please excuse my sexual orientation, i don't know what i was thinking!

fresh off the heels of the latest article on homosexual rights, i'm incensed and convinced of the the fact that my government and my island are run by the powers that be, mainly, the catholic church and it's subsidiaries.

recently, a government backbencher tabled a bill that would see discrimination against homosexuals on all counts outlawed.
i believe that this, although "liberal" would mean major progress for this tiny island nation. but alas, our old-fashioned government decided that instead of debating this when it reaches the floor, we're going to give it the silent treatment and then shout a resounding "NO" when asked which way we go.
stoopid archaic government. and then the church bursts onto the scene with their other worldly ramblings preaching how gay and lesbian people are *just.wrong.* and that the government taking a stand against allowing them to have *rights* as *human beings* which we are ALL ENTITLED TOO... is a step in the right direction, showing the community that we are a good christian society and we will.not. stand. for. it.

well, velvet gloves... far be it for us to play god... but at least the government could have stolen a backbone from one of the opressed and stood up for it self in a manner befitting the rulers of a nation. what are they proving to the people? that they're all still irreverantly childish?
it's like we're on the playground bickering about who's going to play with the pail and shovel next. they taken me back to my pre-school days when i was cast aside because my hair was different.
what the government and the all powerful church are teaching the public is that prejudice is right, and someone being different is an acceptable excuse for discrimination.
one of them thought that it would be worthwhile to mention the black struggle, and how it took 100 years for them to be seen as legally equal to whites- but we're not in 1900. we're in 2006- shouldn't we be using the black struggle as an example? surely we won't force homosexuals to wait another 100 years before they are legally seen as equal to straights?
now... i'm a sympathiser- i'm not saying we have to run out and give them the right to get married yet... but at least give them the common courtesy of PRETENDING like you care about their plight.
it must be so hard for them to be different here... and feel so unaccepted and disliked just because you choose to be a certain way.
well... i don't know so much that they have a problem in the general community, becasue now that they're becoming more confident and comfortable they are popping up everywhere- it's the governement and the richer "powers that be" who have issue with it and a lot of locals will just sit back and accept it instead of standing up.

i don't know what will become of my little bassackwards island home... should i stay? should i go? i don't know.