The first amendment to the constitution does not give religious entities the permission to violate people's rights under the law. The law of the land does and should supersede religious law.
What it does say is that it makes no difference whether your religion is based on the Qur'an, the Bible, or the Sunday comics it will still not allow you to violate other's rights.

Shame on us and shame on them too!

Shame on us and shame on them too. They have been taken over by the religious right. In a process that took decades, the religious right has become the Republican party. Really and truly a magnificent move by the religious leaders, they could have started a third party and they would have split the vote and neither them nor the republicans would ever win again. Instead they patiently took over and now all they have is their "biblical morals"... in quotations of course because they preach them only when they agree with the conservative economics of the original republicans. In a way, both the religious right and the original republicans both lost their souls in the process. It's a pity really because for our system to work it needs two parties willing to compromise.

Least you can do is be true to yourself and admit it.

Let me get this straight. You want to pass a constitutional amendment forbidding sharia law because the law of the land should prevail. Now you are told that the law of the land requires that your health plan pay for contraceptives and you complain, because -you say- the church's law should prevail?

So, in reality you just want to do whatever the fuck you want to do and you also want everybody else to do whatever the fuck you TELL them to do.

Least you can do is be true to yourself and admit it.

The solution to your problem does not begin with someone else doing something.

I'm a problem solver. People pay me to solve their problems... and if they don't pay me I'd do it for free. I can't help it, I see a problem and I can't stop until I find the solution. Here's a free tip for everyone, something I have found out during the years:

The solution to your problem does not begin with someone else doing something.

About humans

I'm not much of a believer in the supernatural. By that I mean I am sure there is no such thing, but almost by definition. To me, if it exists then it is part of nature and therefore not supernatural.

Along the same line of thought, I really try to keep a hold on what being human means. We are part of nature. I will tell you what the difference is between humans and animals as soon as you tell me what the difference is between dogs and animals... or between apples and fruits...

We are animals. There is no difference. Now, there are differences between humans and other animals just like there are differences between apples and other fruits.

Therefore I contend that anything we create is as natural as honey. From plastics to nuclear waste, nothing more than a byproduct of our species.

Are plastics and nuclear waste and global warming 'good' or are they 'bad'? That opens a whole different can of worms regarding 'good' vs. 'bad', a topic which I will bring up in a different post.

Introducing myself.

I'm me and I have a lot of random thoughts that I need to organize. This may be the medium I will use for this task... or may be not.

Who I really am is unimportant, perhaps undefined and maybe even undefinable. My thoughts however may be important and I need to examine them in more detail and expand my understanding in some areas.

I hereby begin this journey.

If someone does read this and has any advice or correction, please do share it with me, but I warn you I may not respond... that's just the way I roll ;-)