe it sometimes. Just last night I had a dream we lost and then...I woke up :D

Now some news.

Gays making another move. "THAT'S THE WAY IT GO..."

Devil loses voice.

Somebody feels the same way as I do about the question.

If you're in the Sac-town area and are against this BS Prop 8, check this out. Somebody go in my place!!

That's it for now. Sorry for nothing original. Just some cool stuff I wanted to get out to the peeps.

-Scarlet

Laughs @ The Hatemongers

2008-11-24T17:49:00.000-08:00

I love it.

We stumped the Fred Phelps Hatemongers! They are soooo blinded with their hate that they completely overlooked one small detail. (Psss...we don't have a Swedish Consulate...shhhh).

They spend God knows how much money to fly out here, protest us, not hear us out or even hold a civil conversation with us just to show their hatred toward what? Neutral bathrooms at Portland State? A Swedish Consulate, which I've already mentioned, which doesn't even exist anymore? And a German Consulate? And then they drove to Silverton to protest outside of Silverton's mayor's office, who happens to be a male to female transgender woman and then protest a church in Silverton because they've allowed this mayor to even exist.

Why not spend that money to send to a charity?? I don't know? Do something, ANYTHING, out of the example that Jesus set for us: LOVE.

I've always been a bit curious and interesting in loonies (i.e. Hitler, the Phelps clan), but these people are the exact reason as to why gays will go to hell. Slam the door in our faces and straight up tell us we're going to hell and that God hates us and give us no reasoning other than your hateful yelling and psychedelic-colored signs.

Portland welcomes you back anytime...just somebody let me know they're coming a little more in advance so I can make my own crazy God Hates (fill the blank) sign.

Please note: I welcome all Christians opinions on this cult. Do they represent the God that saved you from hell? They don't represent my God, by far!!

Well, that's all for now about these crazies.

Peace, love.

-Scarlet

Fred Phelps & Gang in Portland Today

2008-11-24T10:28:00.001-08:00

Looks like Fred Phelps and his gangs of thugs have found us tucked away in Portland as well.

I feel honored.

Godhatesfags.com

I Thought Everyone Liked Us

2008-11-20T09:51:00.000-08:00

This video speaks louder than words.

We obviously have some cleaning up to do.

Bring on a leader that can hold their friggin' head up while amongst other world leaders and can restore our rep.

Sad, sad, sad.

Sad little man.

Thanks for absolutely nothing, Prez Little Man.

Now Sponsoring Anyone Claiming to Never Met a Gay Person

2008-11-17T23:20:00.000-08:00

Ain't karma a bitch?

If that link isn't the best example of "what goes around...", then I'm not sure of a better one at this moment.

Now, a lot of people, thanks to the media, think that all gay rights supporters are just vandalizing the entire world and ready to tear someone's face off over the passing of proposition 8. The truth is, not everyone is.

Amanda and I are 1 of the 11,000 couples that married legally during those few months in California. We are truly the few out of the many. If anyone in the world should be pissed off, shouldn't it be us? Naturally, I believe so but we're not.

Before I explain why, let me just say THANK YOU! to the people protesting around the nation (not rioting, like the news has said) and working your ass off on our behalf. We wouldn't have come this far without our supporters and just the people that "get it". If I had more time in my day, more money in my banking account, and more patience about subjects that I feel strongly about then I would be doing what I could 24/7 to fight back at this ridiculous ban. But, the truth is, I can't. Not right now.

Now, why are we not completely pissed off about prop 8? Well, first off, we have to maintain our relationship with one another. Getting emotional about something like this only leads couples to take their anger out on one another. I admit, I let this passing of prop 8 overshadow Barack's victory. I was very "whatever" about the whole election night because I knew that prop 8 was going to pass. It was a gut instinct, no real deep research was accomplished on my behalf. So I just headed to bed after his speech and let the whole thing just sit with me a few days and then I started to get mad and I did take it out on Amanda, the last person in the world I should have even thought about turning against. But then she said, "If you're pissed off at something that's going on outside in the world, don't blame me for it." And she was right and I have to continue to remind myself about that everyday.

