Day 19 What do you think of religion? Or what do you think of politics?

What do I think of religion and politics? Whoa what loaded questions are those! Religion to me is something to believe in. Help a person become a better person, be all they can be. I am a Presbyterian so I am another leg of the Christian segment. I think it is a good basis on one's morals. If somebody has something to model after or try to be then less sin/mistakes happen. So it is really good thing for somebody to have in their lives. I can go on and on and ramble away but I think this deems a simple answer since I am not doing a debate :]

Now as for politics. I don't follow nor care to really follow it. I have my own beliefs and thoughts and that is portrayed in my voting. But I swear these days all politics is about is who cheated on their spouse and how it will effect their campaign and basically digging in each other's dirty closets. I  am not a fan of popularity contests hence my disinterest in it.

Day 18 Your views on gay marriage.

I have absolutely no problem with gay marriage at all. If two people love each other then go for it! I really do not understand the whole theory of "if we let them marry, then what next? A person can marry their dog?" It makes absolutely no sense! A marriage is between two PEOPLE who LOVE each other and want to spend their lives together, building a family (be it adoption, surrogacy, natural) and cherishing that other person. It doesn't have to just be between a man and a woman. It is just us humans that find it "different" or "immoral". There are same sex pairings in wildlife, if they can accept it why can't the entire human race?

Day 17 A book you’ve read that changed your views on something.

Do I have to really choose just one? I don't think I can do that. But I can at least narrow it down to one author and that has to be Nicholas Sparks. I have been reading his books since I was a little kid and taking them from my mother's book shelf. I love how his books most of the time do NOT have that happy ending. They usually end with something that leaves the reader either disappointed that it wasn't the happy ending or in a very contemplative mood because the reader realizes that life isn't always about the "good parts" or the "happy endings" sometimes shit just happens and things go not according to plan (excuse my french). Many of his books has put me in that mood. And I am not talking about it teaching me to not have high expectations or anything. Just that they changed my view on only good things can happen. Everything, bad or good, happens for a reason, and they go hand in hand. You can't have one without the other. Nothing and nobody is perfect, people sin, people pass away, mistakes are made and consequences follow, not every guy "gets the girl", friends come and go and that is life.