I don't normally do the more silly meme, but this one gets my interest.

Here goes!

-Would you do crystal meth if it were legalized?
... yeah right. I didn't swallow pills until I was in my 30's (seriously - wierd gag reflex here, pills where the ONLY issue) and I have never tried pot or any other drug so no, I would not do CMA.

-Abortion: for or against?
... it's not that simple a question in my mind, nor should it be for Americans. From a standpoint of my religious beliefs, abortion would not be an option for me if i had a uterus, or were responsible for depositing spermatazoa into someone who has one. However, this is America, and we have a rich and diverse culture of belief and identity, so it is wholly inappropriate for my beliefs to be hoisted upon others.

I do think that the government and churches and all those groups that are anti-abortion should focus their resources not on overturning Row v. Wade but on making abortion the least attractive option. Let's make adoption easier, foster care more reliable, and open orphanages that more closely resemble decent boarding schools and less like Little Orphan Annie's childhood. If we did that, then we would reduce the number of abortions occuring in the US.

And for those who believe in God (as do I) and think this line of thought is abhorrent or something - tough cookies. In the great design by the creator- perhaps the phoenix from the ashes of abortion is all the lives we can save and improve though the use of embryonic stem cells. - so stick that in your hymnal and smoke it.

-Would our country fail with a woman president?
Seriously? no this country would not fail under a woman president any more than it would under a male president. However, It will falter with an in-effective, ill-prepared, ill-advised POTUS, but I don't think this country would fail outright under any leadership - Americans have too much resolve.

-Do I believe in the death penalty?
I do, only if it is narrowly applied. Yes, this flies directly in the face of my spirituality, but I do believe that in very special circumsstances, the death penalty is appropriate. I don't think it is a deterent to crime, but the penal system is not about deterance- it is about penalizing those who have done wrong, denying their rights and freedoms. And while we are on the subject, why do those incarcerated have so many privilidges anyway? I have been a prision chaplain, and stopped because I was a bit too much like a vacation for me.

The days of Cool Hand Luke prision farms are long gone - unfortunately.

-Do you wish marijuana would be legalized already?
I think marijuana should be legalized.

-Do you believe in God?
Absolutely, without a doubt.

-Do you think same sex marriage should be legalized?
I think that GLT's (but not B's, because they already have it) should have the right to legally complicate their lives as easily as their hetrosexual counterparts.

IMHO, the "marriage issue" is a first ammendment issue, as well as a civil rights and equality issue.

Essentally, and I am no legal scholar in any way, the fact that the state recognizes a religious ceremony as legally binding is the problem. When you consider that the state now picks and chooses which religious ceremonies it recognizes as legally binding based soley on the gender of those exercising their religious freedom essentially violates the founders broad statement that says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . ."

I think we need to reform the entire system and follow a European model: You have a wedding in a church, and then you go to the civil authority and they register the wedding and issue legal documents. That would solve the issue with the religious groups, and give the GLT's what they want - relationship equality and legal recognition.

-Do you think its wrong that so many Hispanics are moving to the USA?
No - I don't think we have enough hispanics in this country.

Look people- the only reason we are here is because when out ancestors came here FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. Now that we are here we want to be elitest about it. BS to me. The American Dream is still very real to those who don't experience it- so they want to come here.

To try to do so legally requires sponsorships, money, lotteries and it's near impossible. This adminstration has allowed fewer people into this country than any administration in the history of the US.

The same people who want to build big walls and toss the hispanics over it are the same people who will bitch and moan when white people want to charge them 400 bucks a week to mow their lawns. You can't have it both ways.

We have forgotten what the US stands for, and what it means to other people - and we need to re-learn that important lesson.

-A 12 year old girl has a baby..should she keep it?
Only if the press corps doesn't find out. Teen pregnancy is an epidemic in this country - it has been for 50 years. If our school system had proper sex education at early enough ages we wouldn't have 12 year old mothers out there. Our schools need to teach practical sexuality, and in the event we end up with pregnant teens- well they need to teach responsible parenting and perhaps even have day care for the children of the children so they are not forced to choose between school and raising their kid.

Nothing will scare a teen age boy into a condom quicker than seeing a school lunchroom full of girls and their kids.

-The alcohol age be lowered to 18?
Absolutely.

-Should the war in Iraq be called off?
Yes, and it should be done today.

-Assisted suicide is illegal..do you agree?
I do not. Look, if we are all about letting women choose what they can do with their body when they are pregnant, then we should allow the same women to do as they please with their body when they are in the end of their life. I know that my family understands that under no circumstances am I to be placed on a ventelator or feeding tube or any other prolonging technology. I am a human, not a begonia and I do not want to be somewhere that I am watered, fertilized, and rotated.

-Do you believe in spanking your children?
Yes. We have gotten out of control. My father was recently arrested because he slapped my 16 year old brother for mouthing off. WTF?

-Would you burn an American flag for a million dollars?
I would do it for a decent everything bagel with cream cheese and some fresh squeezed OJ. The flag represents all that protects my right do to just that if I am so inclined.

-A mother is declared innocent after murdering her 5 children in a temporary insanity case...what do you think?
I would need more information to offer an opinion. With this little bit, I would have to trust that the justice system did what it thought was best.

-It's between you and a person who is being kept alive by life support machines..one has to die? Who?
I would have no problem giving up my life for another.

-Are you afraid others will judge you from reading some of your answer?
No.