Ugh...ugh ugh ugh...that is the only sound I can make as of late with all the awkward, annoying, and disturbing news I've had the unfortunate opportunity to read. Unfortunate, not because I could read about it, but because of what the news contained.
The first news report comes from Rachel Maddow's Facebook who relayed this news article; (http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/meet-mccrorys-top-environmental-official)
"World Net Daily occasionally influences politicians like Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), but in general, most sensible folks have some rudimentary understanding of where oil comes from. Weird extremists have a very limited ability to influence public policy.
But consider this recent exchange between WRAL’s Laura Leslie in North Carolina and John Skvarla:
LESLIE: I’m thinking about what you’re saying about natural gas and that’s true. You know, obviously, it’s very cheap right now. You know, on the flip side, it’s a finite resource and fossil resource. I mean, is there –
SKVARLA: There are some people who disagree with you. The Russians, for instance, have always drilled oil as if it’s a renewable resource. So far, they haven’t been proven wrong. There’s a lot of different scientific opinion on that."
Yep you read that right, Skvarla, one of the top North Carolina Environmental Specialists believes that natural gas and oil are infinite renewable resources.
Okay, there is some truth to this ideology, but the time frame is all wrong. Skvarla, along with most of World Net Daily's readership believe in a young Earth, ie, Creationism. This is their attempt to reconcile science with their delusion of reality. What's worse is that the creationist Christian movement is a derisive ideology that is harming humanity and our future.
Yes, if given another several million years, possibly even a few hundred million years the oil reserves we used would be replenished. The concept of Abiogenic Oil is false and has no basis in reality.
The next thing in my lovely list of anguish this morning was a video that I think needs to be disseminated.
Upworthy recently posted an article on the anti-gay violence occurring in Russia and it's definitely worth a watch. (http://www.upworthy.com/here-is-the-shocking-footage-of-gay-men-being-beaten-on-camera-in-russia)
The violence in Russia against gays has only escalated since the installation of their new anti-gay laws. Anti-gay laws that are scary in similarity to the laws now trying to be passed in the US. Arizona recently passed a resolution to allow for religious discrimination against gays. Similar laws have been put forward by state houses all over the US. Many being defeated by their respective senates. Both Kansas and Maine and Utah have all had anti-gay discrimination laws put forward by religious groups, passed by the house, and defeated by their Senates. Ohio seems to be next in line.
These "Religious Freedom Laws" vary in writing and form, but all essentially do the same thing, they give license to those of a specific religious class (Christianity) to hold prejudice and discriminate against gays and gay couples based on their religious beliefs. Every "christian" person who opposes homosexuality, be it the local baker, photographer, or business owner, to public servants such as; the police, firefighters, doctors, paramedics, etc, can refuse to help or provide services to a person if they're gay or perceived to be gay.
These laws are so wide and sweeping that they give a good deal of license to discriminate for one specific group of people against another. Any law of this nature that does pass their respective state congresses would be a violation of the constitution and would be one more law that gays and human rights activists will have to stand up to and defeat in court.
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The deep and intrinsic connection between religious ideology and socio-cultural disdain for gays is overwhelming. Because of overzealous people lording their religion over their respective societies is the very reason why we must move away from Christianity and all religions. Christianity is the bane of our existence. For everything that it does that is "good" it does a dozen things that are bad.
However, it's not all doom and gloom.
In San Francisco a Girl Scout sold 117 boxes in front of a cannabis shop, she's been invited back. Read the entire article here: "http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/Girl-Scout-Does-Brisk-Business-Selling-Cookies-Outside-San-Francisco-Pot-Club-246452511.html"
These "Religious Freedom Laws" vary in writing and form, but all essentially do the same thing, they give license to those of a specific religious class (Christianity) to hold prejudice and discriminate against gays and gay couples based on their religious beliefs. Every "christian" person who opposes homosexuality, be it the local baker, photographer, or business owner, to public servants such as; the police, firefighters, doctors, paramedics, etc, can refuse to help or provide services to a person if they're gay or perceived to be gay.
These laws are so wide and sweeping that they give a good deal of license to discriminate for one specific group of people against another. Any law of this nature that does pass their respective state congresses would be a violation of the constitution and would be one more law that gays and human rights activists will have to stand up to and defeat in court.
**
The deep and intrinsic connection between religious ideology and socio-cultural disdain for gays is overwhelming. Because of overzealous people lording their religion over their respective societies is the very reason why we must move away from Christianity and all religions. Christianity is the bane of our existence. For everything that it does that is "good" it does a dozen things that are bad.
However, it's not all doom and gloom.
In San Francisco a Girl Scout sold 117 boxes in front of a cannabis shop, she's been invited back. Read the entire article here: "http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/Girl-Scout-Does-Brisk-Business-Selling-Cookies-Outside-San-Francisco-Pot-Club-246452511.html"
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