So, some comments from Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch have sparked protests, blog commentary and some heated conversations.  I just say - it's about time somebody said it.

Speaking about extending domestic partner benefits to state employees, Kleefisch said:


It is ridiculous.  But everyone is just up in arms about how Rebecca Kleefisch compared gay marriage to marrying your toaster, and they're just conveniently missing ignoring the real question.

Marriage is between one man and one woman (and one God).  When people start asking to change that, where do you stop?  Men want to marry men.  Women want to marry women.  What about the men who want to marry more than one woman?  What if one or more of those women are underage?  What about the pedophile who wants to marry a young child?  The guy who wants to marry his dog?  Where does it stop?  What standards are we using to determine which perversions are OK and which aren't? 

There are several steps between redefining marriage to include same sex people and redefining it to include anyone and anything - but she's right, we are on a slippery slope.

"My comments were meant to relay my concern with redefining marriage," Kleefisch said in a statement reported by the Associated Press.  - and then she went on to apologize.  (Kleefisch Apologizes for Gay Marriage Comments wisn.com) 

Why aplogize?  I think she voiced a legitimate question, and I'm sick and tired of people who have any kind of standards being labeled as 'extreme' and constantly belittled.  None of us should have to constantly walk on eggshells and always worry that something we say might hurt someone's feelings.  We wouldn't want to appear 'insensitive' now would we?

I don't worry too much about 'political correctness' because I'm not in politics, nor do I like them.  Rebecca Kleefisch, on the other hand, is in politics.  Does that really mean she has to compromise her beliefs or pretend to believe something she doesn't.  Is that what it means to be politically correct?  Might as well turn this country over to those who aren't so "far out of the mainstream" so we can tumble down that slope a little faster.  We all know it has to get worse before it can get better - except for those 'mainstream' folks who aren't in a big hurry to see God's Kingdom come.

One of those commercials about the wimpy California cows came on today.  You know - the ones about the cows that don't know what snow is and just take it easy all day.  My normal reaction to those commercials is to get irritated.  We live in Wisconsin.  There are plenty of cows and dairy farms here, and some of the best cheese in the world is made in Wisconsin.  It really takes some nerve for the California Milk Marketing Board to air those commercials in Wisconsin.

Then it hit me that I should really be glad they're showing those commercials here.  It's not like they're going to convince anyone who lives here that California dairy products are better than Wisconsin dairy products.  All they're really doing is wasting their money.  If that's what they really want to do, then I'm all for it.

I guess the same goes for Anheuser Busch advertising here, though we do love to see the Clydesdales at the State Fair.

They told us on the news last night that there was a chance we could see the Aurora Borealis due to some extreme sun activity on Tuesday. So Cory and I went out back and actually got to see it! We were pretty excited because we had never really seen it before. Actually, there was one time that I did see it, but it didn't really register with me what it was. I remember thinking, "What's sending up all that light over there?" Then the next morning on the news they were talking about everyone seeing the Northern Lights, and I was kicking myself because I didn't realize what I was looking at and didn't look closer. Anyway, we did get to see the Aurora this time.

Today I found some pictures taken by fellow Wisconsinites, so I'm wishing I had gotten some pictures. I didn't really feel they were bright enough for pictures here, but it's probably a matter of figuring out how to use my camera properly - settings and exposures and all that. I really should read that manual.