Harry Potter inuendoes.

Ok so I'm sitting here with my friend Jaime and new found friend Shannon, and we are watching Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and about 10 minutes in we start saying all these Harry Potter innuendoes. So here are a few have fun.

1. He wants to see her chamber of secrets.

2. He wants to get into her robes.

3. She wants to catch his golden snitch.

4. She wants to beat his bludger.

5. She wants to see his wand.

6. He wants to explore her forbbidin forrest.

7. Why don't you come hop on my firebolt?

8. You can expecto my patronum.

9. You better watch your basalisk.

10. He wants to get traped in her devils snare.

11. You can be the sorcerer of my stone.

12. Do you wanna see the inside of my azkaban prison.

13. Enter the maze of my triwizard tornument.

14. Do you wanna do it the triwizard style?

15.You wanna find all my horcruxes?

16. Do you want your troll in my dungeon.

17. Let me see your elder wand.

18. Wanna see whats in my ministry of magic?

19. Wanna stab my locket?

20. Gunna stupify you with my wand.

21. Wanna vanish in my cabinate?

22. Snogging party!

23. Wanna butter my beer?

24. Wanna manage my mischief?

25. Put your gryffindor sword in my sorting hat.

26. Wanna tame my fluffy?

27. You wanna Nevile my Longbottom?

28. Wanna be my house elf?

29. Wanna be my dark lord?

30. You can ride my hippogriff.

31. You can riddle my tom.

32. You can hed my wig.

33. You can Harry my Potter.

34. You can fondel my wand.

35. You can Hermione my Granger.

36. You can Ron my Weasley.

37. Do you wanna do the norwegian ridgeback?

38. You wanna crook my shanks?

39. You wanna taste my liquorice wand?

40. You don't want that witch... Shes deathly hallow!

Ok so there you go. 40 fun Harry Potter inuendoes. =]

THE END OF MAN KIND AS WE KNOW IT! (Yes we ARE that bad.)

(Our chances are nill if we keep up the shitty Grammys.)

         

          Sooooo, THE GRAMMY’S! A very interesting evening every year. I enjoy the Grammy’s for two reasons. One, because I like seeing some of my favorite artists perform/win/present, and two, I enjoy seeing epic fails. Naturally I shall start with the ups of the Grammy’s.


1. Bruno Mars was great! I loved him singing Grenade in such an old fashion way. Huge throw back which makes me love him even more. His voice is so butter I could just listen to him for hours on end.

2. Lady Gaga singing her new song Born This Way was great. I had two thoughts while she was singing. “I LOVE THIS SONG!” and “Why isn’t she acting completely insane???” Insane or not I love her and everything she does. “Don’t be a drag just be a queen!” is probably my new favorite line in any of her songs. Just epic.

3. I have two words for you: Barbra Streisand! I could not understand why someone would not love her! For her to do a live performance is amazing and I thought she was great. Yes her voice is a lot weaker than it used to be, but she is a living legend and she was definitely a highlight of the evening.

4. Mumford and sons, Avett Brothers, and Bob Dylan. That was one of the best parts of the show in my opinion. What made it so great besides the fact that BOB DYLAN was there was that it was music that you don’t hear a lot at the Grammys. You hear ‘Grammys’ and think Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, P. Diddy or what ever is cool these days, but to have banjo players jamming out with Bob Dylan was just a magical moment and I am so glad that they had that.

5. Justin Bieber and Ushers gay moment. Now I am pro gay rights, but I did laugh when Usher asked ‘The Biebs’ what he told him when they first met and Justin saying “If its destiny we will meet again.” I couldn’t help but giggle. Maybe it didn’t sound that bad to most people, but I’m biased because well I’m not into Justin Bieber OR Usher. Sue me.

6. Cee lo and Gwyneth Paltrow. I love both of them and that song so I mean there was no way I was not going to like it. His outfit on the other hand was interesting to say the least. I did enjoy the puppets. The drumming one was my favorite =].

7. Mick Jagger! What an odd little man! I mean that in the most respectful way possible! He’s also a living legend. While he was singing I thought of the Blues Brothers and hoped that Dan Aykroyd would pop out of no where and bust some of his awesome Elwood moves. Sadly that did not happen, but I’m sure he was at home jamming out!

