http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_re_us/us_interracial_rebuff;_ylt=An4DTbamu3UaOZRfVGe72OJH2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTJvY3E2bGc4BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMDE1L3VzX2ludGVycmFjaWFsX3JlYnVmZgRjcG9zAzcEcG9zAzcEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNpbnRlcnJhY2lhbGM-
WTF is wrong with this guy? This isn't 1959; this is 2009. There may be a few fools who do not 'accept' biracial people, but the times are changing. The 2000 census for the first time included a section in which multiracial individuals are able to describe their multiracial heritage. Besides, the only person who has to 'accept' a multiracial person is the multiracial person himself/herself. Idiots like this are what's preventing couples who love each other from changing the social landscape of the U.S. for the better. (BTW, does he realize that our current president is biracial and also has a biracial sister?)
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Interracial couple denied marriage license in Louisiana
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Unbelievable in this day and age!
Posted 5 months ago by Moonshadow_NZ #
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I could understand if he refused to issue a marriage license to anyone because so many marriages end in divorce now. But I don't see how an officer of the court and a representative of the United States and LA government can get away with this. It's sort of like saying you can't have a license because your hair is red or you can't buy this house because you're a Buddhist.
I sure hope that was his last official act and he is removed from his job pronto.
Posted 5 months ago by CheetahBoysmommy #
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Has anyone looked at people on the street? I have a bi-racial grandaughter. As beautiful as one could be. A smart girl, going to college. Look at those around you. Most people this day are not of one origin. And who is to say who can or cannot marry. These situations is what makes this world go crazy.
I hope that the this will end soon, because there are more babies on the way, who will make the statements later. I only pray that those who are here can instill the love of mankind into the children, so we don't go here again, and that the parents of children today, will make that so.
Posted 5 months ago by Lynn from PA 6/8 #
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As bad as this it doesn't surprise me. Part of the reason I left Arkansas was because of crap like this. While a lot of us here live in or have lived in places where bi-racial marriages are accepted there are a lot of people in that area of the good ole US of A that do not and will not accept it. I couldn't believe the racism in the town I moved from. My own brother tried to tell me that the Bible says there should be no inter-racial marriages. When I asked him to show me he couldn't but he still wouldn't back off. My soon to be son-in-law comes from an inter-racial marriage so this kind of strikes a nerve for me. Sorry folks but as much as we would like to think that this is a thing of the past...it is still alive, well and undermining our society.
Posted 5 months ago by Crazycatman - AZ #
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Thanks 2BP, they just made it official about a month ago and are planning for sometime next year after she graduates from ASU. No set date yet.
Posted 5 months ago by Crazycatman - AZ #
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He needs to be removed from office, he's in violation of the US Constitution.
Posted 5 months ago by Sheba's Mom in Phx, AZ #
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CCM: Your brother's misinterpretation of the Bible probably comes from the rules for marriage set down in the Old Testament for the Israelites. First, the Israelites were supposed to marry within their tribes, I believe; this was to make inheritance of the tribal lands clear cut. Second, they were not to intermarry with people from the other nations they encountered, because doing so could (and usually did, when they did intermarry) lead them to worship gods other than the God of Israel and lead them into the horrible practices that some of this worship involved (such as placing infants in the outstretched arms of a metal idol that were heated red-hot by a fire burning beneath them).
The only place in the New Testament of which I am aware that discourages intermarriage is the instruction not to be "unequally yoked with unbelievers," and this does not even occur in a passage dealing with marriage. The New Testament emphasizes that racial differences among Christians don't matter. Thus, it would be more Biblically correct for a White Christian and a Black Christian to marry each other than for a Black Christian to marry a Black Muslim.
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So I was hearing about this for a few days now, but I only read an article about it today on yahoo news. This guy is deplorable. He says he's not racist but doesn't believe in mixing the races that way... ??wth?? i wonder what way he does approve of race mixing? and the whole comment about he "lets" his "piles and piles of black friends use his bathroom" just about sent me through the roof. He also said something about 99% of interracial marriages ending in divorce... where'd he get that statistic?! I am the product of an interracial marriage and my parents are still together...
sigh... i just cannot believe people like this still exist in this day and age...Posted 5 months ago by kaits_mama #
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now, i must say....i can understand if they were of two incredibly different cultures (like my comment complaints about western girls n eastern guys) because as i often say for the wrongness of THAT - n not because of skin colour but because of differences in morals and cultural upbringing that can't just be taught. it's bred in. and i will say tho there are many intterracial marriages that end in divorce, there are many straight race ones that do too. and worse yet, there are many who don't end in divorce but are a long lasting lie. and it's not because of skin colour, but rather morals. but in this case, i must side with the couple. the only difference here IS skin colour. if they can live respectfully than so be it. they have same ethics, same ways of life, maybe a few small differences but nothing drastic, and are not exploiting each other or anyone else or crushing the morals of any society with their union. god bless them.
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This incident is likely far more common than you might want to believe. Apparently the jerk has refused to officiate with 3 or 4 other interracial couples in the 2-3 years he has been in office. What is worse, in my opinion, is that the LA attourney general says that in fact his actions are not against LA law! That JoP are "authorized" but not "required" to perform marriages. New Orleans is the only part of LA I think I can live in - the rest of the state (or at least the part north of I-10) is incredibly racist, they just play nice in public.
Posted 5 months ago by nawlins catmom #
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Everyone is multiracial.
EVERYONE.
What we call "White" is a mix of various beeds of European peoples. Take the UK for an example which is where Kittenmaster and a number of our posters are from. Right there you've got a mix of Picts, Celts, Welsh, Scottish, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Danes (Vikings),and Normans, and I'm sure I forgot a few, and not all of those are in historical order of apperance. And that, again, is just the "White" people! Every ethnicity is the same, a mixture of various other ethnicities over time.
It is more than a century too late to prevent racial mixing in this country. Even if they closed the borders today--which they won't--it would only stave off the inevitable by a short time.
Not to mention the fact that a biracial man is the current President of these United States. Regardless of one's personal politics (I'm one of those "crazy" third party people, myself), that fact alone should give one pause!
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Good post, Arcalian, and absolutely correct. In my first husband's family, two sisters were married to naturalized citizens. One was from Jordan, and one from Thailand. We had the most interesting holidays-the one from Jordan was Muslim, and the one from Thailand was Buddhist, and I was Christian while my then hub was atheist. So we not only had a mix of traditions, but a mix of foods as well--yum! (That is where I got my taste for Arabic coffee-the kind you almost drink with a spoon!) Both sets of parents had beautiful children and they are still together after 30 some years, and the children have grown into compassionate, intelligent adults. In NO way have they suffered, but have become strong and confident. Silly, sorry Justice of the Peace. He has neither justice, nor brings peace to this world. Hope he is fired.
