How I feel

I really want all the crazy, bad juju that came along with this last full moon to be done.

Wow. And from Newsweek, too...

A really interesting article from Newsweek about gay marriage and the Bible.

Top comment of the day on Kos...

In response to a good diary about the Newsweek article on the Bible and gay marriage, gladkov makes a good point...

If we "constitutionalize" what the Bible says about marriage:

A. Marriage in the United States shall consist of a union between one man and one or more women. (Gen 29:17-28; II Sam 3:2-5)

B. Marriage shall not impede a man's right to take concubines in
addition to his wife or wives. (II Sam 5:13; I Kings 11:3; II Chron 11:21)

C. A marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a
virgin. If the wife is not a virgin, she shall be executed. (Deut 22:13-21)

D. Marriage of a believer and a non-believer shall be forbidden.
(Gen 24:3; Num 25:1-9; Ezra 9:12; Neh 10:30)

E. Since marriage is for life, neither this Constitution nor the constitution of any State, nor any state or federal law, shall be construed to permit divorce. (Deut 22:19; Mark 10:9)

F. If a married man dies without children, his brother shall marry the widow. If he refuses to marry his brother's widow or deliberately does not give her children, he shall pay a fine of one shoe and be otherwise punished in a manner to be determined by law. (Gen 38:6-10; Deut 25:5-10)

G. In lieu of marriage, if there are no acceptable men in your town, it is required that you get your dad drunk and have sex with him (even if he had previously offered you up as a sex toy to men young and old), tag-teaming with any sisters you may have. Of course, this rule applies only if you are female. (Gen 19:31-36)

Another good one, in response to above comment:

"I love the story of Lot and his daughters... It's got to be, what, 10,000 years old? And the lie is still just as obvious as if it were yesterday.

"Yeah, guys. Hey. Look at me, I survived that whole Fire and Damnation thing that took out Sodom. Boy am I a lucky bastard. Yup, just me, my 2 daughters, and my 2 grandsons."

"What's that? No, no just the five of us. Up there in the mountains for, oh, about a year now."

"Huh? Oh, um, that. Well ... you see... my girls, they just REALLY like kids. Can't get enough of them. So, uh, when we were up there, they used to get me REALLY drunk, see. Because he had a whole bunch of wine in that cave, let me tell you. Just and tons of wine, you see. And ... where was I? Oh, yes. They got me drunk. And I just blacked out and don't remember anything. And 9 months later, these 2 bundles of joy came along."

"What? Of course I didn't know what was going on. But yeah, at least twice. And in all likelihood, it must have happened a dozen, two dozen times. Hey, tell you the truth, this whole last year has just been a blur for me. But, my little girls sure do love babies. And what can you do, huh? Daughters, they drive you crazy but you love them anyway, right guys? Praise the lord."

Kosher chicken Palauans

More trouble for immigrant workers in Postville, Iowa. This story just kills me. For those who don't know the backstory Postville is a small town in Iowa that first made news when the local slaughterhouse was bought by a group of Hasidic Jews from the East Coast, who proceeded to move into the small town, causing all sorts of ruckus. Yeah. Slight culture shock.

Anyway, in May there was the largest immigration raid in the US, with ICE arresting almost 500 people, 389 of whom are still awaiting trial to be deported. Their families are stuck, and generally not able to find work. After shutting down some operations, Agriprocessors imported some workers from Palau. Here's where the story above picks up.

More Postville links:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/opinion/13sun2.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/17/AR2008051702474.html