I Now Prenounce You...

The Constitution is the most upheld and respected document in the history of the United States. However, it is also one of the most morally flawed documents in the history of the world. Most politicians use this 200 year old piece of paper to both justify the changes they wish to make to this nation and rationalize why some things don’t need to change. I for one think that change is something that people just have to accept as an inevitability. Think of all the rights that you and your peers would not be able to share if The Constitution was never challenged. According to this “great text“, only white men who own property would be able to vote. Sounds ridiculous right? By this logic, poor white men, minorities, and women of all colors would not be able to vote in this upcoming election or any prior to this one. Gay sex between consenting male adults was illegal in nine states until 2003. Up until 1967, over 38 states legally forbid interracial marriage. Same sex married couples also are not eligible for the same tax breaks that heterosexual couples do. If that doesn’t rattle your cage, then how about this…both candidates are against gay marriage because they don’t feel that they should alter The Constitutions definition of marriage; “A sacred union between a man and a women”. Now I myself am a proud heterosexual, however I have several friends who enjoy quite a different lifestyle of my own, and I accept them for it. Despite this, a large percent (about 55 to be exact) of America seems to disagree. Although there were gay congress members in president Herbert Hoovers cabinet almost 100 years ago, some members of government refuse to vote to legalize gay marriage because they are either holding on to their idiotic religulous beliefs, or holding on to an equally idiotic belief that old men in wigs over 200 years ago concocted into our nations law.The main question that I ask to these politicians and naysayers, is why not? Who would it hurt by letting two people who love each other, and happen to be of the same sex, get married to each other? Is it impossible for a same-sex marriage to work? Can they not raise a good family? Why should two heterosexual people who would marry each other solely based on unfortunate circumstance(ex: pregnancy) have more of a right to get married than a homosexual couple who loves each other.?The truth is that no one can answer these questions without referring to a piece of paper written by people in a totally different time period of 200 years, or in some cases, 2000 years ago. Times change and people progress. There is no logical reason that I could think of that a gay couple should be outlawed from legally recognizing their love just as a straight couple does. Where would society be today if we never questioned the teachings of people from such long times ago? [1]

Bitch Please

WARNING: The following blog consists of constant uses of the word “bitch”. So if you’re faint of heart or are going to act like a lil’ bitch about it, you should leave now. We now return to your regularly scheduled blog.“Omitting the word ‘bitch’, cursing I wouldn’t say it/Me and dog couldn’t relate till’ the bitch I dated”-Lupe Fiasco, “Hurt Me Soul”“Bitches ain’t shit, but women ain’t bitches/See women are the queens and bitches just bitches/ And bitches say “bitch” like “bitch” is not offensive/ A nigga say “bitch” and all of a sudden they offended”-Wale, “The Kramer”For as long that I can remember I have been persuaded into believing that the word “bitch” should not be used in describing a female. For about the first half of my life, I looked at it the same way as the above mentioned Lupe Fiasco lyric. I tried to stay away from it for as long as possible. However, as I grew wiser, and I grew more curious. I was curious to why it was so offensive to say this to a female. Like 95% of life’s questions that I asked as a child, I was greeted with an answer along the lines of “Because it is” and “Because I said so”. [1] Since no one could provide me with a reliable answer, I saw nothing wrong with saying it. I doubt that anyone reading this right now can tell me the history of this word or why it’s wrong and provide me with indisputable evidence at this very moment. Its one of those many things in life that society has deemed inappropriate without any pretense at all. But some things you sometimes know just don’t seem right.The word “bitch” is one of the largest double-edged sword in the English language. On one hand, several of my respectable (and unrespectable) female acquaintances use this term to describe their fellow female acquaintances as friends. This is where the Wale quote comes into play. A female can use the term “bitch” to describe another female in a friendly way, but for some reason, a male is treated like Michael Richards for saying the exact same thing in a friendly way. Its almost as if the only word that the receiving female hears is “bitch”. I have seen this proven first hand several times. One instance that I can recall was when me and Ronald was on the phone in a 4-way(?) with two girls. They were talking extremely loud and ignoring the hell out of us when Ron, out of nowhere, exclaimed, “I love y’all bitches”. For some reason they both became upset, even though prior to the statement, they were calling each other “bitches” themselves. What is the difference between Ron friendly saying that he “loves y’all bitches” and Jane Doe friendly saying, “I love my bitches”? How is one any more offensive than the other?Then there are those people who use this word to describe a distasteful and internally repugnant women. This is the definition that I most commonly use of the term. Everyone who claims that the word “bitch” should not be used to describe a female knows at least five bitches that fit’s the above written description. Like it or not, bitches are out there, and I call em’ like I see em’.Sometimes the word is used just to describe all women in general. I would like to say that I never use the term in this sense, but I have. It’s a bad habit, but one day I’ll get over it. I think that everyone can agree that its not cool to lump an entire group of people together, when it only applies to a (large) percent of them.In closing, I think that the word “bitch” is going to continue to be a major part of the English language, male/female relationships, and culture in general. I have no problem with the word personally, as long as its used in the right sense to describe the right thing. You wouldn’t call a tree a whale would you?