8. Seth Rogan’s burn about getting high with Miley. I love Seth Rogan and everything he says. He’s just AWESOME!

          Ahh now for my favorite part! The downs. There is nothing I love more than talking trash about people who are richer than me, prettier than me, have more talent than me, and have more friends than I do just to make me feel better about myself. LETS GO!


1. Justin Bieber. I was never into ‘The Biebs’ I’m not going to lie though, he is not the worst singer to have ever lived. Trust me I have heard worse and I shall get to some later. But when I heard Justin sing tonight I was quite confused at first. You see I’m used to all the jokes about him like “Oh he sounds like a 12 year old girl.” and “His balls haven’t dropped yet.” (Which is quite rude. But funny lol) and so I assume that every time he sings he will sound like a little girl. Even when he’s 40 (if he still has a career) I would think he still sounded like a prepubescent girl. But tonight he did NOT! I thought he was awful. I thought he sounded a bit like a joke audition for American Idol. But hey everyone to there own.

2. Arcade Fire. So this is the first time I had ever even heard of this band, and I must say they did not make a great first impression on me. First of all I couldn’t WATCH the performance because if I watched the lights I would have had a stroke. I mean the lights were just ridiculous. So I listened to them. Soon though I wish I hadn’t decided to even listen because I thought they were shit. Nothing about their performance was good or even okay. So naturally I was upset when they won best album. Can’t cry over spilt milk so congrats to them. Tweaked out ass holes enjoy your ‘music’.

3. I’m going to be honest. Eminem SCARES THE SHIT OUT OF ME. What I don’t understand about him is his anger. I don’t know if he knows this, but not ALL rap is pissed beyond all reason at the world. Don’t get me wrong, a lot of it is, but not ALL of it. I mean he yells everything. “I FUCKIN HATE ALL OF YOU AHHHHH IM WHITE AND PEOPLE CALL ME CRACKER! IM GLAD THE STEELERS LOST BECAUSE I FUCKIN LOVE THE PACKERS (I threw that in because the Packers are saweet!) MY KID HATES MY GUTS! I LIKE TO GIVE IT UP THE BUTT! AND NOW IM GOING TO SET YOU ALL ON FIRE!!!!!” That was my impersonation of him raping. I mean he truly scares me. Maybe its those eyes. They are so big and his eyebrows are always narrowed and he’s always frowning. I mean you are a white male you would have it made back in the day when you were the only demographic that could vote or do ANYTHING for that matter. So Eminem lets turn your frown upside down, lift the eye brows, and whisperrrrrr.

 4. Katy Perry. I’m going to keep this nice a short and to the point. She should not sing live. Nuff said.

5. Lady Antebellum. I don’t HATE them, BUT they are not ALL THAT. I mean what they won 3 or 4 Grammys based on ONE song. It’s a good song but sheesh there have been other songs in 2010 that were awesome. Oh well.

6. During the opening where five female singers held a tribute to Aretha Franklin I felt that it was Christina Aguilera’s way of bouncing back from her Super Bowl EPIC FAIL!. Seriously who the fuck messes up the National Anthem. I get it if you know like French people didn’t know it but DAMN! So I just didn’t enjoy her at all. Doesn’t help that I don’t like her voice. It just IRRITATES me. The tribute would have been okay if she was booed off the stage. Yes I think she is that bad. I also think that anyone who doesn’t agree is a complete moron.

　
          Over all if I was going to rate the Grammys on a scale of 1 to 10 I would give it a 6 ½ maybe a 7. I was good, but I wish I watched the BAFTA’s instead. =/ What did you think of the Grammys?

Why do Americans like Thanksgiving? THE FOOD!

Ah Thanksgiving. A time to give thanks to stuff that you wouldn’t normally give thanks to, but you do cause if you don’t your mom will yell about how ungrateful you are. We all know the only reason ANYBODY still celebrates Thanksgiving is for the food. Well at least that’s the only reason I still put up with this ridiculous holiday. I mean all you really do is sit around, watch a little football, while the mom figure is cooking up some huge meal in the kitchen. Most Americans don’t even know when the first Thanksgiving was. Oh are you the smart-ass that’s shouting 1621? WRONG!! I hate… wait, I love to burst your bubble, it was in Florida in 1565.


The only reason we have Thanksgiving is because we think its patriotic. Well personally I’m not all that ‘patriotic’ I just feel like to be proud of your country, your country should give you a reason to be proud of it… I mean I’m just sayin’. I wont go into that though. Back to Thanksgiving. So in 1565 on September 8^th the Spanish celebrated the earliest Thanksgiving in America in Saint Augustine Florida.
The Thanksgiving that is taught about in school was in 1621 in Massachusetts. Here’s some things you may not know about this particular event.

