i don't get it

they are afraid of us marrying, they have to protect their institutions. But they forget to address that on a wide scale basis it is their own, the people they put into power, those they gave the power to protect them from us....who are violating the public (and private) trust.

How may times over the last 20 years have we heard about a seated politician, male, having inappropriate contact with a much younger member of the same sex? Never mind that they are using power and position to take advantage of someone younger, less experienced. Never mind that they are entrusted with the best interests of their constituents, never mind that they are using that power and clout to judge others. Don't these people realize that first they are who they legislate against (of course their money and power guarantee that they will not feel the full extent of these laws)....they are that clueless about consistent ethics, but they are doing what they do in plain sight of the world. They use work computers, they do things on work time, as their employeers, we have the right and responsibility to demand more than that....to demand dismissal and punishment.

as a country we have our priorities messed up big time. We legislate war because a president wants to play war games, but never vet the reasons. We trust people we have no reason to trust....people who have gained their positions by lies and spending gross amounts of money to find out anything bad about someone else and twisting it to make it look worse. We have allowed religion to dictate our laws (when the country was founded on the seperation of those two entities). we prize having more than we need and put little value on the training of our next generation, we prize looking younger than we are more than some peoples general health and well being. we are a mess.