Transsexuals: Getting Back to Straight

OK, pardon me for my ignorance, but isn't a transsexual person - who takes 'corrective action' simply an intentionally constructed straight person? I mean, sure they may have more on their minds emotionally with identity crisis' and such, but logistically, aren't they just plain old straight people?

For example, if I were a male person trapped in a female body - I would probably be gay because I would therefore be attracted to females, right? But if I got my 'sex reassignment surgery' then I would become a male trapped in a male body, and thus...or, in other words I would then be STRAIGHT.

So like, with all this commotion about Chaz Bono right now because he is on the dancing show - he's getting all kinds of grief and press because he is being looked at like a social anomaly when,in fact, he is simply someone who took action to align with the gender he thought he was supposed to be. So now he's, well, a boring, overweight, middle-aged, STRAIGHT white guy. Right?

So, why all the attention? There are millions of boring-overweight-straight-white-guys. Why can't we give them a standing O????

Thank You for Quoting Martin Luther King Jr., Friend

It must be popular to put inspirational quotes in the signature of emails these days. I notice a lot of people who send me mail have some sort of quote under their name...like it adds to their personality...or personalizes the email...like somehow the person they are quoting is an extension of them or vice-versa.

In particular, Martin Luther King Jr. is quoted a lot. In fact, a lot of my Non-Christian, Pluralist, Universalist, and 'the-power-of-the-universe-is-in-you' friends include MLK quotes under their names in their email signature.

Do they know who they are quoting?

My friends who would rather, say, have their fingernails pulled out than acknowledge that there is one God, Jesus, let alone talk about him? Do they know MLK is one of the, if not THE, most influential Christian's of modern history? I wonder if they know the wisdom MLK dispensed in his life was an iteration of the teaching of the God he LOVED and FOLLOWED ardently: Jesus. And so do they know with clarity and intention that by propagating the narrative of MLK, they are, in fact and by proxy, dispensers of Christ's teachings.

So friends, here's an MLK quote for your email signature...you know, when you are ready to admit who you are REALLY & TRULY inspired by:

"Oh God, help us in our lives and in all of our attitudes, to work out this controlling force of love, this controlling power that can solve every problem that we confront in all areas. Oh, we talk about politics; we talk about the problems facing our atomic civilization. Grant that all men will come together and discover that as we solve the crisis and solve these problems—the international problems, the problems of atomic energy, the problems of nuclear energy, and yes, even the race problem—let us join together in a great fellowship of love and bow down at the feet of Jesus. Give us this strong determination. In the name and spirit of this Christ, we pray. Amen." Dr. (of Theology) Martin Luther King Jr.

We All Start With Vegetables

There's something about when we all start eating food for the first time: we get started with vegetables.

Modern, average men might not be privy to this common knowledge unless they are the exception - but when it's time, at around the six month mark, we moms know. We begin to feed our kids 'real' food. This means, the baby is at an age where they need more than formula, more than milk, and more than creamed cereal. They are ready for, well, FOOD and nourishment to help them grow and develop more. It's a milestone that every mom marks in her book of memories, and tells all the relatives in her holiday letters and at the mommy and me groups. It's a big deal.

And the reason we begin with vegetables, or at least the way it was explained to me, is that we want our kids to get a taste for veggies before they taste the sweet of fruits and therefore - never want vegetables. So we moms earnestly begin our babies with pureed carrots, spinach, broccoli, or green beans; right? I did it. All the moms I know started with vegetables first. It's something that has been done through the ages by all cultures as far as I know.

Now, think about the way we - the human race - begin to feed our kids....about the way we ourselves began our life of eating, and consider this comment by Paul. Especially consider it if you call yourself a Christian...and even more especially consider it if you actually ARE a follower of Christ:

"Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgement on disputable matters. One man's faith allows him to eat everything, but another man whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him."

Isn't it true that when we turn certain corners of our growth in faith that some of the stuff we learn is hard to swallow? Some of the stuff Jesus teaches - it's hard to accept, isn't it...Just like vegetables. But it's a big deal. We 'religious' people may be down here judging what's lacking in someone's faith (according to our snooty standards), but you know what? I bet Jesus is up there celebrating the milestone.