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Marriage Protection Act
My vote for most hateful post yet: Fred_Williams 8:09 a.m., Aug 10, 2008 Most ridiculous, too...— August 11, 2008 5:35 p.m.
Marriage Protection Act
Barbarella asks: Does MY marriage, as a child-free-by-choice atheist also harm and threaten the marriages of the procreating, God-fearing masses? No, it does not. Assuming you chose to marry a man (you represent yourself as a female - or are you a trannie and just confused?) and you are a woman then to prevent you from marrying a man would in fact be discriminatory since all people have the equal right to marry the opposite sex. Plus, you never know - you might change your mind... it's been known to happen! Just like people who are sure they're gay and then realize they aren't - or vice versa. Sexual orientation may be influenced by many factors but, like smoking, drug use, alcoholism and criminality, in the end it is a choice. Here's a thought experiment about whether being gay is "natural" or not - suppose that tomorrow and for the next 120 years or so everyone woke up every morning convinced they were gay. How long would the human race last?— August 11, 2008 5:34 p.m.
Marriage Protection Act
Someone hasn't read the Declaration of Independence lately... notice how it was deliberately left out of the post by Barbarella 12:28 p.m., Aug 11, 2008? Here is a short sample: ... to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's GOD entitle them... that they are endowed by their CREATOR... Now I have no issue with some people choosing NOT to believe in imaginary friends, including our sweet, sweet Barbarella. But, having quoted the First Amendment accurately (as far as I can tell by a brief review) how can she explain how atheists use it to try and suppress the free and open expression of religion? I'd still like someone, ANYONE, to address the main lie that's been told with regards to gay marriage - that being that NOT allowing them to marry people of the same sex is discriminatory. I can't marry someone of the same sex either. Nobody can. They, like everyone, have exactly the same right to marry someone of the opposite sex. This is seen as an attack on traditional families and traditional values and I see plainly it is exactly that. Keep God out of it at your peril if you like, I don't care. (I say that because you can analyze the severity of the two error cases - if there IS a God and you deny it, versus if there isn't a God and you say there is. Which error has the worst potential consequences?) While we're here, how come vegans are against killing animals but generally seem supportive of killing human fetuses? That's another question I'd like someone to explain to me.— August 11, 2008 5:28 p.m.
Marriage Protection Act
Mexjewel 9:55 a.m., Aug 11, 2008 almost gets it, but not quite. QUOTE: "Marriage is a CIVIL contract/agreement between two people." TRUE, and this contract was created to acknowledge and strengthen the bond between a man and a woman because society recognized the benefit to society inherent in a union between a man and a woman. The primary benefit was the production of new citizens who would wind up carrying society forward into the future. QUOTE: "It has NOTHING to do with God or religion." FALSE. You miss the fact that some sort of "man of God" officiated at marriages before they became a civil event and even now more often than not marriages still features some sort of "man of God" (or woman of God) officiating. Why is that if marriage has nothing to do with God or religion? QUOTE: "The CA Supreme Court took 120 pages to say that the right to marry cannot be denied to anyone." Of course, they only took up the question to thwart the expressed will of the people, which was that marriage should be between one man and one woman. SO you're saying that the opinion of a few leftists should trump the expressed will of the people? What lunatic dictatorship do you live in? Oh yeah, the Soviet Socialist Repblic of Kalifornia!— August 11, 2008 10:17 a.m.
Marriage Protection Act
Comments like those by JohnBisceglia 11:48 p.m., Aug 9, 2008 leave me scratching my head. Let me run it down for you, John: You already have marriage equality - you are free to marry anyone of the opposite sex that you choose, just as I or anyone can do. You can still leave your estate to anyone you choose - just make sure your will is up to date. I served in the military with many obvious gays and also know obvious gays that are doing quite well in the civilian sector so your argument about career discrimination is a nonstarter. From what I've seen the gays that have trouble are the troublemakers, just like the straights that have trouble. Your argument about being beaten or killed for walking down the street - funny I didn't see any of that at any of the major LGBT events recently - just the opposite in fact! Are you deluded or do you live in Iran? And you try to compare yourself to "minorities" - people who didn't make a CHOICE that created their current situation. Or is it your claim you were "born gay"?— August 11, 2008 10:02 a.m.
Marriage Protection Act
You know, I have problems with Brown deliberately misrepresenting the requested change with his altering the wording of the matter from what the people said they wanted it to be. How is this legal? How is it he hasn't been charged with criminal tampering or removed from office or something? Even the statement, "The act seeks to amend the California State Constitution so that marriage will be limited to the union of one man and one woman." seems a little odd to me since a more accurate statement would be that the act seeks to keep marriage what it has always been without mention of sex. The argument I never hear is this: Gays say all they want is equality. The fact is they always have had, and still have, exactly the same right as everyone else. This push to create a new form of marriage is what's really going on. The State only recognized marriage because of the obvious benefits that a procreating family brings to society. NO matter how you slice it, two women or two men can't create a baby without third party help. This despite claims of the first "pregnant man", actually a gender confused woman, but not confused enough to make the full change by having her FEMALE organs removed, obviously. I have gay friends - oddly enough none of them feels the need to fight for the right to "marry" since they freely admit they have the same right I do - to marry anyone of the opposite sex that they choose. They just choose not to. Is that so hard to understand?— August 11, 2008 9:52 a.m.
New Mission Hills Library: Fiction or Nonfiction?
If the city fired a few of it's overzealous code compliance staff they'd easily save enough money to move this project forward. Just a thought.— May 23, 2008 10:06 p.m.
Dispatches from Crackerville
This is all too common - racism is OK as long as it is directed against whites. Why can't we understand we are all "people of color" of one shade or another (well maybe not albinos, but hey, don't discriminate against them for a simple genetic issue either) and stop all the ridiculous discriminatory acts such as this one. I'll go so far as to say even the primary performer positions should be open to all. I know I'd get slammed if I was producing some sort of performance or movie about white people - which, naturally, should star white people, right - and refused to hire minorities. But you know, I've noticed when a minority discriminates openly it's a celebrated act of "class struggle". It is almost funny. Almost. From crackerville? No, just from the real world, that's all. See, when "crackers" expect justice and fairness they get called names and such. No, I guess it's not even almost funny after all.— May 22, 2008 9:59 a.m.
Do Immigrants Make Better Neighbors?
Notice the duplicity. The question posed is "Do Immigrants Make Better Neighbors?" Setting aside the racial/ethnic hatred that is buried in the question, which might seem to suggest that the natural-born non immigrants are somehow not as desirable, who cares? Seriously, who cares if your neighbor is an immigrant or not? What matters is being a good neighbor, not whether you're an immigrant or not. Furthermore, the question sneaks up on being a lousy plug for illegal immigration so I'll answer it in that context. No, illegal immigrants, who've already shown how much they care about obeying our laws by NOT doing so, do NOT make better neighbors - because they are criminals by choice. Now that I've had my say, let me ask my neighbor, Mark, what he thinks. Stand by for a second. OK he says he's tired of the illegal immigrants who live next door to him mistreating his dog, who is near the end of her life and probably will wind up in the animal hospital or worse due to one of the many things (ranging from barbecue utensils to fruit off trees) the illegal immigrants and their guests regularly throw over the tall fence at her. In other words, things that don't find their way over the fence by accident. My other neighbor - she's tired of the chicken bones that the illegal immigrants throw over HER fence which HER dogs may ingest - you may know chicken bones are potential pet killers too if eaten by said pets. So I don't know, do YOU think ILLEGAL immigrants make good neighbors, or what?— May 19, 2008 1:12 a.m.