WOW!! I didn't realize that Christ-ty McSweatervest was a member here. You guys should have told me Santorum posted here. Allowing gay folks to marry has nothing to do with incest or man on dog, dog on man or goat, if that's your thing and it most definitely has nothing to do with pedophilia. This is about allowing two legally aged, non-familial human beings to enjoy the rights and responsibilities of marriage.

I believe it was Jesus that said "let he who is without sin throw the first stone."

I have a no problem with others moral positions, I have a problem when you try to turn your beliefs into my laws.

I don't have children but I do care about them and whether they will be ready for the world when it is their turn to run it. We are getting our collective butts kicked by other nations when it comes to science, technology, engineering and math and cutting funding for education is not going to do anything but make the problem worse. I do not see how this means I want to take money out of your pocket. I want it to come from those companies who have benefited billions of dollars in profit yet are still getting taxpayer subsidies, so if anyone is taking money from you it is them.

First how can you be appalled by what little I posted about my positions...I didn't figure I needed to explain everything I believe in one fell swoop. I have no problem with companies making a profit, it is what businesses do. I do however have a big problem with companies that make billions in profit and get tax payer subsidies or end up paying zero taxes and in some cases have gotten millions in refunds, while funding is cut for educating the children who are going to be the leaders of tomorrow. If we do not make education a much higher priority than it is now this country is going to be screwed when the future becomes the present.

I don't think I said I was in favor of murder or anything like it. I am pro-choice, that does not make me pro-abortion. I think they should be rarely used and none after the 20th week unless there is a valid medical reason. I do think that a woman who is the victim of rape that results in pregnancy or incest she should have the choice. Despite what some think women do not posses a magical vagina capable of telling the difference between friendly sperm and that of a rapist. I have always found it amusing that republicans seem to have no problem with the death penalty, killing a living breathing human being, yet they love to tell folks like me that if we abort a single cell we are destined for hell. I also find it irrational for those who are anti-choice to rail against birth control. Now if you are a pharmacist or a boss and you don't believe in birth control then you don't have to fill the script or offer it in insurance. They want a big old consciousness clause that will allow them to control what a woman can and can't put in her body. News flash guys, there are reasons for taking birth control pills that have nothing to do with pregnancy control. It amazes me that you all fight so hard to make women let nature take its course...if you have sex they don't want you to have protection and if you get pregnant you must carry to term yet they don't follow their own rhetoric. Now if the penis doesn't always preform or dies, as nature intended it to later in life we must save it at all costs...Viagra, Cialis and penis pumps all around.

As far as adultery goes, I personally think it should be a jail-able offense. I find it hard to listen to someone telling me about the sanctity of marriage when they are on their third or fourth wife or are currently cheating on their spouse.

I find it funny that the party claiming to want smaller government wants it big enough to get in the vaginas of American women and in the bedrooms of consenting adults.

I am a 53 year old disabled, lesbian, democrat who has strong feelings about how this country runs or more correctly doesn't run. My main issues are women's rights, including equal pay for equal work, freedom of choice, gay rights, FDA's new policy concerning pain killers (because of being injured at work 15 years ago I have spent most of it in chronic pain), health care for everyone (I believe it should be a right not a privilege), women voting and in politics and educating those who will lead tomorrow. I believe that "all men are created equal" means just that...ALL. I believe we could be a much better country if everyone spent more time worrying about their own lives and marriages instead of focusing on keeping someone from having the rights and privileges they take for granted. I believe that the money paid to big oil companies could be much better spent on educating the young, caring for the elderly and disabled and protecting our environment.