What Makes People Tick?

This embedded post comes from the Facebook page of George Takei. Post by George Takei . George Takei's own words read: "As I've written before, so much of the bigotry and discrimination simply boils down to this. #GetOverit"

Yes - you read that right. Gay Penguins Adopt an Abandoned Chick The UK's Daily Mail yesterday headlined that "Gay penguins adopt an abandoned chick - and the wildlife park claims they are the 'best parents' it's ever had." As penguins are cute, gay rights are a hot topic and we're very interested in education & child-rearing, this article is perfect for What Makes People Tick? !!! I like it that in the world of penguins, it doesn't matter who you choose as your mate - you're not shunned by the group and there are no objections to you parenting a baby! The article explains that it's not just humans and penguins who've shown homosexual behaviour - homosexuality has also been observed in domestic rams and male dolphins. How amazing!

"Married gays to tour drought-hit countries" This is a response from The Daily Mash to the article I linked to in yesterday's post. As far as I'm concerned it's bloody brilliant!   " Married gays to tour drought-hit countries Gay people in civil partnerships, who have been granted the power to summon rainstorms from the heavens by God and UKIP, plan to use it benevolently. Nathan Muir, who saw storm clouds forming as he kissed his husband on their wedding day, said: “We’re honeymooning in Sub-Saharan Africa so that we can bring the waters of gayness to its parched landscape." Thanks to the amazing George Takei for sharing this on his Facebook page .

Apparently, when two people love each other and want to get married to seal that love, this man's idea of the Christian God gets angry and punishes an entire country. Why? Read on at the BBC website .  "[UKIP councillor David] Silvester, from Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, defected from the Tories in protest at Mr Cameron's support for same-sex unions. In the letter to the Henley Standard he wrote: "The scriptures make it abundantly clear that a Christian nation that abandons its faith and acts contrary to the Gospel (and in naked breach of a coronation oath) will be beset by natural disasters such as storms, disease, pestilence and war." Religion fascinates me in all its ways, shapes and forms. Religious people also fascinate me, as do their actions, reactions, responses and modern-day interpretations of (for instance) Old Testament stories. How do religions adapt to modern-day society, if they do at all? And how do religious people adapt, if they do? ...