Two topics have caught my eye lately:
I see that people are now talking about banning 'happy hour', upping the price of alcohol, closing pubs earlier, making the legal age 21, etc in a kneejerk reaction to this so-called "binge drinking epidemic".
Alcohol has been around since Adam was a boy....yet all of a sudden, it seems to be in the spotlight as if the thousands of generations before us didn't drink to excess.
Come off it!
Yes, there is a lot more violence these days...but really how much of it is from alcohol....and how much of it is from a combination of alcohol AND drugs?
We already have enough rules and regulations....it is simply time for people to take responsibility for their own actions and for the court system to hand down decent sentences to people who break the law, whether they are under the influence or not.
The other story I saw was this one:
Anglican Church Grammar School bans gay partners at formal
ONE of Queensland's most prestigious boys schools has told final-year students they can't take their gay partners to the senior formal.
Several students at Churchie - the Anglican Church Grammar School - have made it known they want to escort boyfriends to the June 19 formal, but the school is insisting they take a member of the opposite sex.
Churchie headmaster Jonathan Hensman said none of the students had approached him directly, but a staff member had raised the issue on their behalf.
"The senior dinner dance is an opportunity for our young men to escort a young woman in a formal school environment," Mr Hensman said.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23525256-2,00.html
I can't believe that this school is copping it because they are sticking to the rules they have.
Gays talk about tolerance and acceptance of their way of life....yet people are not tolerating or accepting a school's rules.
Parents and students know full well what morals and ideals a Christian school has before enrolment and if gay students have a problem with this then there is a simple solution.....go to a school that does allow you to take your gay partners to the formal.
This Anglican school has not hidden their idea of morals or sprung this surprise on the students.
People know what to expect from a private Christian school and if people want to talk about respect, tolerance, and acceptance...then I think in this case the gay students need to show some of these virtues towards the school they and their parents had them attend and respect the rules of the school.