Virginia same-sex marriage ban

What is the point of banning marriages in Virginia that are recognized in other states. The reason people say gay marriage is wrong is because it says it in the bible. Doesn't making a law based on what the bible says violate the whole idea of separation of church and state. Another thing, who is it going to hurt if two people get married. It would improve the economy of VA if they recognized the union, because more people would live here if they were accepted. The rate of divorce in the U.S. is getting higher, shouldn't politicians want to do something to slow it down, such as allow more marriages to be recognized.

Bush's New Immigration Policy

Immigrants usually come to this country to work and to support their families, they should be allowed to to that without being hassled. It doesn't really seem like it would be an inconvience to have them here. I think that they should be allowed to be here and pay taxes like a U.S. citizen if they want to be here. If they can't support their families in their home country why can't they come to the "land of opportunity" which is what some people call the United States. If U.S. citizens really have a problem with immigrants then they should think about why a person would want to leave their family for a low paying job. Immigrants usually have no other choice, and since we can't do anything to fix the problems of their countries it should be easier for them to become citizens and get jobs here.

Treatment of Detainees

The "terrorists" seem to have to wait an awfully long time for their trial. What good does it do? It already seems like some of them aren't even terrorists. But the men have been imprisoned for so long. I don't understand why they haven't been tried yet, is Bush trying to find a valid reason to imprison them. Maybe he should have thought about that before, some reason besides someone's religion, maybe some action was dangerous. All thought this country was founded because people wanted religious equality. Maybe Bush missed a few history lessons, or maybe he doesn't care. Get these people to trial before they die in prison.

Kaine won the election

I'm not really surprised that Kaine won the election. As the years go on I notice a tradition, there are more and more politicians that lie. Kaine lied in his debates about his mudslinging ads, and he lied in his mudslinging ads. O well, just another shmucky politician to add to the list.

Tunnels Under Baltimore Harbor Open After Threat

What kind of a threat was this? There are not enough specifics in the article about why they closed the tunnels. It must have been pretty serious if they were checking under trucks with mirrors. I didn't know police could do that. Those are pretty important tunnels in that area, I wonder what they did with all that traffic. It seems like there are a lot of terror hoaxes under big cities lately. First in New York City and now in Baltimore. Could it be possible that it's the same person making the threats or is it a coincidence...?

Virginia Gubernatorial Debate

The debate was very informative. Kilgore did a better job saying why he was the better candidate, Kaine stayed in Warner's shadow. The remark from Kilgore about Warner not being on the ballots is very true. Kaine talked a lot about what he did with Warner. I wonder what he'll do without Warner. I enjoyed watching the debate and I learned a lot about the candidates political opinions on situations.

the Government response to Hurricane Katrina

The government could have done more about hurricane Katrina. There were warnings for a week before the hurricane happened, there was enough time to evacuate everyone prior to the hurricane. The city only told it's residents to leave 12 hours before the hurricane struck. A lot of the people in New Orleans are people that don't have a lot of money. The lack of money makes it harder for people to leave. Even if the people had the money to leave they don't all have family or friends outside of New Orleans. A lot of people had no method of transportation because buses were packed and not all people have cars. The government should have used school buses and army vehicles to relocate people with no transportation. And they should have started evactuations sooner.