It lasted three days. So why do we only have an hour long dinner? I feel like I’m being cheated out of more food. REVOLT!

There were fifty pilgrims, 90 Wampanoag Indians, and ZERO women. Not a single one. But it was okay for them to cook the food. Just not to join in the celebrations. Typical.

THEY DID NOT EAT TURKEY! The Indians brought like five deer to the table, and the pilgrims brought filthy ducks and geese. Its so like the white man to bring mediocre birds and let the Indians bring the nice deer. I bet they had plenty left over duck.

Last but not least… The very next generation of pilgrims KILLED the Indians. Basically the first pilgrims needed the Native Americans to help them survive, but after they were back on their feet the pilgrims killed the Indians, and took their land. So what is the point of celebrating our greediness?
　I am not trying to talk anyone out of celebrating Thanksgiving, but lets think more critically about why we are celebrating certain things shall we? Lets all just admit that we like the food. I mean who could possibly deny a turkey, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin pie? No one that’s who! So I just wrote this to get people to stop lying and being all sappy about how beautiful Thanksgiving is. The only thing that is beautiful on Thanksgiving is that food. So enjoy HUGE MEAL DAY! =]

My Bucket List.

So I am sort of taking this idea from my friend Carolyn. But instead of spreading my list throughout a year I’m just going to name the top 10 things I want to do before I die.


1. Move to London. I just love everything about London.

2. Go bungee jumping. I want to do this because I am scared of falling from great heights, and I would like to conquor that fear. Plus it looks hella fun.

3. Learn magic. I have three words for you… Penn and Teller.

4. Go to NASA and watch a shuttle launch. My mom used to live in Florida and she saw so many shuttle launches that it made her sick. She thinks they are so boring, but I am a huge space nerd so seeing us send something into space would just get me jumping around in excitment. Lol

5. Own a pig. I dont eat pork and I have always thought pigs were cute. I have heard they make great pets, and despite contrary belief pigs are actually very clean.

6. Travel. I want to travel around Europe. A lot of my family is from there like Italy and Germany. I also want to see Scottland.

7. Meet Stephen Hawking. I know this is a long shot because he is one of the biggest names in sience today, but I would love to just go to one of his lectures.

8. Go to the Library of Congress. The biggest library in the world I mean who wouldnt want to go??

9. Spend a few weeks going to the 19 museums of the Smithsonian Institution. The place is huge and has so much of American history in it. Also going through the archives would be hella fun!

10. Go to a Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr concert. I grew up listening to The Beatles thanks to my mom and I think they are such a huge part of history. Just to see 1/4 of them would be wonderful to say the least.

Ok that was my bucket list. I’m sure I forgot a lot of stuff but those are just 10 of a list of a million things I would like to do before I die. Better get started. I suggest you make your list! =]

From one wizard to another.

I’ve got two words for you. Harry Potter. I firmly believe there isn’t a child on Earth that has not heard that name. Magical or Muggle. In three days (November 19^th) Part 1 of The Deathly Hallows will hit theaters. Personally I see this as a great thing and a horrifying realization. Since I was eight my mom and I have been reading the Harry Potter books, and they since have become a huge part of my own life, and I’m sure other peoples lives as well. When I was ten the first Harry Potter film came out and I remember going into the theatre giggling and jumping around out of excitement. I couldn’t possibly tell you ALL my feelings at that time because there were so many. Excitement, fear of it not being as good as the book, happiness, and nervousness (All combined by the way made me really have to pee. But I held it).

There’s no doubt that the series is fantastic, but they were also among the first books I would read without being forced by a teacher. So naturally they meant a lot to me. The Harry potter franchise has carried on since. Book after book was released to outstanding sales in the UK and US. Movie after movie opened in theatres to astronomical amounts of views. There is no doubt that people around the world are in love with Harry Potter. With good reason. I mean these books open up a whole world of wizards and witches and the adventures that three friends take throughout their adolescence. Throughout their years Harry, Ron, and Hermione battle dark magic and struggle with love and loss. Most of us can’t really relate to the dark magic, but everyone can relate to the love and loss in these books. Which is what makes them so valued and loved around the world.

