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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

More Gay Bashing To Be Had

National Organization for Marriage is spending $1.5 million in fighting to make sure that gay marriage does not become legal in NJ. They are broadcasting commercials throughout the state advocating an anti-gay marriage position. Do these people have nothing better to do than persecute other people in the name of "protecting families"? These kinds of campaigns prevent families from being built. But of course these aren't the kind of families that they approve of. But then who are they to tell us what a family should and should not consist of? Do they get their ideas from the bible or other religious text (Freedom from religion is an important civil liberty)? Or perhaps just ignorance of what it means to be gay? I have yet to hear of a valid argument as to any reason why two people of any sex who love each other should not be able to get married. Having come from a broken family myself it is hard for me to understand how a heterosexual marriage is so inherently better than a gay marriage.

Feel free to try to convince me otherwise.

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Loch Arbor, NJ, The Twilight Zone Episode

Have you ever seen your property taxes more than double? If your answer is no then you probably don't live in NJ. In Loch Arbor their school taxes are increasing by five fold to send 24 students to a neighboring school district. What is the total amount that Loch Arbor is paying in school taxes? $1.6 million. Lets break down the numbers:

- Total amount paid in school taxes = $1.6 million
- Total amount of students = 24
- $1.6 million / 24 = $58,333.33
- Amount being spent annually per student from Loch Arbor = $58,333.33

Numbers do not lie and what these numbers are telling me is that NJ is flushing some more money down the drain.

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