"Spread the Hate"

The title for this blog was borrowed from an oft-used phrase from the Presidential election "spread the wealth" that McCain-Palin used to spread lies and falsehoods about what Obama wanted to do help lift the economy.

After reading this as well as this, I see spreading hate, fear, and lies, are not just relegated to campaign rhetoric. It really upsets me when people blatantly lie and use misleading statements to try and persuade people against something. As was done in the vote on Proposition 8, mostly done by the Mormon Church, using propaganda and lies, this is just being done to scare people into thinking gay and lesbian couples want anything more than to just have the right to get married. I do not understand how that cannot be afforded to them. I personally believe everyone should have the right to be equally happy and not have their civil-rights, which I truly believe this is a case of, unlike some politicians who even ran for the highest office in the country. People with ideals like that, and other right-leaning ones, scare me. I really hope Obama can focus on other civil-rights, and human-rights issues during his presidency, after cleaning up other messes left by past people. And even though President Obama is against gay marriage, he did say he is in favor of civil unions, which is much better than what the Republicans favor. I have a been impressed so far with Obama's choice for a "rainbow" colored cabinet and how diverse it has been. I think he has done a very good job in showing his diversity when picking positions and showing that he cares about all people, including the gay and lesbian community.