As November 19^th approaches I feel this since of excitement. Deathly Hallows is the last installment of J.K Rowlings Harry Potter books. So going to see part 1 of the last book is insane to say the least. If you are into Harry Potter as much as I am than you understand this feeling. The feelings of near resolution. Of going to see another Harry Potter film. Its always exciting because even though you know what’s going to happen you want to see it come alive. And seeing part 1 of the last book come alive just gets you jumping around like a little kid again in the theatre. At least that’s what it does to me.

Although, there is this slight feelings of impending doom. Okay its not THAT bad. But I look back through the last 13 years from when Sorcerer's Stone was first written, and I see the books evolve, and the movies, and the characters, the whole franchise really, and as the franchise evolved I too grew up with it. My views on Harry Potter have not change what so ever. I’m still an obsessed little girl who squeals every time a preview comes on television. But deep down… I don’t want the movies to come out. Not because I don’t want to see it, but because I don’t want it to end. Its been in my life for so long, and if you look in my room you see Harry Potter paraphernalia EVERYWHERE. Wands, scarves, ties, owls, dolls, a locket, and a quill. Its obvious that I have a problem haha. But I just wonder what will it be like when both parts 1 and 2 come out? Are people just going to slowing forget about it? I don’t think so, but I do think that it wont be talked about nearly as much as it is now. I always think ‘Will I find a new series to fall in love with?’ If I do (which I highly doubt.) Harry Potter will always be my number one favorite book series/movie franchise. Oh fuck it. It will be my number one ANYTHING.

Even though within the next eight months both part 1 and part 2 of Deathly Hallows will both be out. Harry Potter will live on.


P.S- Sorry if your not a big Harry Potter fan or if this was all really cheesy, but I just watched a preview and it all just hit me like a bludger in a Quidditch game so I had to just get it out. Pass on this blog to your friends I would love you forever. On the 21^st I will have a review of Deathly Hallows part 1 so if you liked this be sure to read my review. Much love!

PULL YO PANTS UP BRUH!

As you can see from the title. PULL YOUR PANTS UP BOYS! I mean seriously. I don’t want to be looking at what boxer shorts you picked out today. Also I notice a lot you like to wear basketball shorts over your boxers and under your pants. Doesn’t your butt get hot? I mean I’m a girl and I wouldn’t know, but seriously that’s three clothing items on your bottom, it MUST get hot.

I mean I don’t know what’s so embarrassing about wearing your pants where they belong. I find it embarrassing wearing them under your ass. You know that saying “Oh he has a face only a mother could love.” Well I apply that to butts. “You all have butts only a mother could love.” Which sounds dirty, but its very much true. I have heard a lot of people say its sexy. I don’t understand. I really don’t, like I don’t look at a boy and see that they have boxers with hearts on them, and basketball shorts, AND way baggy pants and say “Oh he lookin’ good I wanna do unspeakable things once I get all of his pants off.” No I say “What the hell chemical is that boy missing in his brain to think that I or anyone else wants to see his ass.” Here’s a new rule: If I can tell what design is on your boxers you don’t have your pants up high enough.

In 1822 Albert Thurston invented something I absolutely love to wear, the suspenders. Let me walk you through how they work.

Step one: Put on pants.
Step two: Tuck in your shirt.
Step three: Now that you have completed the first two steps you are ready to wear suspenders. Take your newly bought suspenders and you see the side with just one clasp on it? Clip that to the back of your pants.
Step four: Now once you have done that the side with two clasps should be behind you. Take one in each hand and bring them over your shoulders.
Step five: One at a time clasp both to the front of your pants.
Step six: Adjust to your height so that they keep your pants up.

Suspenders are a great way to keep pants on and have the ‘nerd’ look. You don’t want the nerd look? That’s okay I have an alternative to suspenders if you like. Its called a belt. The belt has been around since biblical times. It has evolved from being braided rope to being made from leather, plastic, or other materials. Now the belt is a lot less nerdy if that’s what you would like. Here are steps for wearing a belt.

Step one: Put on pants.
Step two: Take your new belt, and the end that does NOT have a big metal thing on the end put in through the first loop on the left side of the button on your pants.
Step three: Keep looping through all the loops until you get to the last one on the right side of your button.
Step four: This is where things might get complicating. The end without metal, stick in through the metal part and pull. Pull to a comfortable hole that will keep your pants up.
Step five: Now all that you have to do is put the metal rod part into the hole and presto! You have just successfully put on a belt. (Go ahead and laugh at the phrasing. You are a boy I know you want to. Hahaha) 

You have the option to tuck in your shirt or not when you wear a belt. If you are wearing suspenders it looks and works a lot better if you wear your shirt tucked in.

