I'm fine with creationism in philosophy classes too, but they have no place in science. Palin probably won't make that distinction.
I avoided making educational comparasons between campaigns earlier in this thread because I wanted to give Palin a shot rather than project my already well substantiated opinion of communications majors onto her. My level of discomfort remains. I have already expressed dislike for the RNC being hijacked by social conservatives. She reminds me somewhat of Huckabee.
The "left" doesn't spin everything constantly out of control, but when your opposition continuously parades around their moral authority, then picks a VP candidate with a knocked up teenage daughter, I mean. For fuck's sake. At least they are supportive of Bristol, how genuinely Christian of them. Now, if they can just do that for everyone and not just members of their party, we'll be one big happy family again.
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this article:
Palin, for example, opposes sex education in schools, including all access to contraceptive information for adolescents. Similarly, she believes that abortion should be illegal.
We KNOW this kind of attitude causes teenage pregnancy. Gah.
Real conservatives don't want that kind of government invasion into the lives of private citizens. Real conservatives do not give a flying fuck what happens in bedrooms between consenting adults or how they solve their problems after. Real conservatives care about the economy. Real conservatives strive to empower people through their own means by making sure everyone knows and can fulfill their potential as people without blaming it on identity issues (real or imagined).
I don't know why apparently a huge section of the population thinks it's perfectly fine to put Adam and Steve's relationship, abortion, or how someone feels about God ahead of immigration issues, or scientific advancement, or foreign policy experience (Palin's appears to be the equivalent of "I have a Russian friend") or K-12 education, or mortgage problems, or national debt or a whole host of other things critical to the success of this country. But, that's okay. Who cares if the economy is shit, a gay guy wants to see his dying partner and if we allow that, the terrorists win.
If conservatives today genuinely wanted families to flourish, they'd stop trying to define what constitutes a family. If conservatives today genuinely wanted American students to perform well on the world stage, they'd quit shoving unsubstantiated bullshit into high school curriculum.
On most issues, I'm reasonably right leaning. I've wanted to vote Republican. I really do believe in the potential of all people to do and be whatever they want in the country. I don't mind if kids at the high school I taught in wanted to pray before a meal. I like the Pledge. But I draw the line at other people legislating their morality on my family, the kids I teach, and myself.
On a personal note, Ari's working all the time to get a better job, be more educated and take better care of her children. Ari may have made some mistakes, but she's hardly a "dumb, lazy whore".
