Napoleon told me...

 Forty years ago when the trial Judge heard the case of Loving vs. The State of Virginia ( an interracial couple who were married in DC and then returned to Virginia where they were subsequently arrested as it was illegal for them to be married in State of Virginia) the rationalization he used was biblically based.

Apparently, it was not God's intention that the races should intermingle.  Really?

In the bible there are rationalizations for slavery, polygamy, death by stoning, and incest.

I don't believe in the bible - like I don't believe in the patriot act.  Both documents, in my opinion, are used as a tool to obtain compliance of the masses.  

(King) George Bush and King James had the same motives, and both, unfortunately, have been successful to a large degree.  Words written by men with agendas.

I have nothing against people of "faith", but I simply don't understand why it is when a person claims God gave a directive to them that it is received with credibility.

A few years back a group of coal miners were trapped underground.  The families were erroneously informed their family members were alive and were being rescued.  

They thanked God for their good fortune.  

However, about an hour later they discovered the terrible news,  all but one of the men was dead.

The families then blamed the mining company for the death of their loved ones.  A smart decision, as I am not sure God has liability insurance.

What would happen if I won a grammy and thanked Napoleon for inspiration, or rode my bike across the country because Napoleon whispered in my ear, or went door to door asking strangers to accept the spirit of Napoleon,  one word -intervention.

I pay in inordinate amount of money in taxes,  (the average income of someone living in Oklahoma), and so yes, I am a little bit bitter when people who have "beliefs" I find absurd give me directives in regard to my most personal decisions.

When I was in high school living in Orange County it was like illegal to be Gay.  I kept my "secret" (what I thought was a secret)  from my "friends".  I was happy with tolerance, but satisfied with simply not having the shit kicked out of me, or having someone spray paint LESBO on my locker ( Editors note: I never had the shit kicked out of me, and there was no spray paint) .

But now... now that I pay the average salary of a middle manager at Walmart in taxes- I find the word tolerance to be offensive.

Although I am tempted to go into a diatribe about what I tolerate from my straight neighbors-Napoleon told me I should hold my malice...