Gay Marriage Campus Survey

    Most Anne Arundel Community College students are in support of gay marriage according to a recent campus survey.  

    "I'm a Christian and I believe that God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve." said nursing student Megan McConnon 

      Gay marriage in the State of Maryland has become a very hot topic as of late due to the voting in the House and the Senate on the same sex marriage.  This bill has been the topic of conversation for over a year in Annapolis.  The saga continues as the Senate voted the bill through 25:22 last thursday.   Although the law is not even close to coming into effect because of anti gay lawmakers trying to force a referendum, although they would need 55,736 signatures to do so.  

   The vote among AACC students also favored in support of gay marriage, 4:2. Tiffany Yang said that she thinks everyone has the right to believe what they want to believe, and if that belief is to marry a partner of the same sex, why should a law stop them from being happy?  

   Art Education student Rebekah Wiskey had a different feeling on the issue.  Because of her biblical beliefs, she does not support gay marriage, and believes that a referendum would be the best and most fair way to decide on the law.  

America the Beautiful

After having pretty much no idea what was going on in Syria for the most part, finding out the extent of the protests and the reasons for them was totally shocking to me.  I am not totally nieve about the fact that the middle east is obviously restless in many of its countries, and that not all of the governments are stable, safe, or have the best interest of the people in mind, they don't even attempt to pretend that their overall goal is to improve their nation.
Honestly I have never been so happy to know that I live in a place where I am free to write this blog post without the immediate fear of dying for what I say or expressing my belief on some issue whether in Syria or even in the United States.  Syria has been rebelling and protesting against President Bashar al-Assad since the arrest of a group of young teenagers for anti-regime graffiti tagging and they were taken off to jail without their parents even knowing they were taken into custody.  If that happened in the United States, there would be a giant law suite and a bunch of people in expensive suites chewing each other out.  In Syria, instead of law suites, they just kill their own people.  Since the protestors started after the arrest of these children, 6 Syrian's were killed by the government on march 18th, just 3 days after the arrests of the children.  
Overall, Syria has serious issues and they are not going to be resolved by protestors continuing to lose their lives over a courrupt government.  The United States does not need another war on our hands, so I am no suggesting we get involved, but someone needs to, before things escalate into an even more irreversible situation.  

Here Comes the Brides?

Let me first start off by stating that I am a Catholic and have been brought up in a very conservative household.  With that being said, throughout my life I have been opposed to gay marriage.  Not simply because of the fact that my family is opposed to it, but because I believe that marriage is something not to be taken lightly, and the sanctity of it should be protected.  People will argue that divorce is breaking the sanctity of marriage as well, but I don't believe in divorce either.  If you are going to be married, it needs to be until death do us part, unless obviously there are EXTREME circumstances, (abuse, etc.).  Overall, I really hope that this bill does NOT pass in Maryland.  It really bothers me when homosexuals run around and flaunt their sexuality, I don't need to run around screaming "I'm straight and I love it" why do some gay people feel the need to do that?  Does that make me a homophobe? Maybe. But let me also say that my Uncle is gay, and he is not married, nor has he ever pushed to be so.  He is a large part of our family, and is not treated any differently because of his sexuality despite my family's strong religious beliefs.  Just because I don't want my Uncle to be married doesn't mean I love him any less, it just means that I have strong religious beliefs that suggest otherwise.  Overall, I understand the desire for gay marriage, but I also believe that it would cause a HUGE rift in the wedding business because of some wedding planner/vendors beliefs, and no one should have to be that uncomfortable giving someone what they want.