There is a third alternative to both of these. I know you know its coming. Ahem… BUY PANTS THAT FIT! A lot of you that wear your pants around your knees spend a lot of time picking out your too-big-pants at the mall. At the mall you are surrounded by pants all day I am positive you can find a pair that fit on your waist.

My mom works at the hospital and I must admit that I love her stories about people who tripped while running from the cops. I mean seriously if you are going to run from the cops at least pull your pants up enough to out run them. I know that cops aren’t known for their running skills, because most of them are picking up doughnuts at the krispy kream, but they will catch you if you have your pants so low that you trip and fall or get stuck on a fence. This is just something to keep in mind when you wake up in the morning and think ‘I want to commit a crime.’

I asked ten girls what they thought about guys who wore their pants sagging. Ten out of ten said they did NOT like it. So if you are trying to impress the ladies buy showing them your ass. They don’t like it. Most of them I’m sure want a gentlemen who has the decency to keep what their mama gave them inside their pants. So keep that in mind also next time a girl rejects you.

If none of that convinced you that you should start wearing proper pants I am sure this will. Back in the day it was believed that in prisons some inmates would sag their pants to indicate that they were gay and ‘open.’ I know from personal experience that a lot of guys do NOT like being called gay so if that’s the case pull them up and you wont have the problem of someone calling you gay.

To close this blog off I am going to quote our president Barack Obama: “…brothers should pull up their pants. You are walking by your mother, your grandmother, your underwear is showing. What's wrong with that? Come on. Some people might not want to see your underwear. I’m one of them.”

So please do us all a favor and pull up your trousers.

-Madi

I also want to clarify that this is directed towards ANYONE who sags their pants. Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, AND FEMALES. Girls I don’t want you sagging your pants so I can see what color your G string is. I’m just saying.
Ok bye.

My old grad paper.

Equal Rights for All.

All men are created equal, as stated in the Declaration of Independence, is the basis of the entire belief system of the United States of America. This country has granted religious and political freedom to thousands over the last two hundred plus years. The United States of America has fought wars to free slaves that were persecuted within the United States and around the world. America has given women more rights than dozens of other nations, as many rights as men. Yet we continue to deny our basic rights and freedoms to thousands of our own citizens based solely on their sexual orientation. Gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and trans genders should be able to marry and their sexual orientation should not have any effect on the right to marry or any of the other legal rights that come with that.

 In 1779 a law was proposed by one of our country’s founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson, that stated gay men would be castrated and gay women would have their noses mutilated. That law was proposed in 1779 but it was not until 1965 that the first march for gay rights took place. One hundred eighty years later. Gays have come a long way to earn the rights they deserve (Head). During the time of the 1950’s activism for gay rights of any kind was extremely dangerous. In 1951 the first pro gay organization formed was a very small group of homosexual men who protected themselves by using street comedy which revealed flaws of characters representing societal norms (Head). In 1993 Hawaii allowed same sex marriage, but soon after the law was over turned. In 1998 past President Bill Clinton signed Executive Order 13087. Executive Order 13087 basically said that the Federal Government cannot discriminate based on a persons sexual orientation inside of a work place (Head). This is seen as a huge step forward for the gay community giving them the knowledge that they don’t have to worry about being abused in any form in their place of work. As wonderful of a step forward as that signing was they still have to worry about making ends meet with their spouse and child if they were to form a family. Massachusetts was the first state to legalize same sex marriage. Statistics say by gender forty one percent of men favor same sex marriage and fifty four percent oppose. Women are almost fifty-fifty with forty-seven percent favoring and forty-six percent opposing gay marriage. By political party, republicans have eighty three percent opposing and only fourteen percent favoring; Democrats are sixty percent in favor of gay marriage and thirty three opposed. Nationally only thirty percent of people are in favor of and sixty two percent are against same sex marriage. Statistics also show that younger people around ages eighteen to thirty are for gay marriage and older people over sixty five are against it (Seattle Times). Between 1995 and 2002 one thousand five hundred twenty six gays joined together as partners in the United States.


