This Monday is painful. Could the hours go by any slower? It occurred to me earlier that it has been a while since I’m written anything of substance. I think the only thing I can think of these days is the upcoming holidays. I’m definitely ready for the time off, and I’m ready for my yearly dose of America. I’ve finally accepted that none of my friends or family is going to visit while we are here. And that’s okay. My best friend has lived in Germany for 10 years and I have never managed to go see her. We have promised once we return to the US, we will put the trip at the top of the ‘to do’ list. Travelling to Europe from Australia is about a 30 hour ordeal, which doesn’t sound like the most appealing of activities. I’m so ready to move back to San Francisco, but I try not to discuss it that much...especially, with my friends here in Sydney. I think there’s nothing worse than someone trashing ‘your town’ so I don’t want my eagerness to move back to be considered an indictment against Sydney or Australia in general. I’m sure most people don’t give a shit one way or the other, but it is something I’m sensitive to...perhaps it’s part of expat angst..? Honestly, if it wasn’t for my deep attachments to the Bay Area I wouldn’t want to leave here (something I dare not tell my family...oops, I guess I just did!). The US in general creeps me out now. The extreme rhetoric on the right coupled with the spinelessness on the left leaves a very bad taste in my mouth. I’m at that point in my life where I want to give up politics again (when Clinton signed the Defence of Marriage Act, I said I would never vote again in a Presidential election; when W ran for his second term, I broke that promise). Obama getting us involved in another war has been the last straw for me...very disappointing, certainly not the change I thought I was voting for. Speaking of being disappointed in leaders, Julia Gillard (PM of Australia) is an atheist. Interestingly, she has come out against same sex marriage as un-Australian:
I think for our culture, for our heritage, the Marriage Act and marriage being between a man and a woman has a special status … I know that people might look at me and think that’s something that they wouldn’t necessarily expect me to say but that is what I believe.
I’m on the record as saying things like I think it’s important that people understand their Bible stories. Not because I’m an advocate of religion — clearly I’m not — but once again, what comes from the Bible has formed such an important part of our culture.
This is truly a WTF moment. More info can be read here. Honestly, the arrogance of her statements is astounding to me. I mean I expect such bullshit from religious folks, but from a fellow atheist?
Can you say homophobe?
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