Posted 5 months ago by rainingwolf #
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Hi all, what a stupid judge. I saw this on the news in the UK and I was shocked. I mean, really? He thinks thats an ok view, and he says he's not racist? What an idiot, why does he have the power to spread this negativity?
Arcalian, don't forget the Romans, they were a huge influence over most of Europe, even if they never properly conquered Scotland ;-). Also, now most of Europe is pretty mixed, and walking down the streets here you hear a lot of different languages spoken. -
I need to address a very sensitive and often controversial topic. I had a very stressful chat with a fellow 'so called' indian. It was very upsetting. I will share it with you, without disclosing names. I will add that the person did have some good points, and yet, at the same time, some very wrong misconceptions. Basically, he is a 'so called indian' who has chosen to abandon his culture and date a hochha gar (dirty girl) with a different mind set and lack of values than what he is supposed to have. Instead of improving his culture, he's enjoying someone who will give him attention when she's actually playing mind games with him. Now, before anyone thinks of me as horrible, or bad, stereotypical or discriminatory, I must say this...that is NOT my intention, and I will add that the person does have SOME good points. YET, he also has A LOT to learn. First off, he is dating a western girl. He had also once tried to seduce me, saying if you didn't already have a man, I would have gone after you. I replied to him that even if I hadn't had my own love at the time, I wouldn't have gone for him anyway. Men like that are more trouble than they are worth...and that worth really isn't much. This is basically what the conversation is about. He had trouble in the past with an indian girl (he had an arranged marriage which ended in divorce after 6 months), and has now decided to date a western girl. (In this case, he claims to be Sikh, and she is a protestant who smokes and drinks, plus shows off her body in vulgar ways and clearly promotes other vulgar actions for attention on the internet and elsehwere. which is against Sikh religion and disrespectful to his religion and culture.) I will add commentary after the following -
" i think white ppl are much more honest what do u know sweetie, u dont know what those girls are
i actually dont like that culture i know there are many good girls, but you are too over board for me to make a point if u listen to me the culture is too shallow, they expect so much angel like behavior from guys that its almost impossible to approach a girl, only thing is if girl approaches you, girls dont do it, so its much easier from guys who are from outside to approach girls and these girls are shallow, they hate beard, they just want to have good time, ethics, spirituallity, is shit to them, so they do what they want, and virgin guys are left to walk the dignified way of culture, other thing here is, sikhism and indian culture are totally different things and can exist without each other a muslim can be indian, a hindu can be indian, culture is notthing, i have my pride in being a sikh madam, will u kill your infant daughter it happens in punjab (north india) come on ground, what do u think those ppl want, everybody wants sex, western girls say it, indian/pakistani/bangladeshi/sri lankan, middle eastern, asian act something else, do something else, culture does not adds any virtue, yes if its a practicing sikh girl, then its different no they dont kill their kids, western girl is not absolute term, there are americans, and there are europeans, and ppl vary"Ironically enough, the same guys who say this also do THIS - read the following articles -
The Indian government has launched a new scheme to help women who are married and then abandoned by men of Indian origin living in the West. The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs says women who are divorced or deserted within two years of marriage will be entitled to legal and financial aid. According to one estimate, up to 20,000 women have been abandoned by their non-resident Indian (NRI) husbands. Mostly, the husbands disappear after pocketing fat dowries paid at weddings. An official in the ministry, SS Rana, told the BBC that women who needed help could approach Indian missions abroad directly or through non-governmental organisation approved by them. "The deserted women will be given financial assistance of $1,000 for seeking legal help and will also be offered counselling," he said. Initially this facility will be given to women who have been married for two years or less.
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But Mr Rana said: "If we get a large number of such cases where women are abandoned after the two-
year deadline, we will review the time limit." Officials say most cases of NRIs duping their Indian
brides are reported in the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand – countries with substantial Indian migrant populations. And most of the abandoned women come from the Punjab,
Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala - states which send out a large number of migrants to the West. Indian protest against dowries-Dowries have been the subject of much debate in India. The deputy secretary in the National Commission for Women, Gurpreet Deo, says they have received several complaints where after marriage a woman goes abroad with her husband only to find that her husband is already married. "In many cases, men claim they hold fantastic jobs abroad, but when the wife goes, she realises that he is either out of work or does some odd jobs," she says. Then there are "holiday brides". Ms Deo says: "In these cases, NRIs come to India for a holiday, get married, pocket the dowry, and then disappear without leaving a trace." With their dreams shattered, the duped women have to grapple not just with
emotional scars, but with the practicalities of being abandoned. Sometimes they also have to deal with pregnancy and worry about bringing up children on their own.Highly coveted -
Because of social stigma, they are unable to remarry. In India a financially well-established son- in-law living in the UK, US or Canada is highly coveted. A Green Card holder in the US [which gives a foreigner right of residency and right to work] or one possessing a similar document in the UK or
Canada or other Western countries is regarded as a "good catch". Ms Deo says the reason why NRIs get
away after duping their wives is "because in their greed to send their daughters abroad, most parents don't do enough verification. There is very little awareness about these problems". Once dumped, there is little these women can do. Ms Deo says: "Because there are extra-territorial boundaries involved, most women are left in the lurch when their NRI husbands run away. There is no legal way to get them back. "The police are often reluctant to file a case. And even if they do, and the court issues a summons, how do you deliver the summons on foreign territory? The court can order confiscation of property, but what about those NRIs who do not own property in India?" The National Commission for Women is now demanding tougher laws to deal with such cases. The commission has also called on the Indian government to sign extradition treaties with foreign countries so that the runaway grooms can be brought back to India and tried in a court of law. "Domestic violence or matrimonial offences at present are not extraditable offences. We need to address that," Ms Deo says.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4837122.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4785750.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4592890.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3696562.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3246786.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3283989.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3048417.stmFor those of you who don't know.....the only thing separating indian/pakistani/bangladeshi/sri lankan, Middle Eastern and western are supposedly two things – skin colour and mind set. Both are considered Caucasian according to wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race
