ACLU

Yet another ground-breaking story from the pages of the medical journal, “Duh.” I was reading the news the other day and this article I came across struck me as amazing: Two Women Sue `Girls Gone Wild’ Creator

This is about two girls who were invited onto the Girls Gone Wild (GGW) bus, given free drinks — which they didn’t complain about at the time — and did sexual things on tape and didn’t think that the tape would be seen by anyone else. All I am thinking is no matter how bad a person the creator of Girls Gone Wild may or may not be, these girls have no right to sue him because they are stupid. This is a frivolous lawsuit. If you don’t want to be on the Girls Gone Wild DVDs then don’t go on the bus and let someone tape you having lesbian sex. I’ve never done that, therefore I am not on the dvd.

Anyway, this post is for articles of things you find stupid, such as girls going onto a GGW bus and doing lesbian acts without thinking it would get out. And possibly discuss the issue(s) at hand.

And hopefully you all recognize the Norm MacDonald reference.

I hate the way people feel like they have to be so careful, so politically correct, so ambiguous and universal when talking about anything that anybody else might have a different opinion on. This is regardless of the actual content of your words. If it’s related to race, religion, or sexual orientation, you can’t be remotely specific about your feelings, even if what you have to say is positive. (“If I like their race, how can that be racist?“)

So take this example: someone at work is going through a crisis, serious illness in the family or something… The emails fly around with encouraging words… People who I know are Christians or to some extent pray or are comfortable with the concept will still send out their email saying something ambiguous like “you and your family are in my thoughts.” Okay, I understand that not everyone believes in God. But if you don’t and I do, why would me saying “I’ll be praying for you and your family” offend you? Even if you think it’s a crock, I’m showing that I’m concerned and doing something for you that I believe is helpful.

If my dad was very sick and you said, “I’m going to take some play dough and make a bunch of little gods and then dance and pray to them all night in hopes that your dad makes a full recovery,” I wouldn’t be offended. Yes, I would think it very stupid, and I don’t practise your play dough religion, but in your misguided way you are putting forth actual effort for me in my time of need, my situation is on your mind. Do I believe that your efforts will heal my father? It’s irrelevant. Do your methods comfort me? No, but knowing I have concerned people sharing my hardships does.

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Christmas time is here again. Time to offend people with this once-religious holiday. Even though at this point the non-religious Santa Claus stuff is so prominent in the holiday — an evolution that could (or does) offend many Christians — each year we hear more and more news about Christmas offending some ambiguous (but assumably huge) number of non-Christian people.

So at what point does Christmas become secular enough that it’s not offensive to the public? How many dwarves and flying caribou do we need before I can safely say “Merry Christmas” to strangers in a federal building without getting a letter from the ACLU?

To me, Christmas is religious. Yes, I grew up exchanging presents, waiting for Santa, etc., but the birth of Christ (regardless of the actual date He was born) was always stressed in our household, and this is the focus of the holiday for me. Our family has always had a Christmas tree, and the story of Jesus’ birth was always read while sitting around it. The two worlds can and do intersect, and it’s a good thing — it’s all part of the holiday in this country. Rudolph and Frosty are absolute classics, but A Charlie Brown Christmas sums up the season for me; Linus Van Pelt is the voice of the Christmas Story.

But that’s me growing up in a religious household. I would venture to say that in most American homes that celebrate Christmas, the religious aspect of the holiday probably isn’t stressed like it was in our house. Regardless, if in actuality the vast majority of Americans celebrate Christmas (even non-religiously, as many non-Christians do), why is this a growing issue every year? Why is the season so offensive to this handful of people, and moreover, why are the traditions of a majority cancelled out by the traditions (or in most cases, just opinions) of a minority?

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I wanted to encourage you all to read this book by my uncle, Coach Dave Daubenmire.

I have been reading it this past week and am really being inspired to become closer to the Lord.  The info is listed on the minutemen link on Bill’s website.  Or you can go to www.ptsalt.com.  Dave battled for Christ in our schools a few years back with trying to defend students the right to pray during high school sports events.  The story was on Fox news and CNN and the ACLU wanted to take him to the Supreme Court.  Utimately the ACLU backed down but prayer is not allowed in any arena of the high school sports world to this day.  This story is the beginning of Dave’s journey at London High School, also the place where my brother Pete graduated from.  Please make sure to read this story, it is awesome.

Maybe you haven’t noticed, but it’s become so fashionable to bash Christianity. In many arenas — particularly on the Internet — Christian bashing is not only tolerated, but actually encouraged. No, you can’t talk bad about a particular race or even some other religion, but shooting down Christianity will get you applause. (My friend Seth has an interesting sign hanging in his cube that kinda emphasizes my point: The ACLU – We don’t hate religion, we just hate Christianity.)

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