Basically, there is now a nudist hiking trail in Germany. How cool is that?
THINK by Lisa Bloom, who was on The Doctors and The Talk this last week shows how bad the situation is for Americans. Although women are finally getting better grade-wise across the board and earning more in some areas of the country, we are still far behind the rest of the world. There are several countries who consistently outperform us in all categories of education.
I think that a large part of the issue, not in education but in the fact that there are several countries who have or have had female heads of state long before us, is that we are still holding on to many Puritanical points of view in this country regarding our governments policies in spite of the constitutional separation of Church and State.
Same-sex marriage, prostitution, abortion, guns and drugs being a few large issues.
Same-sex marriage:
None of the governments business and should not even be a discussion as the only arguments I have heard to make it illegal are all religious and have no Constitutional right to be argued in any governmental setting as a reason to bar it.
None of anyone elses business except the two people entering in to the union either. Since when do people have the right to tell others what they can do with their lives? Unfortunately, I am going to have to say that if same-sex couples want to get married in church they will have to find one who accepts gay people as there is no way to force a church to do so, for the same reasons that the church should not try to stop people from getting married secularly.
And on kind of the same note, if the religious right wants religious law to be part of the secular law then they should immediately give up their tax exempt status because you can't have it both ways, boys.Prostitution:
Okay, since when does the government have the right to tell people what they can and can't do with their bodies? It should be treated as a service like any other. Licensed, regulated and taxed. Do you know how much money the government could make? Prostitutes, sex companions, or my favorite from a JD Robb series, licensed companion; whatever you call them, have them keep up-to-date medical records like the porn industry is already doing. Licenses for various levels starting at street level and moving up to well-educated through schooling and certification.
Abortion:
While I am not in favor of it as a form of birth control, I have nothing against it in many cases; rape/incest, where death of mother or child is a possibility, or extreme levels of deformity for the child. I am extremely irate to know that in many cases aid to other countries hinges on abortion not being an option, no posters or literature are allowed even though it is an option here in America.
Guns:
This is such a loaded issue...no pun intended. I think guns should be in every household and that a gun safety/awareness curriculum should be started at home at a very young age and in school from 1st grade. For that matter, so should some form of self-defense program. That would be perfect in place of PE. The children would still be getting a workout just one with a purpose. Knowing how to use a gun or protect yourself would not promote violence, rather it would lower the instances of bullying and gun violence in schools simply because it would be an everyday part of life and respect and realism would be taught to everyone. Many of the issues with guns and children is simply because they are not shown proper respect for them and the only way they are even seeing them is in movies and video games. If they were taught how to use them and care for them properly they would know the safe ways to use them and the reality behind them.
Drugs:
Oh for crying out loud. Again, since when is it ok for others to tell us what we can and cannot do? Make all drugs legal. If you hurt someone to get drugs or while on drugs, it was your choice to take them and you should be punished for that crime. As in the case of prostitution, think of how much money the government would have from taxing, regulating and selling drugs.
Personal Responsibility people!!!
No more diminished capacity. You decide to take drugs and you hurt someone you takes your punishment. Period. Just treat it like alcohol, which is a drug. Hello.
The major thing with all of these is that the government should not have a right to dictate what we as adults choose to do. 'You' do not have a right to decide what 'I' do, unless or until what 'I' do causes 'you' physical harm. Then that physical harm is punished.
'Your' religious belief should also never be used to make a law either because as there is freedom of religion that also comes with separation of church and state which means the morals of a religion should not enter into secular law unless there is also an ethical equivalent; Thou shalt not kill comes to mind. Basically anything that infringes on someone else's physical health only.
Am I the only one that makes sense to?
We as adults in a free society should have the right to decide what we do in our own personal lives as long as that does not cause harm to another person. Why is that so hard? Why are we so insistent upon everyone doing everything our way? We won't even know or see a millionth of the people any of it affects so why do we care so much? How do we feel so entitled as to say that our way is the right way and everyone must do as we want?
And that's My 25 cents...
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