(The term Caucasian race or Caucasian is used to refer to people whose ancestry can be traced back to Europe, North Africa, West Asia, South Asia and parts of Central Asia. It was once considered a
useful taxonomical categorization of human racial groups based on a presumed common geographic
and/or linguistic origin.)in.news.yahoo.com/070912/43/6kn1o.html
This ignorant rundi make some really offensive stereotypes about Indians and her assumptions about
the similarities between they and Russians. (If link doesn't work, here's the article)Moscow, Sep 12 (RIA Novosti) Indian men promise to be the ideal spouses for Russian women, affected as they are by a high male death rate owing largely to unhealthy lifestyles. That is the opinion of Maria Arbatova, leading Russian feminist author and prominent television presenter. 'The import of eligible bachelors from India is my big geopolitical idea,' she told RIA Novosti news agency. India can be of help now that Russia has come to grips with its formidable demographic problem, Arbatova said during the launch of her latest book 'A Taste of India' at the 20th Moscow International Book Fair recently. 'First, both Russians and Indians are Indo-Europeans, and we speak related languages - just look at the many similarities between Sanskrit and modern Russian vocabularies. Second, and even more important, the archetypal Indian man is a fanatic paterfamilias. (Highest ranking in family status) To raise many children is his cherished dream, and he makes the best possible husband,' remarked Arbatova, who is married to Shumeet of West Bengal in eastern India. Attracting Indian bachelors to Russia should be a government policy, she argues, or Russia will soon have two crosses to bear - one of its own male deaths and the other of the Chinese birth rate. 'Asian Russia, from the Pacific coast up to the Urals, is full of Chinese men anxious to marry Russian girls. If the Chinese are not promptly balanced out, no matter by whom - Indians, Africans or extraterrestrials, either Asian Russia will become a Chinese province before 2050 or Chinese will become Russia's second official language,' she jokes ironically. 'Just look, Russia has two employment agencies in China, and none in India. Shame!' Arbatova's book went on sale last spring and was on the bestseller list in summer. Britain's International Biographical Center of Cambridge has awarded her its 20th Century Outstanding Achievement gold medal. The author points out many similarities between Russian and Indian life. 'Socialism got my country out of the Big Game for 70 years. Colonialism did the same to India for two centuries. Both nations are now getting back to their sources in the age of globalist. That's hard to do - like walking home inside a centrifuge,' she says.
Now, the big difference is mind set. The thinking of the two cultures. So called ' white' people are no more honest than Punjabi, or indian/pakistani/bangladeshi/sri lankan, middle eastern, asian in general. Or anyone else for that matter. (Often times, they are far LESS honest in fact.) And, whilst Punjab, or India, or any indian/pakistani/bangladeshi/sri lankan, or Middle Eastern region is not perfect, there is much to be said FOR it. (Otherwise, why would the western girlss want to copy and exploit eastern culture to begin with?) Also, the actions of wanting guys (or people in general) to act like angels is far from a bad thing. However, It must be equal for both girls and guys, and must be realistic and for pure, good, constructive intentions. 'western' males and females (in general) alike are very materialistic, set on ego, and live life to fulfill their own temptations. They are very false and misleading. This happens in all cultures, but particularly in the western cultures and western girls are incredibly shallow. The macho dominance in western males, and the sex pot attitude of the western girls is incredibly misleading. Also, on the news all too often many reports of some western girls, who has gotten pregnant, dumped her baby in the toilet or a garbage can, or they sit in motels and have crystal meth labs, they have sex with multiple partners, and they don't have regrets. They do drugs, get drunk, have orgies, etc. and expose their children to it. With many westerners also is the need to show off....wearing tiny clothes, flirting wildly with others, having public kissing/petting sessions to show off, etc. The need for discipline is crucial to create a successful global society, and to keep our humanity going. Lack of virtue and values leads to our demise, because we allow ourselves to cause trouble to us and others. westerner does not mean a person is bad. However, these people are more known for their inappropriate behaviors, due to cultural upbringing. western girls also have just as much, if not less concern for their spirituality.... Or they have false ideas from it which contribute to some of society's evils. They gain false views on things, and then try to spread it forth, whilst still committing other acts, making them hypocrites.
Also, many western girls are fascinated by other cultures they're not used to, and if they find the person friendly, they may latch to them for attention, but not because their souls are truly bound to that
person, despite what they may say. they are enamored by something they're not used to. the whole reason they want to become a part of eastern culture is that they have a strange, sad, dangerous fantasy which destroys others, and they do not care. And, yet, on
the flip side, many western girls also make fun of cultures they're not used to, and harass them. This isn't meant to be western bashing, but merely pointing out the fact that westerners are often the most apt to harass or exploit indian/pakistani/bangladeshi/sri lankan, (and other cultures), and in general, people of one culture (especially western vs. eastern) will try to take advantage of each other for false reasons (though it should be pointed out that not EVERYONE is like this, in general, it is more common. I have seen more women than men (especially western girls) who play the emotional toy game on a long term basis. ( The men seem less successful at the game they play than the women.) They will flirt in public (or on publicly visible websites), tell the person they love them, say they are soul mates, they want to marry, that their families are getting ready for their wedding plans, etc. This is either most often lies, made very craftily so that the other person will be gullible enough to believe the one stating the aforementioned sweet talk, or they will make serious plans, at which point, when the victim reaches the goal (going to the other's country, marrying them, etc.). The result is the predator using the victim for money, sex, and their own egotistical gain. The person is like a drug to them, and like any drug, the drug must be taken away and the predator must be 'broken' of their habit before any good can come This relationship can last for many years without proper detection and intervention, and usually unknowingly harmful to the untrained eye as the predator has their plans plotted out with amazing precision and dedication. Sometimes, and often, if desperate enough, the predator will have a few victims with varying degrees of seriousness, and commonly at least one person who they attach themselves to most seriously, especially if the person is easily led to believe they love them. These people become a pawn in a game of emotions, money, sex, and other assorted gains. The predators are looking for easy, negative attention. Basically they want sympathy, sweet talk, and whatever else they can get. This is a mental problem. These people are mentally ill, and they are avoiding their issues, and actually feeding their disease by these actions. Often times they will say they had troubled home life, or a troubled past...whether actually real or fiction...for attention. And when a person reacts the way the predator wants them to, it's like