This is an OUTRAGE . . . But I'm alright with that.

I promise that I do not like talk about politics, and the fact that this is the second post in my blog of such a nature is just a fluke.  I will blame it on the election year . . . and the fact that stupid laws are being proposed.

I won’t go in to detail on my first point because I discussed it the last political post; except to say that a previous president nailed our current circumstances on the head with a quote I have previously noted.  And to say, when we start asking our government for free and discounted health care, do we really expect them not to tell us how and when we can use it?

I have gotten a lot of posts in my facebook feed from friends who are irritated with the slew of laws being considered at the state and federal level that are aimed at limiting when and how a woman can us birth control.  First off, let me start off by saying that I belief in the right for everyone to live their own life according to their own personal standards so long as how they choose to live their life does not intentionally impede on how another individual or group lives their live(s), or so long as it does not intentionally cause mental or physical harm to another individual or group.  My issue comes from the double standard that comes from both sides of the isle.

One side believes that everyone should have the right to take up arms, but has no problem saying that only heterosexual people can enjoy the rights of marriage under the law.  The other side says that a woman should be able to do with her body as she pleases, but has no problem telling successful people that they should have to pay a higher percentage of their income.

Equality under the law should be equality under the law. Period.

All I ask is next time you feel outrage over a law that is being considered because it impedes on the rights of a group or individual that you can relate to, ask yourself if you have voted for or supported a proposition or law that inhibited the rights of a group or individual that you do not relate to?  Have you ever told a smoker where they could or couldn’t smoke in public?  Have you ever told a business owner who they can cater to or how they should run their business?  Have you ever told a person that they could not practice their own religion in a public place?

Until next we meet.