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Thoughts on American Idol

I don’t watch TV, I don’t tune in to AI, but I am aware of the players – and my sister clued me in eariler in the season for the people to “watch out” for.

Sufficed to say, with my sister as my witness (and some other friends who I discussed it with) – I kinda felt Kris was going to win it… in spite of the fact that Allan had “superior” vocals and showmanship.

And the reason I state is the same reason I stated during that same IM conversation with my sister months back. It’s an “uncomfortable truth” as it were, and can be quite controversial… but I really think it was the case. Read More

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Proposition 8

Hey, it was bound to come up in this blog right? Hahahaha!

So Proposition 8, in a nutshell is, quite frankly, one of those perfect examples why I think “religion” has no place in government policy. Lets be honest here, is there anything else that would make this sort of non-issue an issue? That shit is rooted in religious views no matter how you slice it. But again, I don’t say that religion should mind its own business because of it being “wrong” or “right” – but more of because religion is bound to give rise to conflict in any pluralistic society.

Proposition 8, taken from an article:

…aims to end same-sex marriage in California by amending the constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman.

While there certainly are nuances with regards to my stand on this, I’m interpreting “marriage” in this article in a “legal” context. If you can’t find the time to delineate the two, then that’s really not my problem. All the same, I’m going into “legal-union” (i.e. not sacrament) mode as far as this post goes.

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