giving an alcoholic a case of booze and telling them 'Drink up, I have more for you. ' If you truly want to do good for that person, do your best to guide them away from these actions, and find alternative, proper activities for them to feel better from, and people of their own culture who can help them live positively productive lives. encourage them to find volunteer work, or a proper mate near them, teach them about the difference between seeking attention, and guiding and inspiring to help others, as that's much more fulfilling for ALL than trying to get attention. If done effectively, it does much greater good for them and for others,especially other potential victims who may be terribly hurt when they eventually discover what the predator was truly seeking. (For a humourous take on this - see http://thebots.net/, look under videos, and then 'The Bots Never Fall in Love'.) Some things to look out for are public displays of affection (internet wise, referring to promises of marriage, calling each other Jaan/Jaanu or other pet names, telling each other they love each other truly, love each other only, are soul mates, etc. especially after not knowing each other very long, and only having the internet and/or phone communication. Usually the people have never physically met, though physical meeting often does not improve the situation, and can make things much worse, and much more dangerous. Also look for pictures of one or both people (especially in their profiles) photo shopped to look like they are together, often in a romantic pose. Look for profile, blog, or other pics, where one or both people are modeling in seductive, suggestive poses, trying to emphasize their busts, rear ends, or anything that may be seducing enough. They will often promise and swear they respect the other person's religion, often claiming they are going to convert or have converted. In the case of Sikhi, one can easily tell a person is dishonest about their respect for the religion by their use of the above tactics - the flirting, the seductive pictures, often with body parts, little clothing, and/or cleavage showing, as modesty and focusing on the soul over the body are crucial. Similarly, the predator will also claim to respect victim's culture. Be especially aware of someone who will say the respect and love the culture - when asked, they will use stereotypes learn from their culture (like western stereotypes of India/indian/pakistani/bangladeshi/sri lankan, regions, Asian, and Middle Eastern regions ). Some really tricky types will take extra time to sound more convincing. Sometimes, the predator will say they do good things to make themselves look better. Or they will try to portray themselves in a convincingly attractive manner according to what the victim appreciates - often these are deliberate lies and/or exaggerations. Also, be aware of flirtatious ids/aliases/nicknames with things such as baby girl, sexy, play girl, etc. - name that have a sexually or inappropriately suggestive nature to them should be warnings, though this is not always true, as some people are now choosing more normal ID's to hide their actions. Oddly enough...western men who have relationships with eastern women don't seem to have the starvation for fulfilling fantasies or attention like their female counterparts, and in fact, often seem more mature with their relations. this is not always true either, but is a notably more rare occurance (the relationships occuring) than with western girls. they are not as enfautated with the dress up and role play or the attention that comes with these acts that their female counterparts enjoy. these things don't seem to phase the men, and they focus on other aspects of the relationship. Also, there are many westerners, both male and female who agree to stick with your own culture.....the mix of various european, african (excluding egypt or more middle eastern type cultures), and latino cultures don't count because they are similar enough not to matter. just as mixing middle eastern and indian, because they are similar...even the asian cultures, which similar as they may be, have enough difference to cause issues with the indian,pakistani, bangladeshi, sri lankan, or middle eastern cultures...though not to such a severe degree as with the west.People like this are shameful. They are not serious or respectful, and are only trying to achieve personal emotional gain. They cannot be 'reformed'. This only feeds into their act. They have to be ignored and others made aware of these actions. Make sure that these people do not get the attention they crave. That is the best way to help them, because you teach them that their actions are wrong, and they are more or less forced to change if they want proper respect. Please learn the difference between love and lust - LOVE is shown by first creating a mature bond with foundations from guiding, inspiring, and working to improve another person's life, without attachment of romantic or sexual feelings. We show we love another more truly when we work to make them better people, then when we sweet talk them and flirt. This, in fact,shows more disrespect, as these actions show seeking only attention and egotistical satisfaction from the person we say we love, and from others around us. this is very false, misleading, and is a form of exploitation. Similarly, Pornography (blue movies, xxx movies, inappropriate pictures of people/animals/people and animals, and or other objects, used for a sexual nature) is lustful exploitation, and by involving yourself with such things, you help to proliferate the lack of morals, lust, and degradation the people who make these horrid acts involve themselves in. These are lives of lust, ego, disease, violence, drug and alcohol abuse, etc. Read this article - http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp articleId=281474977121845. Pornography is also very false in what it represents. It is not intended for information purposes, and involves much false information, fantasy, and things derived only for lust. It does not show how to properly respect another person. Also, it is often abusive, either in the message it portrays, or in the creation of the piece itself. It is created by models and actors who do not love each other. Often times, violence, disease, drug and alcohol abuse, etc. are common, and almost part of the normal environment. Also, the actors/models usually are hiding emotional and or mental problems, and so turn to this as a form of temporary remedy for issues that only grow worse, sometimes leading to murder or suicide. Those who involve themselves in such activities are only promoting these horrid (and in some places, illegal) acts. PLEASE ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THOUGH SEX IS NECESSARY PART OF LIFE, IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE PRIORITY BEFORE RESPECT FOR THE SOUL, GUIDING,AND INSPIRING, AND DOING ALL YOU CAN TO PROVE THE LIVES OF OTHERS AND VIRTUES OF SOCIETY. For example - Bhagat Puran Singh is a much better person to follow than Brad Pitt, Leonardo Dicaprio, Angelina Jolie, etc. Also, I will agree that one does not need to be Punjabi to be Sikh, nor does one need to be Sikh to be Punjabi...BUT there IS a connection between Sikhi and Punjab, as our faith originated there and that in itself is a reason to appreciate Punjab, whether you are Sikh or not, because many Sikhs are still very good people, and do an awful lot to contribute to the best of society, especially many Punjabi Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims, and other faiths, and just because there are bad people in Punjab does not mean hate the culture. (Equally so, same goes for the western culture - it does not mean though western girl are far from perfect to hate them right away, but it does not mean that you turn to them and abandon your own culture and say you hate it because you see faults in it. this is equally as wrong.) If you find fault in your culture.... Work to correct it. It's a challenge, and one that may seem near impossible, but only because there is not enough effort being put forth to make it possible. Remember