I let prop 8 control me for about a day and a half, but it doesn't anymore. The world is a huge place. Bigger than I could ever imagine. There are people at this very moment, sitting in offices around the world planning out terrible laws and plans, etc. to oppress and hurt others. By sitting in my home, where I am suppose to find solace, and getting pissed off over something that is out of my hands at this moment, I accomplish nothing.

We still wear our rings. We still call each other our "wife" when referring to each other to someone else. We still sleep in the same bed with our dogs. We remind each other of how much we love one another everyday, several, several times a day. We laugh and laugh...and laugh. We're good people and we pose no threat to anyone. I would consider us some of the most down-to-earth, normal people you could ever meet. Ask the people that know us best and I'd bet money that no one would disagree.

But I guess some people see otherwise. In fact, I know it.

In my past, I've met people who have reacted to my being gay with a very "Oh, my God" type of reaction. If they didn't say it verbally, they're body language screamed it. Some of those people are still cool with me, some have fell off my radar. But I wish that I could just sponsor someone that claims to never have met a gay person. I want to meet those people. I want to talk to them very deeply and answer all of their questions very honestly. I want a no-holds-barred interview for hours and hours in a coffee shop, all drinks on me. I want to open someone's eyes about this. I want to show them that the lies are just that, lies. We're not the boogie man in the middle of the night. We are people that are capable of maintaining self-control and monogamous relationships, unlike the stereotypes portray us as. I want the truth spread, not dirty money to oppress people that just want to love one another. I want understanding and peace.

Plain and simple.

But until that happens, the fight continues and money that could be spent to spread the word of God, is instead spent to spread the trend of hate.

Much love and PEACE.

-Scarlet

Change Is Coming

2008-11-10T15:12:00.001-08:00

I hope they're discussing pimpin' that oval office out!

Somebody get Xzibit on the phone!

Gotsss To Be Kidding

2008-11-07T09:01:00.001-08:00

Nightmare's not over.

She's not going away.

One day we didn't know one thing about her.

The next she's everywhere.

Election's over. She lost. Now we learn that she thought Africa was just a country, not a slew of countries.

NOW she thinks that 2 months of the spotlight has given her enough "experience" to be on Obama's team.

If I were Obama, I would accept her stupid request of wanting to be Ambassador to, none other but, Africa, but only under my terms: that I get to bitch slap you every morning before the daily huddles.

Time's not giving this lady knowledge about jack. We've seen this. Other routes will have to be taken.

Now, let me say, the above suggestion is a joke. I do not support violence in any way. It's simply meant to be funny, just like her request to Obama.

Oh, you don't know who I'm talking about?

My bad?

Here.

Idiot of the Day

2008-11-06T18:50:00.000-08:00

Okay, so as my last post suggested, when I feel moved to write about something then I'll know and write about it, but I didn't know what it would be about.

Well, kinda disappointing to myself, the first post-election post is about, you guessed it, politics.

I don't really want to talk about it that much because I'm kind of busy right now with homework, but since the election has been over, it just seems that there has been a McCain supporters' movement or something. Not all McCain supporters, just the negative ones as usual...and even a couple of closet supporters I didn't know about until they started spouting off.

It started the day before the election, escalated the election day and then came to a halt for about 3 hours after Obama was declared the winner and then peaked with utter hatred the next morning.

I saw NONE of this during the entire election season and then, what?, a day before the election you want to start campaigning? No, that's not how it works if you are truly passionate and are aware of the importance of a win by your party. That's just with people that I know personally.

Another problem I have is that when I confront these people, there have been about 7 or 8 of them, about some really negative and flat out wrong comments they've made about Obama, I hear nothing back. Nothing. I'm not sure why. There must have just been an error message after hitting the send button and they didn't bother to figure out why and just forgot about getting back to me in the future. I dunno.

Now to the people I don't personally know and hope to God never know.

Introducing Michele Bachmann.

Michele!

WE DON'T WANT YOUR SUPPORT NOW!

GO TO HELL!

THANKS!

Blessed Beyond Repair

2008-11-05T05:14:00.000-08:00

Breathe in.

Breathe out.

Today is a new day.

Alabama Crimson Tide is seated as #1 in the country.

Barack Obama is our soon-to-be new leader.

Proposition 8 may actually pass, but the president elect is just proof that Prop 8 will soon be an issue brushed off by the majority.

I have my health, my pups, and the love of my life with me.

And I'm alive.

What more could I ask for?

