The Jessaverse | Change and Exchange

Many of you are familiar with the fact that a lot of my posts seem to be virulently anti-conservative. Although I like most people and try my hardest to get along with everyone despite their political views, I have a hard time dealing with social conservatives (I have more patience for economic conservatives). They seem to be so intolerant and opposed to social progress; if something is new, it is automatically bad. That is what makes me so mad about them. They think that THEIR way of having a family is the only right way. They think THEIR way of politics is the only right way. It’s absolutely maddening. So many of them are homophobic and don’t want gays to get married just because their bigoted interpretation of Christianity says so. Hello, if you don’t want a gay marriage, then don’t freaking have one. There is no valid reason to oppose equal rights for all people — anything else is bigotry.

(I also have problems with liberals being bigoted towards those who don’t agree with them. I actually have a problem with bigotry in general. This post is mainly addressed towards conservatives because they are primarily the ones who are spreading bigotry across the nation right now.)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2088-1582423,00.html

I had heard that Pope Benedict XVI would be more moderate than some of the other candidates, but the current pope makes George W. Bush look like Madalyn Murray O’Hair. He demands that all Catholics follow the strict rulings of the church, no matter what the local law might be. No room for interpretation here…He has strongly expressed his opinion regarding same-sex marriage, abortion, and other contentious issues — they’re all sinful, and there might even be a risk of not being able to take communion if you take a stance outside what the church demands. Apparently, he’s not too wild about materialism and capitalism as well. Why, he’s even saying that women should return to their traditional roles rather than work.

I swear, religious leaders are moving us further and further into the Dark Ages. This is supposed to be a decade of progress, not regression. I wouldn’t be surprised if Catholics got fed up and started to start a new sect of Christianity.