In an interview with David Hudson who is a gay man and also a nurse educator for Carolinas Health Care System says that he “Feels very isolated, not lonely, but very alone because of peoples response to my homosexuality”, when it comes to the issues for gay rights. David has a son from a former marriage to a woman and said, “If my wife was to bring up the fact I was gay in the courts during the divorce proceedings I would not have legal rights to my son. I may have never been able to see him.” In North Carolina the law states that a homosexual parent has no legal rights as a parent in a custody case. David says that gays have come a long way, but “North Carolina isn’t San Francisco. Our activism isn’t as in your face like the civil rights movement.” David says that he believes one of the biggest issues in North Carolina regarding gay rights, especially marriage, is the long standing conservative political views as evidenced by the multiple terms of representatives like Jesse Helms. When asked if North Carolina has improved in its views of gay rights Mr. Hudson who is six feet and four inches tall and weighs two hundred eighty five pounds replied “We’ve come a long way, but I still won’t walk down the street holding a mans hand for fear of my safety and the safety of my family.” Mr. Hudson then added “I like to think choosing this as the topic for your paper will not affect your grade, but I’m concerned that it might.”


Joy Spring and Carla Barbano have been together for seven years. Like many couples, they are excitedly anticipating their wedding day, but it has to wait until Governor Deval Patrick signs a bill that will repeal the 1913 law that will not let homosexual couples marry in Massachusetts if they have not established a residence in the state. That is how many homosexual couples spend time; They wait for laws to be passed that give them a right to live and love like everybody else in this country. Only two states in this country allow gay marriage; Massachusetts, and Connecticut. For a short period of time gay marriage was legal in California, but because of the recent passing of Proposition 8 it is no longer an option for homosexual couples to marry in the state of California. Vermont is on its way to being the third state to allow same sex couples to marry legally. Vermont was the first state in our nation to allow civil unions, and if the law allowing gay marriage is passed it will be the first state to allow same sex marriage without court intervention because of someone filing a law suit first. Republican, Jim Douglas governor of Vermont says he opposes the bill and does not know if he will veto it if it gets to him. Although several states have civil unions for homosexual couples, the couples are still being deprived of the right to marry and the many advantages that come with the institution of marriage. The argument that gay marriage is a “historical contradiction” and should therefore not be allowed, ignores the fact that historically, laws have been changed as times change (Vestal). At one time women and slaves were considered property (Vestal). Now women have the right to vote and no one is a slave in this country, blacks can now own property, vote and do anything a white man can do. Had those laws not changed, the United States would not be the great nation it is today. Some people believe that the state taxpayers should not fund the financial benefits of gay couples (Sprigg). Gay couples should not be denied any benefits that their heterosexual counterparts are allowed. A gay person is expected to pay the same tax rates and suffer the same criminal sentences as heterosexuals do. They do the same jobs for the same companies that offer benefits, yet are denied the rights to those benefits, unlike their heterosexual counterparts.


Some of the states that are allowing gay partners to adopt children are also the same states banning same-sex marriage and civil unions (Padgett). Some states, such as Florida, prohibit homosexuals from adopting (Padgett). The conservative group Focus on Family states that gay adoption is harmful to the child (Padgett). However, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Child Welfare League of America cite research that states children raised with homosexual parents fare as well as those raised in a traditional family (Padgett). There are more than twelve thousand children abandoned in this country and in need of a home (Padgett). Child welfare organizations are banding together to have legislation passed allowing any qualified parent to adopt regardless of sexual orientation (Padgett). In 2006 the Pew Center Poll was taken. It stated that thirty-eight percent of Americans supported gay adoption in 1999. The same poll showed that in 2006, support was at forty-six percent. This proves that support is on the rise. The opposing side fell from fifty-seven percent to forty-eight percent (Padgett). Other states such as Colorado have banned same sex marriage, but Colorado has given the right for a gay couple to adopt a child. Some say that the reason the bill that was passed in Colorado to allow same sex adoption is that the bill was a second partner adoption bill. Which means that a heterosexual unmarried couple can adopt a child together(Padgett). There are many states including The District of Columbia, that have second partner adoption, which also allows gay partners to adopt. All of those states have taken a different view on same sex marriage. Yet the only state in the country that bans same sex adoption under every situation is Florida (Padgett). With so many children in need, it would be cruel to refuse them a home with two loving parents based on sexual orientation. With marriage by gays being viewed as something that can not benefit society, certainly allowing them to give a home to one of the thousands of abandoned children out there should be considered a much needed benefit to our society. Many argue that gays shouldn’t adopt a child, but a couple that can’t produce a child naturally can adopt just because they are heterosexual.