Blessed beyond repair.

There's going to be some changes I'm making with this blog.

First, the blog description. It's going away. I want this blog to just be dedicated to thinks through life that really make me think. Before last night, I wanted to get the message out to everyone, but I feel I've done that and in a small way, succeeded the best way I knew how.

And secondly, which I kind of just said, the content is gonna change a bit. Right now I don't exactly know how, but when I feel compelled to write about something then you, along with myself, will find out.

Peace and love to the max and that's real talk.

-Scarlet

Maybe a Bit Too Early, But Whuteva

2008-11-04T19:45:00.001-08:00

It's pretty much over.

Obama's got this in the bag.

It's really really quiet on the Republican side. No comments, etc. on myspace, facebook, tv, etc. Hmmm.

Stop acting like you didn't know this wasn't going to happen.

I've still to hear a convincing reason why McCain should have won this presidency...

The only logical reason is that aliens have seriously taken over the GOP's minds and they simply can't help themselves. That's the ONLY reason I've found.

POP DA BUBBLAY!

Now, will I be able to get to sleep tonight?

**Update (next morning): At the time of this writing the "bubblay" had already been popped so I spewed off at the mouth toward the GOP supporters which I now regret. I do not dislike GOP supporters, only the hostile, mean-spirited ones (that goes for Dems as well). So if you are neither of these, then it was not aimed at you.

Peace.

-Scarlet

6 Days To Go

2008-10-29T07:11:00.001-07:00

I'm back. For a minute at least or while I have a free moment.

I have to be honest.

It's been a while since I've gotten on this once overly-blogged blog and blogged. (How many times can you say blog in one sentence?)

I had a 2 week vacation in between classes and that's when I was really in the heat of things with the election.

Well, first off, I'm sorry to everyone that reads because I, in a way, feel like I'm letting someone down by not keeping it up to date, etc.

But my reasons are:

- School started again. That is my social life, as of late.

- The economic crisis. That completely knocked me off this horse.

- The top of my head felt like it was going to explode from all the negativity I was hearing and continue to hear from the McCain campaign, plus I started to have a lot of doubts on a lot of issues. (These issues go waaaay deeper than just Democrat vs Republican. They are more like world domination-based.) I don't even want to go into it cause it makes me sick to think about it. But if you read some of my latest blogs then you'll see where I'm coming from.

- My entire emotional, spiritual, etc. status began to get all in a frinzey with the politics and "chess moves".

- And lastly, Sarah Palin. I'm still waiting for Mitt Romney to jump out of her body like a hot chick from a birthday cake and say, "Surprise!" But no. She is the reality and that scares the sucking fhit out of me.

Well, needless to say, I'm behind on my politics. I'm not the "read every blog and every issue" girl anymore. I realized where that takes me and I was miserable at times. So yes, I am behind. I honestly don't even know what the whole Joe the Plumber is about. I'm that far out of it. All the latest and greatest that I've seen is that the racism on the Republican side has stepped it up 37 knotches. They are NOT shy about it now. The n-word seems to be cause on camera everyday by a McCain supporter everyday lately. That's all I've seen.

So, with only 6 days in this "is it ever gonna get it here" election, I have to say that I have submitted my vote for Obama and that's that. If I helped enlighten anyone or encourage you, then that was what it was all about. Most people, like my present-day self, didn't have the privilege to get into the meat of the issues and learn it all. That's where I put myself for those people for that little while and that was the point.

I'll continue updating, no doubt, loosely, especially with the holidays coming up and school almost at the mid-term now. But we have 6 days to wait and see where our hard work has taken us.

-Later

Scarlet

The Test

2008-10-15T19:08:00.001-07:00

You Are Not Good For Children and Other Living Things

2008-10-12T14:30:00.000-07:00

Amazing (in a very bad way).

Not sure when love will start to outweigh hate, but it's overdue if you ask me.

JFK Audio

2008-10-12T14:23:00.000-07:00

Looks like some new pre-presidential JFK audio will be revealed tonight on Meet the Press with Tom "You Only Have One Minute!" Brokaw.

Sounds to be rather groundbreaking.

I'm tuning in.

**Update: (Oct 29, 2008) I still have not seen this video/audio. Google brings nothing solid up for me. If you find anything, please pass along. Thanks.