"Eight horses — including one just a week old and another on the verge of giving birth — died in an Ohio barn fire that authorities may investigate as a hate crime... Ohio resident Brent Whitehouse awoke just before midnight on Easter Sunday to check on Love, his pregnant quaterhorse, only to find a harrowing scene: his barn — which housed seven adult horses and one foal — was glowing orange... 'I couldn’t get the door open I could still hear the horses kicking and I tried as hard as I could to get them out and I just couldn’t get them out in time.' The flames were so hot a tractor inside the barn melted.... spray-painted epithets such as "f-gs are freaks" and "burn in hell" were clearly visible on the barn's gutted walls. The State Fire Marshal's Office ruled the fire an arson. 'The barn I can rebuild, but the bond I had with those horses can't be replaced,'" (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42779335/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts)
I awoke on my sick day to check the MSN top stories, as usual. And this story made me even sicker. A homosexual man from my home state wasn't the only victim of this hate crime. His 8 horses - 7 grown, 1 foal, were burned alive in their barn. And he couldn't get them out.
This story doesn't just break my heart because I'm a horse lover. Or because I'm a liberal. Or because I'm pro-gay. It breaks my heart because the society we live in is so corrupt.
Yes, I'm a liberal. I'm not a liberal because of my personal beliefs, I'm a liberal because it's not my place to decide what's best for you.
I'm far from a 100% full blooded American, but I have to say I lean to the patriot side - partially. I feel as though our country was founded on the idea that every man is created equal. Granted, when the constitution was written, slaves didn't count as humans, and women weren't too far behind. The first pilgrims came to settle in America to avoid religious persecution. So, if that's why we're all here, why are people still fretting about religion?
I'm an atheist. But, that doesn't make me some devil-worshipper. Websters defines Atheist as "one who believes that there is no deity." Which is precisely correct. I believe that as living things, we're all connected through a central source of unstopping energy. I also believe that we all have a destiny, but we also have free will to control our destiny, if we choose to. I choose to not rely on a deity. Not because I hate religion or the idea of a God, Allah, etc. But because I choose not to make religion a part of my life. During the Enlightenment, many thinkers believed that if there is a God, then He is supposed to love all of his "children". They also believed that it's better to live your life on Earth while you have the chance. And, if you aren't aware of what is considered a "sin", you won't be as concerned about it. You'll trust your own instinct to reverse the wrong done in your life. And if you don't, God must have not guided you right. I mean that is his job, right? I feel like religion is all hypocrisy - as I believe about government - but if someone chooses to buy into it and take that brainwashing to make themselves feel better about themselves and that they have some purpose in life, that's their choice. And it's not my place to tell them otherwise. I believe that it's your job to find your purpose in love. There isn't one carved out for you and it isn't going to be handed to you. Some people go their entire lives without purpose, but when their energy is release back into the world after their body shuts down, they'll get another chance to find one. It's a never ending cycle.
To societal connotations, I'm straight. I don't wish to have a relationship with someone of the same sex. I prefer a partner of the opposite sex. That doesn't mean that I hate homosexuals or bisexuals or transgendered, etc. I think that sex and relationships are a choice in life. Just because most people choose to have a partner of the opposite sex doesn't mean EVERYONE has to. It's your choice.
Overall my liberalism... liberality... liberal-ness... whatever, has gotten me places in life. My mom lets me explore anything. Because I'm smart enough to end up in the right place. She made a good point to me. She said, "I don't want to go to my church anymore, because they're such hypocrites. They don't allow homosexuals, but our pastor is a drug addict. Because a drug addict can be 'fixed', a homosexual can't. If it isn't broken, don't fix it. Homosexuals aren't broken, so don't try to fix them. Just get your head our of your a** and accept them for who they are." That's one reason I'm so happy in my life. Because I'm a free spirit. Sure I have restrictions. But at the same time, I have the ability to chose my destiny.
I could ponder the violence of our species all day, but I have my own horses that need some TLC. And if anyone tries to come in the way of that, they will regret it.
"I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that" - Eminem
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