1) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven’t adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.

4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn’t changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can’t marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were
allowed; the sanctity of Brittany Spears’ 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn’t be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren’t full yet, and the world needs more children.

7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

8) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That’s why we have only one religion in America.

9) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That’s why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

(one of the saddest parts about our society is that…these arguements, before the humourous common sense, are the real reasons why people can’t accept gay marriages.)

(and they always go “straight”(haha) to No.10…which, funnily enough to me, is probably the last thing a gay couple is thinking about…while the “straight people,” who are arguing against gay marriage, seem to be all over it. how interesting.)

Please feel free repost this on blogs/forums if you belive gay marriages should be legal!

Got this from a friend, but I think it is great, so I’m posting it here.

I just noticed I haven’t blogged in a couple of days except for random quizes. This is mainly because there isn’t that much that is interesting going on right now. Dan’s cyst is getting better, he needs to call and make an appointment with the surgeon to get it removed.

My Macro Economics test went fairly well I hope, there were a couple of questions I was iffy about, but I felt pretty good about it. My Micro Economics teacher lost my test, or some random something happened to it, he knows about it however, so it won’t affect my grade other then the fact it may not count and my other tests and such will be weighed higher.

Last night we had a nice 4 hour demonstration from a door to door vacuum saleswoman, that was kind of neat. Now all I need to meet is a door to door encyclopedia salesperson and I will be able to call my life complete . We actually went and bought the vacuum, maybe we’ll use it too, it is nice and has a lot of neat features and the house could use some vacuuming, we need to get it reorganized now that the kitchen is almost done.

The inspector never came last week, hopefully he’ll show on Thursday since I am home for Yom Kipper, yay fasting or something. If he does come, then the contractor is planning on arriving that afternoon to start patching the holes in the walls. And he’ll only have to come back one more time post that yay!

I get my tooth filled today, nope not a cavity, I apparently broke a tooth and it needs to be filled so it doesn’t become a cavity. Fortunately it wasn’t a horrible break and they can fill it just like a cavity rather then doing scarier dentist things to it. Novicaine is fun I’m sure my face is going to be numb all afternoon and evening.

Nothing much else is up, should be a fairly quiet week. Though I’ll probably post about it anyways .

Dan has a Pilonidal Cyst which is kind of icky. He has to let it drain out today and go back to the doctor tomorrow for her to look at it and decide if he is going to need major surgery because of it. Or just minor surgery to remove the cyst. We’re kind of hoping on the minor surgery obviously.

The kitchen is almost complete, they came out today and finished up most everything. The scribing is up above the upper cabnets, and everything looks good. The inspector was suppose to arrive today but it is now 4pm and he isn’t here. So doubt he is actually making it today. There are like 4 things left for the contractors to do, they need to patch up the walls after the inspector arrives, calk above the scribing and well actually I think that is everything. Everything else is done yay!

We’ll have to paint the guest bedroom when they are done with the wall stuff and the back room as well. Plus we’ll have to touch up the painting in the kitchen. That leaves us with not to much left to do however, which is nice.

That is about it for the day I think. I have two tests on Monday which means this weekend is going to be major study time, but I don’t really have anything due for the rest of the week which is nice. Overall pretty quiet day.

I now have new glasses which is nice. They are from 9 west, but I can’t find a picture of the frame I got anywhere. They are cool and retro, which kheldon says means nerdy, but what does he know. Anyways I like them and the lenses are progressive which means they work like sunglasses outside and regular glasses inside yay! It took a few hours to get use to them because my astigmatism changed which meant when I got them it felt like my eye was being pulled all out of place. Atty doesn’t like them either, but they are mine so it doesn’t really matter as long as I like them and I do.

It looks like if there is money in the budget I’ll get the job working part time for Atty which will be nice, I mean it is going to be mostly mindless tasks, but it will be nice money for mindless tasks, and I’ll get to see all the “interesting” ideas for stopping hurricanes, yay giant helicopter fans!

Otherwise not too much going on, didn’t go to class today thanks to Rosh Hashana, jewish holidays are nice, now all I need to do is find a temple so I can actually go to services on them.

K is getting his hair cut tomorrow (well today I guess since it is after midnight) because he is scragly, and has a mohawk I like to play with, so it is time to get him trimmed.

Otherwise besides for the fact that Atty can’t really sit, walk, stand or do much without being in pain from his back, there isn’t much else going on here. The kitchen is really pretty.

And tonights note, don’t put tupperware in the oven. This has been a public service announcement. (and if you want to know how I know this read the kitchen blog)

Happy New Year all. The Jewish New Year starts tonight at Sun down for those who didn’t know. This year will be 5766. Bye bye 5765.

Yesterday we were at Target, our Target has a Starbucks and they have been advertising their pumpkin spice latte. So I decided to get one. You know since I like pumpkins and spices and all that. What I failed to notice was it included coffee. Ewwwwww, gross ick. So I spent 4 dollars on one sip of a Pumpkin Spice Latte, well I got Dan to take a sip too. Fortunately I was able to get rid of the taste of coffee with some nice rum and apple cider, now that is a good drink.

