Who Am I? What Am I About?

As a general rule I am going to aim to not have long, rambley, stream of consciousness posts because I'd like 2 or 3 people to follow this blog. Maybe even half a dozen some day. Today, though, will not be one of those days. I'm going to lay out for the world, including myself, what I believe. This will be boring to most.

One of the purposes of this blog is to have space to lie out my random thoughts. My thoughts do tend to be of a political nature. But I don't think that they are particularly dogmatic. I have long identified myself as a Christian and a Democrat and I've managed to have little conflict within myself despite that. However, I'm beginning to move away from both of these labels. I think I like the concept of both more than I like how either actually functions.

That's pretty obvious with Christianity. I'm certainly not in line with mainstream evangelical beliefs. I don't believe that homosexuality is wrong. At.all. And even if I did believe it was wrong, I certainly don't think religion has any place in deciding public policy (e.g. same-sex marriage laws). And my opinion on abortion is that I'd never have one and I'd like them to be as rare as possible, but again, I don't think the government as any right what-so-ever to legislate what goes on in a woman's uterus. Both of these beliefs would probably move me out of the nice, neat little Christianity box but fit nicely into the Democrat box. But does my belief in Jesus Christ earn me a pass back in the C box? If so, I'll probably be removed again after expressing my opinion the the Apostle Paul is given way more credence in Christianity than he actually deserves.

Now that I'm squarely in my Democrat box, what can I do to get out? Well, a big problem I have with the Democratic party's powers that be is this GIANT chasm between what they claim to believe in and what they actually do in office. Democrats are SUPPOSED to believe in same-sex equality and helping the poor but our current Pres Obama (who I did vote for and do fully support) has said he doesn't support same-sex marriage. Fuck.that.shit. That pisses me off. And our last Pres Clinton who was supposed to be such a man of the people but instated TANF and seriously reduced the amount of cash assistance (yes, that's welfare) to poor and needy families. And I repeat: Fuck.that.shit. I won't even get started on "don't ask don't tell." So, I guess that doesn't kick me out of the box it just leaves me feeling cold and uninspired by our "leaders."

I think I need to find less mainstream institutions for solidarity. Fortunately the interwebz makes that a little easier. I'm involved in a community of animal lovers that support my animal rights activism side. And there is a rich and diverse network of bloggers who write and react to other issues I care about like: Feminism, Sex Slavery, GLBTQ issues, and many, many more crazy hippy liberal ideals.

So, there is is. That is the slant my blog posts will favor and those are the main issues I will probably blog about.