Recently, while reading articles on the House and Senate's votes that will eventually (hopefully before November 2010's midterm elections) spell the end of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, I came across an article detailing how military chaplains, spurred on by the Family Research Council, are against the repeal of DADT.
I'm not going to go into my feelings on DADT or why repealing it makes a world of sense ... why it's just the human thing to do.
I will, however, wade into the pool of my hatred of organized religion. Here is another example where organized religion has managed to creep into the political machine. Anyone remember Separation of Church and State?
Chaplains play a very important role - I won't deny that - in the lives of many, many service members (gay and straight) currently serving in the U.S. military. Their services, however, are not forced upon the men and women wearing uniforms. Why then, are the opinions of Chaplains, of any importance in this debate?
It doesn't take a lot to see this is just another attempt from the Right Wing Nut Jobs to sully the progress of gay rights in America. I mean, if it were up to the true conservatives, Americans would still be able to own slaves, women wouldn't have any rights, and the sun would still revolve around the Earth, so why the fuck are we listening to the loons? Do these jackasses even subscribe to the hate speech they pander? Probably not ... many of them are out participating in gay sex acts in foreign countries, airport bathrooms (Larry I'm talkin' to you gurl!), and hotel rooms.
I guess what I'm getting to ... yes, I know, I take the long road ... deal with it bitches ... is what kind of country would we have if religion didn't play such a powerful role? I mean, I'm not knocking faith, but faith and what faith means, has absolutely nothing to do with organized religion, which is just a subversive form of sub-government. If you need any proof of this examine the Catholic Church at length.
Think about most social and global conflicts, wars ... most in their basic forms stem from religious differences. Anyone remember studying The Crusades? The Christians are still responsible, even after all this time, for shedding the most human blood in the name of God. I'm not just knocking religion here in the United States, I'm knocking it everywhere.
Now way back when ... when humans were nothing more tribal idiots banging sticks and grunting instead of talking ... religion was probably invented as some sort of mythology to explain the unexplainable. Earlier humans probably took comfort in a higher power watching over them. Indeed, millions of modern humans take comfort in this. Again, I'm not knocking faith or people who have faith in a higher power. If that's your thing ... go for it.
However, why does the Christian Right feel the need to judge everyone and everyone? Doesn't "God" say Judge not lest ye be judged yourselves or some boo-hockey like that? I have to wonder, how many real Christians would exist if you removed the Sunday Christians (a.k.a. hypocrites) who have nothing better to do than sin it up with the best of us and then turn around and judge us. Probably not very many.
Faith gives people comfort and hope; but what does religion give you? I mean, do any of you who are Christians or Sunday Christians or Catholics or Muslim or whatever ever stop and mentally separate your faith in a higher power from the actual politics of your religion? And to any asshole who is going to say "well faith and religion go hand-in-hand," fuck you and the bible you spooged on a few minutes ago. If you actually believe that, then you haven't really thought it out.
Plain and simple ... organized religion is nothing more than a pox, a blight, on humanity and the world and its citizens would be a lot better off without it.
Goodbye from my asshole.
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