Turned in my Econ homework today go me. I think I did okay there was one question I wasn’t sure of but the other three were fairly easy so it should be okay.

Spent a lot of the day resting, i hate migraines, I think it is a sinus/alergy migraine, I should probably see the doctor to get something for my allergies because they are pretty bad this fall, sigh I hate pollen.

Most of the sewing patterns arrived today which is nice, we still need to set up the whole sewing machine so it can be used though. We also bought some cloth and other essentials like pins and such last night.

Donuts have a ton of calories, I grabbed some krispy cremes at Target and they are 200 calories each, ouch.

Studied for Econ some, it is going to be mostly multiple choice so hopefully it won’t be too bad.

Tutoring again tomorrow, think it will be 4 hours of tutoring again which is nice though long, then I’ll study for math since I have a test in that class on Friday.

Hubby is sort of looking at a new perl, mysql job which is great it would be a nice raise and all for him. Hopefully he gets it. Only downside to that is I won’t get the job working for him as his monkey and answering the insane emails he gets. Well I might not have gotten that job anyways. He’ll likely wait till after he hears something positive or negative before bring up me being his monkey though too bad it would be a nice additional income.

Not much else going on head feels a bit better hopefully it will stay better for the rest of the fall.

Still half heartedly searching for a synagogue in the area. I really want a reformed synagogue with its own building and there doesn’t seem to be anything that meets that need. There are a couple of reformed synagogues, but they look a little too reformed for me. Maybe I’ll check out the Conservative Synagogue, growing two of three (maybe all three) of the synagogues we went to were right on the edge of Reformed and Conservative, so I don’t think I would have a big problem with the slightly more Conservative temples. I should check some out though. Yes Rosh Hashana being next week is what made me think of that.

That’s about all for tonight. Can’t think of anything else really.

Okay so since I found this list in the book I am reading for History, The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology’s New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of its Sacred Texts by Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman. I will now list all the books in the Jewish Bible since I tend to get asked the question, what books are in the Jewish Bible it is just the first five books right?, a lot.

Torah:
Gensis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy

The Prophets:

The Former Prophets:
Joshua
Judges
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings

The Latter Prophets:
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habbakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi

The Writings:

Poetry:
Psalms
Proverbs
Job

The Five Scrolls:
Song of Solomon
Ruth
Lamentations
Ecclesiates
Esther

Prophecy:
Daniel

History:
I Chronicles
II Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah

Oooooooo spooky!

First the article I am commenting on is posted in the post below this one.

Now my comments. First off I see nothing wrong with the fact that these woman plan to graduate and become Stay at Home Moms. Honestly to me this is part of what the whole Feminine revolution was about, the right to be equal to men, and to make our own choices. Not the requirement that all woman have to work.

It is rather annoying to me however, to read other comments on this post as if these woman are destroying all that woman have worked for in equality. So what if they want to stay home, that is their choice and right. They have the right to do whatever they want with their education.

Honestly, I plan to be a Stay at Home Mom as well, once I have kids. I would like to get my PHD yes, but I will be quite happy staying at home with my children and hopefully homeschooling them as well.

Economically it also makes sense for one parent to stay home with the children. Child care can be expensive. Looking at childcare in the area where I live it would cost about $210 a week for daycare for one child. So around $10,000. Now let’s assume I have two kids. That is $20,000 a year. Assuming I get a job that pays $60,000 a year I lose $20,000 of that to childcare. Now let’s assume I am paying 40% on my taxes because my husband is also working and I’m in the top tax bracket (numbers maybe a bit off here but hey it is estimation). On my $60,000 I am paying $24,000 in taxes. So I am losing a total off $44,000 to childcare and taxes. Which means yearly off my $60,000 salary I will be seeing $16,000. Plus with both me and my husband working most likely we will be eating out a lot more then if one of us is home to make dinner. A homemade meal costs around $5 or less per person, where as a restaraunt costs around $12 minimum per person. Which will take off more of the money I am earning.

Using my basic estimation, yes if we are in a lot of debt that $16,000 will be useful from a job. However, in general I know I personally would not want to work 40+ hours a week for a net gain of $16,000 a year. So yes staying at home would not harm me financially since to even make it worthwhile I would have to get a job at $60,000 a year, which is above the average wage.

I understand people who may be upset by the idea that people are getting degrees and hope to stay home with their kids rather then work . However, education is important for everyone, and it is nice to have that backup if it is needed. People do have the right to feel as they do and financially it often is actually not a bad thing for one parent to stay home with the children especially before they enter school.

So honestly I applaud the woman who want a college degree and still want to be stay at home mothers for their children. It is good to have the choice to do so and hopefully they will be able to follow their dreams and do as they wish with their lives. And if they don’t well they will have their college degree to fall back on if something happens and they do need to find a job.