that there is no one bad or good culture itself, it's the stereotypes and lack of values and virtues that people of the culture have decided to follow. There are good and bad in all nations, but increasingly, much more bad than good, and we as collective society worldwide need to stop this and turn it around for the better of us all. If we abandon our culture to seek attention from others, we lose our identity, eventually our culture - Example, if all leave India and marry western girls, there will be no India, and instead a new culture with lack of values. (An additional note - what is written here is general common sense. There are references to Sikh /Sikhi /Sikhs, however this is not limited to Sikhs alone. This work was written by a Sikh so it is an example. It also is not intended to push any one person's ideas on others, or push any one religion in other's faces, or to put one religion on a hypothetical pedestal whilst tearing down other faiths. Also, nowhere is any one religion or type of people intentionally being seen as good or bad.) So, to make a point.....if you don't like how your culture is, don't make a petty escape from it and say you don't like it, or worse, attaching yourself to another culture who pretends to appreciate you for attention - work to improve it. Our cultures are important to us as they are our history, our heritages, and much can be learned from them. If we all abandoned our cultures because of things we didn't like, we'd all be in a right sorry state. Our cultures give us incredible information about many things - who we were, who we are, who we need to be, who we need to NOT be, as well as information on diseases and physical body differences. We need to keep our culture intact, and respect it, because just like us, no culture is fully perfect, but we must work to do the best for our cultures, and never forget who we are, and where we came from. just as we need to improve our faiths, when they have imperfections. Please help your faith and culture by stopping people like this, and get them to realize what they're doing. PLEASE DO NOT MERELY IGNORE THESE SITUATIONS AND SAY THEY ARE NONE OF MY BUSINESS, I HAVE NO REASON TO DEAL WITH THEM. THEY EFFECT YOUR CULTURE, YOUR RELIGION, AND THOUGH MAYBE NOT YOURSELF DIRECTLY, IT EFFECTS ALL OF US INDIRECTLY, AND COULD EFFECT YOUR FRIENDS OR FAMILY, PERHAPS EVEN YOURSELF IN THE FUTURE. PLEASE LOOK OUT FOR ANOTHER PERSON, AND TRY TO STOP AND PREVENT THESE ACTS SO THAT THE NUMBER OF THEM IS GREATLY REDUCED. IT IS YOUR JOB AS A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN AND HUMAN BEING. YOU RESPECT YOUR FELLOW PEOPLE, YOUR CULTURE, YOUR RELIGION, THEN IT IS JUST AS MUCH YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS IT IS THOSE INVOLVED IN THE SITUATION, BECAUSE THEY NEED OUTSIDE GUIDANCE TO CORRECT THEM AND STOP THE SITUATION. IF YOU TAKE THE INITIATIVE, AND WORK TO STOP THESE TERRIBLE THINGS, YOU ARE A VERY GREAT PERSON, AND A ROLE MODEL FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU!
Also, a note for the westerners, be aware that just as I write this about westerners, this can happen with easterners as well, and when you go too far for another culture, you can be left a victim BY other cultures, because they are often are and willing to exploit you back. Read this (PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE AGAINST MUSLIMS AS I HAVE MANY MUSLIM FRIENDS, IT IS MERELY AN EXAMPLE I FOUND ONLINE, AND CAN HAPPEN WITH ANY RELIGION) -
www.renewamerica.us/columns/stock/050513
The following is the story of "Ann," told in her own words, about life married to a Muslim.
Well, gosh there is so much to say. I guess you could say when I met "Ahmed" he swept me off my feet. I was a single parent going to school full time and working full time. When I met Ahmed he was so charming; so full of promises — which were all lies. After a whirlwind romance, he asked me to marry him and I said yes. We lived in my apartment since he had nothing but an old car and a few personal belongings — and a bunch of promises. Ahmed told me he was not legal before I married him and I agreed to sponsor him so he could get his green card. After we married he went to visit his family in Syria. I was not invited, which hurt me, but there was no reasoning with him. Ahmed was gone for a month but he called once a week and came back with lots of gold jewelry for me. How nice! I remember thinking. I got pregnant two years later and was very ill during the pregnancy. I had to be hospitalized and Ahmed just dumped me off at the hospital and left me there. When I was released, I was told to go on bed rest. Ahmed would not pick me up from the hospital so I got a friend to pick me up and take me home. Ahmed was sitting on the couch and he barked, "I'm hungry! I want food." I, of course, ignored him and went to lie down. Our son was born and he was very ill because of some type of unidentified genetic disorder. Ahmed named our son "Abu" and I was not given a choice in the matter. Abu was very sick. He spent four months in the Intensive Care Unit and needed a tracheotomy and a feeding tube to live. Abu is now going on eight and lives at home with me. He is on a ventilator and requires nursing and 24 hour supervision. While Ahmed and I were together it was horrible. I was not allowed to work or go to school to finish college. He said I was having affairs with everyone at school and he was very mean with a vile temper. I was the one who had provided insurance for the family. I worked for the government and had great benefits. I took two years leave when Abu was ill and was trying to go back so we could have health insurance. Ahmed was livid when he found out I wanted to go back to work. We had nurses caring for Abu. I explained to him about the insurance and he did not care that we were living in poverty at one of my relative's homes. Ahmed was never much of a worker. He refused to work for anyone that was not an Arab Muslim. I did not return to my job and I took cobra insurance which was $250 per month. We were living on less than $1,200 per month. I had my daughter from a previous marriage living with us and at night she would sometimes want to sleep with me and Ahmed would say no one sleeps in my bed. "If your daughter sleeps with you, I will divorce you." he said. Once, I accidentally brushed up against Ahmed during Ramadan and he said I made him dirty because women were unclean. He also told me that his father had told him that women had half a brain and were not to be trusted. This comes from a man that can not read or write. Had I had known all of this about Ahmed I would have never ever gotten involved with him. There were several occasions when he spat in my face and called me filthy names. He would snap his fingers and command tea, "NOW." He also tried to bilk me out of money to pay off a bad business deal. Ahmed was a faithful Muslim. He was also an abusive husband, a bad father, a liar, and a thief. He was very lazy and was unable to provide the basic support for a family, love, or companionship. That is why I left him. He was sucking the life out of me. I was the walking dead. Often Ahmed would say he was exhausted and would take vacations with his Arab male friends. He went to France, New York, Mexico — all while I stayed home taking care of our son. Like I said, I ended up leaving. I just could not take it. I was living in pure hell. I live with my son and daughter. Ahmed relocated to a town 60 miles away four years ago. He visits his son 5 to 6 hours a week and he says if I contact a lawyer he will return to his country and I will not get a penny. About two years ago he made me an offer. He was going to visit his family and asked if I could watch over his shop and that he would pay me. I decided to do it for
