If there's one thing I've noticed about Europe, it's that its belief that negotiations are best only applies to everybody excluding Europe. After all, when there was trouble in Yugoslavia, rather than try to negotiate a peaceful resolution, which was very possible, they decided to use force to exercise their will. However, when the U.S. used force against Iraq, they criticized that the U.S. used force when force, they claim, was not necessary. A few years later, Europe criticizes Israel for usin...

The California Supreme Court has just halted the homosexual marriages that were taking place in San Francisco. Whether or not the gay marriages will continue will be decided in May or June. Whether or not Utah will now fight for its constitutional right to have husbands marry multiple wives is still unknown. One thing is for sure though: this lesson has definitely taught Art Adams and Devin Baker, two men who were about to wed when the government finally stepped in, a lesson that if "you snooze,...

The recent discussions about whether or not homosexuals should be allowed to marry have sparked many to claim that refusing homosexuals the right to wed is equivalent to the segregation laws that took place in the South. After some thought, I realized that segregation still does exist in our world. There are many ways in which segregation still strangles our society, and if we truly want to end this Jim Crow mentality, then we should abolish this behavior that "separate but equal" is all right. ...

All this talk about hypothetical marriages (i.e. man and ape, man and child, etc.) has me wondering if marriage as it stands today is ethical. The criticism against the idea of a man and ape/child getting married is simple: the ape/child does not have the mental capacity to make such a decision. However, one might be shocked to learn that it is legal today for individuals to marry those without the mental capacity to make a knowledgeable decision concerning marriage. Although they are adults, so...

We are a heterosexist society, which depending on who you are, might be a good or bad thing. Besides marriage, there are many other areas of society that advocates of gay marriage might want to check out if they're seeking to end discrimination against homosexuals. For example, in our schools, there are homecoming parades, with a homecoming king and a homecoming queen. What about the possibility of a homecoming king and a homecoming king, or a homecoming queen and a homecoming queen (or for an...

Mayor Newsom of San Francisco has issued marriage licenses to gay couples, despite the fact that the people of California voted against same sex marriages in by voting for a proposition not too long ago that defined marriage as union between a man and a woman. Although it's not sure what will happen, it is clear that this mayor (and the gay couples who were married) has little respect for the law and the people of California, and because they chose to defy both the public as well as the law, I...

I didn't intend to surf the Internet today, but I spotted an article in Saturday's local newspaper, The Modesto Bee , that really irked me. Madison Hatton, 9, was collecting cans to pay the $100 needed to participate in the American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life. Although she could have went door-to-door asking for donations, she thought it was better to raise the money on her own, which is honorable, considering that men decades older beg shamelessly for other people's money . Sadly,...