On tv, in my mail, now at my door
This morning, a middle-aged Chinese couple rang my doorbell. As Harmless Dog launched into snarling Attack Dog Mode, I peered through the peephole. Either Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses, I assumed, so I didn't open the door. (Is that mean?)
Still watching from the peephole, I noticed that the woman was writing something on a piece of paper. (Now, I was thinking they're probably just nice neighbors here to let me know that my garage door was open or one of our pipes had burst and water was streaming down the street. Now, I'm feeling bad.)
After they left, I opened the door to read my note; it said, "Sorry we missed you." And the paper wasn't paper, but a "Yes on 8" campaign flyer. Oh. (Proposition 8 is a proposed California state constitutional amendment to be voted on in November that would ban gay marriage.)
(I confess that it has always seemed odd to me that 1st generation immigrants to this country would actively campaign to deny rights to native citizens, many of whom have been here for generations. Yes, I know they're citizens now, entitled to participate fully in the democratic process and have their views represented... it just seems... tacky. In poor taste. Unconscionable.)
Anyway, the part of the flyer that caught my eye is the following excerpt:
You may recall that the Attorney General's Office recently changed the ballot language to say that Proposition 8 seeks to "eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry." (I blogged about the change and its significance here.)
So, it's NOT "the same 14 words" from before.
Hmm. I wonder when these things were printed. Not that I'm suspicious or anything.
Still watching from the peephole, I noticed that the woman was writing something on a piece of paper. (Now, I was thinking they're probably just nice neighbors here to let me know that my garage door was open or one of our pipes had burst and water was streaming down the street. Now, I'm feeling bad.)
After they left, I opened the door to read my note; it said, "Sorry we missed you." And the paper wasn't paper, but a "Yes on 8" campaign flyer. Oh. (Proposition 8 is a proposed California state constitutional amendment to be voted on in November that would ban gay marriage.)
(I confess that it has always seemed odd to me that 1st generation immigrants to this country would actively campaign to deny rights to native citizens, many of whom have been here for generations. Yes, I know they're citizens now, entitled to participate fully in the democratic process and have their views represented... it just seems... tacky. In poor taste. Unconscionable.)
Anyway, the part of the flyer that caught my eye is the following excerpt:
You may recall that the Attorney General's Office recently changed the ballot language to say that Proposition 8 seeks to "eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry." (I blogged about the change and its significance here.)
So, it's NOT "the same 14 words" from before.
Hmm. I wonder when these things were printed. Not that I'm suspicious or anything.
9 comments:
You need to install a giant Monty Python foot over your door Lynn. Next time you could just pull the lever...
As a fairly newly minted American citizen I share your abhorrence of newcomers trying to deny native born Americans their rights.
Just an FYI. I managed to get myself on the Mormon's "do not call" list. My husband was horrified at how I did it, but I had fun and knew that it wouldn't backfire. I pretended to be a predatory female when two of those Mormon missionaries came by. You have never seen to young men hightail it as fast as those two did.
Now if I could only get the JW's to stop ringing our front door bell on Sunday mornings. I stand and stare at them through the glass while refusing to answer the door. Other times I've started haranguing them, but nothing works.
A Monty Python foot over the door... Pretending to be a predatory female... Standing and staring through the glass while refusing to answer the door...
Just rolling on the floor laughing at such great ideas, you two!
Obviously, I've been going about it all wrong and need to get more creative!
Mrsgrovine again. Here's how I got rid of the Jehovah's Witnesses(now, this is the Bible-thumper way, I will warn you): Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus Christ is Michael the Archangel. I told them that I knew of this heretical teaching and that no angel ever died on the cross to pay for their sins. Then I told them how I accepted what Christ did for me, and asked them for their testimony. They didn't have one, and fled. They have never come back. They usually are warned about people like me.
That is a good one about the Mormons, though.
:)
I had no idea what these poor people go through! - ROFL - Oh, goodness. Now, I'm starting to feel sorry for them - LOL
There's something about the dead-pan stare from the window that cracks me up most, though :|
mrsgrovine: Read "Thirty Years a Watchtower Slave" by William Schnell. Those people go through more than you think...
Shall I "out" myself yet again???
For a couple months, when I was 19, I actually attended a "Kingdom Hall." They immediately assigned me to a "mentor" (the sister of a girl I grew up with) and I used to meet her once a week for "lessons." LOL.
One day, she told me that only 144,000 wintesses would get eternal life. That's 144,000 total - from the entire span of human history! Talk about lousy odds.
Also, the 144,000 spend eternity here on Earth! I asked if the witnesses will have kids. Yes. But, if they have kids, and their kids have kids, and everybody lives forever, won't we eventually run out of room on the Earth? No. Just think about all the uninhabited land you see when you drive through our (California) central valley... I dropped out shortly thereafter - but, everytime I drive through that region of our state, I think about her.
Now, she and I both went to the same schools, so I assume that she was taught about exponents (specifically, "exponential growth"!) in math class, as I did :) So, there you go. Yet another good reason to learn math beyond what's needed to balance a checkb... I can be so annoying, can't I??? ;)
According to THEIR doctrines, the 144,000 are the only ones who get to go to heaven (heaven being where God is).
mrsgrovine.According to the Bible, the redeemed get to live in the "new heavens (the sky, atmosphere) and the new earth" (like Eden re-created). Until that is re-created at the very end, we will be waiting up in heaven with God. We will be "like the angels" up in heaven and when we live in the new heavens and the new earth, and not having children. So there!
Shows you how much they know. I think your friend got her doctrines messed up.
BTW, we used to live in the Central Coast area of California -- the Santa Maria area, when we were stationed at Vandenberg AFB, years ago, and near the Central Valley (Sacramento Valley) in the Marysville-Yuba City area when we were stationed at Beale AFB.
I used to have a JW lady who would visit me every couple of months. I actually enjoyed her. One day though I was a little annoyed with the kids and that transferred to her. When she started citing bible passages to prove creation was fact I started talking about textual criticism and liberal Christian biblical scholarship. Haven't seen her since.
I had told her on a previous occasion that I liked to study the Bible...I guess our definitions of study were entirely different.
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