the money. When he got back he did not pay me. He said the income tax that I got was my payment. I also found out he was wife-hunting to boot. After that encounter, I keep as far away from him as possible. He is full of lies — just an evil man. I get very little support from this man. Remember, our son is disabled and on a ventilator at home. Ahmed is now with a new wife he brought back from Syria. While he was engaged to this woman, he took an ad out on the internet for a local wife in case the one from Syria could not get a visa. Ahmed's new wife is now pregnant again and she has had several miscarriages. Ahmed still does not have insurance nor did he think of all the genetic problems he has in his family. His current wife is like a cat with no claws. She is covered head to toe and is a high school drop out. She will not be able to fight off her evil tormentor as I did and in the end he will suck the life out of her too and there will not be a thing that she can do. Please be aware that there are many women who I have encountered that have suffered because they got involved with a Muslim man. I got out and I want all women to be aware of these horrible; lying; abusive; so-called-god-fearing men. I was little more then gum on the bottom of his shoe and I was college educated and attractive. I never thought this could happen to me. I want my story told so that the truth will be known. Please, if you are involved with one of these guys think twice — don't waste your time. Just move on.Barbara J. Stock is an RN of over 23 years and is fairly new to political writing. She has had articles posted on BushCountry, GOPUSA, AmericanDaily, RepublicanDailyNews, Town Hall,
OpinionEditorials, and the Judson Cox Newsletter. She has her own website called Republican and Proud and welcomes comments at dickens502003@yahoo.com. © Copyright 2005 by Barbara J. Stock, http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/stock/050513I am, however, glad
not ALL are this way. Also, all through history, the westerners were known to go through civilizations, overtake them, and turn them to their culture. From
the ancient Greeks, to Persia, to the Mayas and native Americans in the U S A. Europeans took over
great civilizations and forced their own religions, their own thinking, their own ideals, their own lack of morals, and these great civilizations not only disappeared, but became as lacking in virtue as those who transformed them. Do you want India to return possession of the west? We fought for independence from the west, only to be handing it back to them. India was once owned
by Britain, and gained its independence, but it seems India is willing to give itself back to the west, in favour of the false attention the west gives it. This does not mean, however that eastern people and western girls can't be friends, but both parties must be incredibly mature and truly not be wishing to have bad alternative
intentions for the other. This is VERY rare.http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=europeans+forced+christianity+on&btnG=Google+Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=europeans+killed+many+to+force+christianity+on&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=europeans+took+over+many+civilizations&btnG=Search
(Some links may not be relevant.) Please search similar terms for more information. People don't
wish to own up to when they do wrong, so they want to cause trouble for those who work to stop this
crap. Something must be done about all these terrible people. We cannot simply let these people do
more bad and turn our backs ignoring them. Working to stop them is part of our lesson as well in life.
It teaches us not to be like them, it teaches us to know how to help others not be like them. If we
act like cowards, we add to the problems because we are too weak to stand up for the morals and
virtues crucial to life.It has come to my attention on many occasions that there is a general misconception of the promises that western culture will bring, if you are an easterner and decide to emigrate. First, i will say that there are many sucess stories, but they come at a price. It's only natural that when you leave your land, you adapt to the ways of the new land, but one problem with this is that especially for eastern people, your attidue changes. In the east, your family is used to the attitudes of people like you - they may be friendly, strict, and very bound to their culture. you leave your land, and it seems you left many of those traits behind in the old land. often you join with the ills of western society, becoming more materialistic as you are tempted left and right, might find lustful actions such as porgorgaphy and open sex, which is more accepted in the west, become greedy, and think of yourself before others, and become relaxed in moral areas. sadly, this is creeping into east culture even without moving because the western influence is being welcomed more than ever, and is having a greater impact now more than ever, which much more damage than ever. One issue i hear alot is that if you go to a western country, especially usa, canada, uk, australia, or europe, that you will have a better life and much cuess. this may be possible, but often with many bad side effects. another big issue nis that many easterners think if you marry a westerner that you will automatically has your ticket punched for sucess in your new country. eastern men are often most wanting to marry western girls...not girls from their culture who are citizens in that country...but rather, girls of western culture heritage who are happily willing to open their arms to them because they have intentions of full filling dangerous, materialistic, phychotic fantasies of exotic eastern culture, and because they know that it takes little effort to land these men and string them along for attention and money. these girls have usually done things that girls in the home country of the victim would nevr have been allowed, and are often tempted to enjoy this 'forbidden fruit', thinking it will gain them points in society as well. sometimes, they actually think they are in love, and fool others into thinking they are in love, and do not realise that if the girl really had respect for the boys, they'd try to push them to stick to girls of their own culture, so as to preserve and keep their morals and heritage strong. this should come as a warning sign right away. others think that using a marriage based application to obtain a greencard, they can marry, pretend they have a relationship, pay off the westerner, and both come away happy, after divorcing to both obtain their goals. this is dangerous and very bad on both moral and law - related counts. first off, one should never use the sacred institution of marriage to obtain anything...not even citizenship. marriage is meant as a permanent mark of a respectful bond built between two people who have wroked hard to guide, inspire, and make the lives better of each other and those around them. it should never be used as a pawn, or materialistic vehicle of any sort. second...contrary to the beliefs they are taught, it's not that easy. You don't just marry a citizen and magically get your citizenship as well...esepcially in a post 911 era. In usa, you have to go through an interview process to make sure your marriage is legitimate. It can be faked, or even one side thinking they are genuine, whilst the other pretends so that they cain their alternate desire. it's a common known but unfortunately not seen as illegal issue that many western girls will have relationships or marry whoever is favoured for governmental benifits of one kind or another. western boys will do this too, but usually with western girls. western boys who marry eastern girls have less of a risk of posing such threats of scammery. more eastern girls usually marry from their own culture when they come to a new country as opposed to eastern boys. more eastern girls are looking for the comfort and morals of the society they are used to, whilst the eastern boys hunger for the dangerous and seemingly exciting thrills from tempation by wetsern girls who wether they try to act pure and righteous or wether they let their trashy reality show. the saddest part is that the eastern boys often don't care, and welcome in the immorality that western girls will bring. Both the western cultures and eastern cultures lose out, and create more problems by the intentions made by either party. This is soemthing that needs to stop.