In many same-sex couples both of the partners have to be able to work full time to secure health insurance for both of them (Armour). Today holding a job may be harder than it was 10 years ago for some gay families as it is for most other families. If only one of the partners has a full time job and health insurance their spouse or child does not benefit in anyway because of the fact they are not heterosexual and can not get married in most states. One person in a heterosexual married couple can hold a job and their health insurance can cover them and their spouse and children. Due to the fact that most same-sex couples are not married but some are in a civil union most don’t get health care benefits for their partner (Armour). Also if a homosexual couple could adopt they would need to spend extra money to others to provide care for their child because if they both had to hold a job neither of them would be home to take care of their newly adopted child. If you do not have health care benefits for your significant other it is almost like making a smaller salary. A lot of people take jobs not only for how good the salary might be but also for the fringe benefits and insurance and if a homosexual couple can’t have the same benefits they are forced to take money out of their own pockets to pay for any health problems that their spouse or child may have. That’s not fair to gay domestic partners because they are spending their own money to care for someone they love while the heterosexual couples employed by the same company have insurance to cover their spouse in the event of a medical need. There are only twenty-three percent of companies in the United States that offer benefits for same sex couples (Armour). Some of the rights that they are denied in health care consist of: Homosexual domestic partners cannot take leave if their partner falls ill, and if the partners were lucky enough to adopt a child there are very few companies that let one of the spouses put their child on their health care insurance (Armour). One couple that suffers due to health care benefits and insurance is Mike Holloman and Tim Surratt. Mikes job has domestic partnership benefits but states that Tim and the couples adopted son Tommy cannot be put on Mikes insurance because they all have to live together for more than two years for Tim and Tommy to actually benefit from Mikes health insurance there is no time restriction for heterosexual couples covered under the same insurance plan, as soon as the couple are married, the spouse and any children are immediately covered.


In a traditional heterosexual married couple when one of them dies the other (survivor) gets a pension among other possible benefits. Usually Social Security death benefits or retirement savings plans. Most of the time homosexuals don’t have access to their spouses money after death, any benefits such as pension plans and retirement plans are lost. Even though in most couples when someone dies their money goes to their family and loved ones, but since they are gay and many are in civil unions a spouse in a homosexual relationship has no rights to have the money of their deceased loved one. If this gay married couple was able to adopt a child and one of these parents died the survivor would not be able to have the money that their partner had earned and left to them, and their child might also not be allowed access to that money and may not be taken care of as easily as in a heterosexual marriage. This is why gays need these rights. They are every bit as capable to do what non-gays do, but they are being deprived of these rights. To be allowed to live as other citizens of the United States of America live, the not only deserve, but need these rights. It is constitutionally not right to deprive them of the same rights others are given simply because of who they choose to spend their lives with. In a normal family usually a wife, husband, and between one and three children have adequate coverage. The mother and father would both work and most likely live in a fairly nice house with their children. If either the mother or father were to die, that person would most likely have left money for his spouse and children. In a homosexual couples family it’s a man and a man (or woman and woman) and if they happened to have been lucky enough to live in one of the states that allows homosexual couples to adopt a child, they may have children. If one of the spouses died and in their will everything they had was left to their lover and child to take care of them there is a guarantee that they will not receive any money due them from federal benefits such as social security ,or in the event that the deceased spouse was an employee of the federal government ,their pension. Even though its left to them the government will keep the money.


In conclusion, The Declaration of Independence states that all men are equal with certain inalienable rights. Gays are deprived of many of the rights that they should have based on the Declaration of Independence. The fact is that if a homosexual decides to marry the government takes away any death benefits, health insurance, and the right to adopt a child. These are rights that every other American citizen has. If an individual is expected to pay the same federal, state and local taxes, pay the same amount into Social Security, pay the same amount for property tax, work the same jobs for the same amount of money and obey the same laws as every other citizen of this country, they should be endowed with the same rights no matter what their sexual orientation these rights should be granted to all people of the United States. We are all endowed with the same inalienable rights, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Who is to say what happiness is to anyone? To many homosexuals happiness is having the right to marry the person they love and spend their life building a home and raising a family just as every other person in this country can.