Don't ask don't tell

So I was listening to the Christian radio station the other day and people were calling in about their opinion on Obama eliminating the Don't ask don't tell policy. A lot of people were out raged about Obama's decision. Some thought that it was allowing people to think that it is alright to be homosexual. Many thought that it was an abomination and going against the will of God. A few thought that hetersexuals would feel uncomfortable about their good friends suddenly "coming out the closet." Quite frankly I totally disagree with these opinions.

I think that it is completely absurd to think that just because a policy has been changed, people are going to suddenly changed their views about sexuality. People's moral and religious views do not change over one policy. One prime example that I can think of is that although Christians were prosecuted in biblical days, they did not stop believing in Christ.

I also believe that people forget that they are not God, so they can not determine what is and isn't an abomination. The bible does state that it is an abomination for a man to lay with another man as a woman, but it does not say that that it is an abomination for men to love other men; nor does it say that it is an abomination to treat homosexuals equal to heterosexuals. If these were true Christians that were calling in on the radio, then they would  know that Jesus said "He who is without sin, let him cast the first stone." No one has the right to cast the first stone against, or judge, homosexuals, because even if Christians believe that the lifestyle of homosexuals is sinful, no human is without sin. Don't judge lest thou be judged because we've all fallen short. God wants us to love one another and to leave the judging to Him.

I also feel that African Americans are hippocrates if they feel that it is alright to discriminate against any group of people because we have been discriminated for centuries and our ancestors faught for people of today to have equal rights. I know the word hippocrate is harsh, but even Jesus said to beware of hippocrates and I just call it like I see it.

Lastly, to think that heterosexuals would be uncomfortable with their good friends to suddenly come out of the closet just does not make any sense. Most homosexuals have already came out to there good friends because a true friend would not care what their sexual preferences are just because there is a policy against it.

My opinion about Obama eliminating the Don't ask don't tell policy is that it is about time. Changes like this helps us see brighter days.

Frustrated and Drained

Hello everyone this is my first blog and I would just like to jump right in and say what's on my mind.

Year 2010 has been the year of change and a test of my faith. I graduated from college, got married, and had my first baby all in the same year. I concieved my daughter at the beginning of my last semester in college. At the time, I was concerned, but I wasn't too worried about how I was going to be able to provide and take care of my child because I had a job and I was very optimistic about starting my career with a higher paying job once I graduated. I ended up quitting the job that I had to work some where else because the new job had a higher pay and there was an opportunity to grow with the company. After working there for two months, I realized that I really disliked the job and had wished that I had kept the job that I had before, but it was too late; there was no turning back. I had to find another job. Eventually I finally landed a job in a career that I had no prior experience with. Everything was totally new and stressful. My supervisor was constantly fussing and yelling at me for doing something wrong even though she knew I was new. It made me feel horrible. I found myself crying many times at work. I was absolutely over whelmed and I knew that this couldn't be healthy for my unborn baby, but I didn't want to quit because the money was great for someone who had just graduated from college. Unfortunately, I was unable to keep up with this high stress level job and I was faced with unemployement. My husband was still in school, so he was unable to work a full time job. Being unable to pay my own bills while being unemployed, my husband and I were forced to live with his mother which has been a huge adjustment. I'm from a middle class family with the typical two-story 3-4 bedroom home. But my mother-inlaws home is an extremely small 3-bedroom duplex. My husband and I have the smallest bedroom in the whole house and every room of the house is a complete mess partly because there is no where to put everything and also because my husband's younger sisters do not do their chores on a regular basis. My mother-inlaw is constantly fussing and cursing, yelling out the "f" word over and over, which I'm definitely not used to because my father is a preacher and there is no yelling and cursing in his household. I have been completely miserable here. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate my mother-inlaw for giving me a place to stay, but I can't stand living in a box of a home where there is no peace nor privacy. I feel that if your home does not have peace, it's because you haven't invited God inside. I've constantly been searching for jobs, but I'm being turned down from everything. I'm so lost and I just don't know what to do. My student loan payments are due and over due and I just can't pay them. I'm so frustrated because it feels like I can't get a break. I'm drained from all the stress of not being financially stable which is causing the bolk of my unhappiness. I just don't know what to do at this point other than to keep praying for brighter days to come.