This is a little note to you western girls. Because you are so caught up in the excitement of something that seems new and different, exotic, and fun. You enjoy playing dress - up, you enjoy the south asian, asian, or middle eastern boy telling you how cute and wonderful you look, and being proud to show you off like some fancy new ring or watch on their arms. Did you ever realise what that is about? First off, dating a western girl is a trend.....in western culture, to have a man who is of another race or culture is a trend, and you think you look cool. For these boys, the trend is the same. You're an object to show off, they give you attention and gifts and things because they know it will make you happy, and they will continue to look cool to other fools. You love the easy attention, the gifts, the money, the sex, and that you appear to have moved up in society with an easy meal ticket. it's wide known, and and an age old fact that pale skin is an obsession with south asian culture - it's considered an asset if you have fair skin, and there are many skin lighteners on the market. just as in western culture tanning booths are so popular, in eastern culture, most especially south asia - skin lightening is the equivalent. Modernization had caused changes in eastern culture, and they have become more accepting and embracing of the worst aspects of western culture. Also, whatever the trends of western culture have been observed and embraced by eastern culture, and if it's seen as cool to have some type of western girl because they are more street wise, and open in all the wrong ways, it's not because you really touch their soul and make the world spin for them. you are an object of rebellion for them. they feel more able to fit in with a changing society because of you. they are helping to ruin their culture's morals, they are helping to shame their families, they are abandoning their own culture's women who then have to also continue in this viscious cycle to keep their men by diminishing their morals so they can stay in the loop. Also, especially if your indian/pakistani/bangladeshi/sri lankan, middle eastern, or asian guy is an immigrant, you are an easy source of a greencard, and they will pretend to love you and give you the world if it means they won't face deportation. Sometimes, they face very hard lives in their home countries, or they can benefit their families in an easy way by getting a western girl who is probably unaware of their intentions, or who does know but doesn't care because she really believes he loves her and that she can get the goods out of it. Also, there is a big issue of feoticide - many indian/pakistani/bangladeshi/sri lankan, girls are still seen as expandible, and less important than boys, and are still killed as infants or before birth in some areas. The men who then go on to marry western girls because they have a jaded view of the west, and make a further insult to the indian/pakistani/bangladeshi/sri lankan, middle eastern, asian girls, making them seem even more useless to society's mind.
here is an example -
70% Pakistanis not consulted before marriagesISLAMABAD: A survey conducted in the Punjab and NWFP found that around 70 percent of married respondents were not consulted in choosing their life partners. The British High Commission and the Society for Change (SACH), a civil society organization conducted the survey. Of 1,054 people contacted for the survey in Gujar Khan, Mirpur, Dina, Nowshera, Sohawa, Kotli, Jhelum, Islamgarh, Dodyal and Gujrat, around 70 percent said their elders had not consulted them before arranging their marriage and 30 percent replied otherwise. Interestingly, 69 percent of the respondents were married within their own families. Around 55 percent of married people said that parents have the ‘full’ right to decide their children’s marriages and 30.3 percent said they were married to persons within their castes. The survey found that 28 percent of girls and boys were willing to marry persons of the same religion or sect while 61 percent said they wanted to marry within their castes. Sixty-one percent of the respondents said their parents had arranged their marriages within the family because of fear of division of assets and land.
this not ony goes for pakistan but india as well.
http://www.pakistanlink.com/entertainment.htm
Many western girls either don't realise this, don't feel tit has any connection to them or any affect on them, or just plainly don't care. This is no sign for a healthy relationship. Both you and he are exploiting each other and making a bigger mess of society. You do no one any good, and your happiness is only temporary - as well as being materialistic. Your happiness comes with a price and is only superficial. it's an illusion. Another issue is, no matter how you try to pretend you like the culture, unless you are of mixed race, and part of your mix heritage includes that culture, you can learn about it to your heart's content, but it is not your culture. even westerners who are born in such countries have differences. These cultures are so vastly different than yours, no matter what excuses you or they try to put up to say otherwise, and they belong with people who understand them in their language, in their culture's beliefs, morals, etc. and must continue to respect and improve their own culture. there is no reason that you can't learn about their culture, or they about yours, but instead of getting into a romantic relationship, the best love you can show is to encourage them to find someone of their own culture and help them have a respectful relationship with that person instead. Next time a indian/pakistani/bangladeshi/sri lankan, middle eastern, or asian boy tries to propose to you, reject him, and help him find someone from his own culture, with a respectful relationship. despite your feelings, you will be helping improve the situation by far. you will do much better in the end, and it will make better for everyone - yourself included.
assimilation is what is going on currently.....westerners do all they can to lure easterners into following THEIR ways, marrying THEIR people, and erasing their culture, even though they pretend they like and want to learn about it. accomodation is what SHOULD happen - westerners learning about other cultures, marrying and keeping to their own, and encouraging others to do the same, whilst still having respect for them.
here is a book dealing with Sikh immigrants and their struggle -and here is more about the struggle between assimilation and accomodation -
www.learningandteaching.info/learning/assimacc.htm
webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/genpsypiaget.html
www.coe.uga.edu/epltt/Piaget.htm
www.greenwood.com/catalog/C7825.aspx
cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=14706672
www.ucopenaccess.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=17961
www.allacademic.com/meta/p104221_index.html
eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/recordDetail?accno=EJ262009
www.leaonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15327949pac0102
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/jrir/2000/00000023/00000002/art00002http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=assimilation+accommodation&start=0&sa=N
western girls try to force indian/pakistani/bangladeshi/sri lankan, middle eastern, asian into assimilation and into scams - to fit into their culture, which is the dominent culture, nd sadly the western culture is the worldwide dominant culture, and has been for many many centuries, even though western girls pretend to like eastern cultures. some rare eastern people do still follow separation, complete refusal to join and interact with western culture. the best way is accommodation - to respect and maybe even inculde some of the few positive aspects of western culture into eastern culture, but to proudly keep our own identity and encourage westerners to do the same, and both cultures to stay with their own people. there was once a 'melting - pot' philosophy that, in theory was a good idea, but when put to actual practice was a disaster. this whole melting pot process was especially prominent in USA, but had also found itself spread to canada, britain, australia, and increasingy many european countries. many eastern countries are starting to follow this - especially India - and it makes our situation only worse. the original idea behind the melting pot philosophy was that many different cultures would come together in one place and live in harmony. this never happened, because domiment cultures force others to conform and follow their ways, and the subservient follow and sacrafice their culture to these ways. the result is a loss of the original culture's morals, values, and entire makeup which made it what it was. it starts small, with immigrants marrying another culture which is very different (such as indian/pakistani/bangladeshi/sri lankan, middle eastern, asian and westerners), and eventually becomes worse and worse until all those peoples are led to believe this is great, and their culture disappear until they have become nothing more than a shell or memory, and have taken on the aspects of that other culture...often especially the negative ones. think of this example...native americans were their own culture for eons. westerners discovered them and forced them into their ways. over time, the western influence caused much shame.....the native americans lost their land, and for the most part, lost their identity. they live on reservations (if they are lucky), set up by the government, often with many social issues - poverty, drug and alcohol abuse, and other issues. the indian/pakistani/bangladeshi/sri lankan, middle eastern, and asian folk who get involved with westerners walk the same path. and those in their native country who embrace the western society they see in the media become entangled in this dangerous and unhealthy web. the threat of losing our cultural identity is only one issue, those who are willing to abandon their culture for this dominant culture also prove that they are weak - unwilling to stand up for their own beliefs and morals, and willing to simply please the dominant culture for a small piece of gratitude in return. the western girls who exploit eastern culture, marrying into an asian, indian/pakistani/bangladeshi/sri lankan, or middle eastern family, and forcing themselves on that group, instead of respecting them and getting to learn about their culture, and help them respect their culture, staying with people from their own culture, yet be willing to embrace other cultures and respect them - help to destroy other people - especially when they think they are doing good. both parties are blind to the damage they are causing. western culture promotes these terrible actions, because they feel they benefit from it, being the dominant culture, and the eastern cultures feel they benefit, because they feel they are becoming more accepted and seen in a different view, seemingly gaining respect from the dominant western cultures, when in fact this is a very incorrect and very dangerous assumption. in theory, the melting pot philosophy was a beautiful idea, because it was intended to remove racism and create an open minded culture, welcome to all. in action, however, it created a centrifuge of problems. western culture is the dominant culture in worldwide society, and the practice resulting from the theory of the multicultural mix has resulted in the assimilation of less dominant cultures - in other words, less dominant cultures try to fit in with the dominant culture, and lose their identity and morals in an effort to be accepted as part of the dominant culture. this has created an extremely complex list of issues, and has not erased the racism. instead it has created manipulation and exploitation of less dominant cultures, causing them to lose their identity, and follow things they normally wouldn't - things western culture society often embraces - open sexuality, alcohol/drug abuse, materialism, loss of modesty and increase of ego and negative attention seeking actions, and outright acts of exploitation which the less dominant cultures see as attempts as respect by the dominant culture. the western culture people pretend they like aspects of eastern culture and pretend to fit in with eastern culture people so they can use this as a trick to get them to follow their western ways and follow a destructive, false, and dangerous path of life. this is why we must respect and preserve our own cultures, stay with our own cultures, yet be open minded and respectful to all cultures.
however, as i said.....the only difference between these two i skin colour, which should hot matter one bit. there are many factors which are either drastic or have psychiatric consequences, even when we seem blind to them. even when you have children of dramtically different races they hve many things to have to deal with. they have to figure out who they are, do they want to abandon one side of their heritage for another, or somehow blend th two, nd can often have many issues related to this...even when they seem like perfectly good people. hey can be smart, and seem morally accepting to what WE in one culture envision as accepting, but that can alzso be illusion. however, if this white girl and black guy do have kids, provided they guide their kids to be respectful honest people and not to do the wrong things, then the issues would be society's ignorance. there are many idfferences in certain cultures, such as in eastern culture, there are ways we are reserved about things...we find publi8c dispalys of affection very obscene, the west is taught to think with your body and show off your body and seek attention, where we were taught this is wrong. you can be arrested in india for public petting, kissing, etc. romantically. in the west this is seen as stupid, but it has good reason for it's purpose. sadly many of the things that have seperated the cultures were virtues we once shared......ending in the 1700's. we need to keep old virtues, yet move forward in other ways and become open minded in the right ways. now, these two do not come from two places where there morals are that significantly different. even though his ancestors most likely came from africa, they don't share much difference other than skin colour, and if he decided to investigate ancestry, maybe language. and a few other minor things perhaps....but these are things worth embracing together, but the most important basis that they need are not so different, nor are they some exotic fantasy. and for further note, im sure most know, but i am a mix too. and im saying as i am from an honest standpoint, because i want to make sure people are cleared of the sugarcoating and misinformation that can come with stuff like this, yet remain open minded to the right things.....
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There is good and bad in all nations and denominations. Bad people are not bad because of their culture and to believe so is to embrace predjudice and bigotry. Truth is truth regardless of boarders and these ingrained beliefs are not grounded in morality but the survival of the tribal differences that do not serve in this age but will lead to war and hate and more destruction.
How does this spread? The belief that your tribe (insert culture) is the home and seat of all virtue and goodness and that the stranger must be forced into your way because he is evil by the very fact that he is not of your tribe.
South Pacific Lyrics
You've Got to be Carefully Taught Lyrics
Rogers and Hammerstein
You've got to be taught
To hate and fear
You've got to be taught
From year to Year
It's got to be drummed
in your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taughtYou've got to be taught
To be Afraid
Of people whose eyes
are oddly made
And people whose skin
Is a different shade
You've got to be carefully taughtYou've got to be taught
Before it's too late
Before you are 6 or 7 or 8
To hate all the people
your relatives hate
You've got to be carefully taughtPosted 5 months ago by ailuromaniac #
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I must be a terrible student; I was taught to avoid white people like the plague, but I was also taught to respect my teachers. Guess what color most of my teachers were? And my mother wonders why I had such a hard time in school? Then again, nearly all of my family is toxic (or, at least, those my mother touches); I just started communicating with my little brother (now 22 years old) again a few months ago after eight years apart. Either he's made of stronger stuff than I am or he just didn't listen to the toxins we were both taught. (Then again, I tried to be as effective an antidote as I knew how, thoroughly poisoned as my spirit was; the poison is slowly leaving my spirit, and I don't know if I'll ever receive the love I should have gotten from the get-go) The point is: the toxin has got to stop, or people will have a hard time trying to succeed in life. Toxic judges like him just pull those trying to detox back into the poisonous soup.
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Wait a minute: WTF? Louisiana has a governor of South Asian descent, the U.S. has a biracial president, and this idiot justice of the peace is trying to get away with what he's trying to pull? The Louisiana Bar Association needs to disbar this fool and every other Bar association needs to deny him the privilege of doing so much as judging a pie-eating contest, let alone issuing (or not) marriage licenses.
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A justice of the peace is not a judge (in most states), so the Bar association as no control or ability to sanction him. In Louisiana the requirements to be a Justice of the Peace are as follows: "The candidate shall be of good moral character, a qualified elector, be a resident of the ward and district from which elected and able to read and write the English language correctly. By the date of qualification in 2008, the candidate shall possess a high school diploma or its equivalent as determined by BESE. " there are more rules about the person's age but non relevant to a law education or practice.
In my opinion this guy fails on the first part of the requirements!
Posted 5 months ago by TrufflesMom #
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