why i'm not going all rainbow...

people are rejoicing everywhere... yesterday the Supreme Court of the United States decided that marriage is between two people, not two genders, and that it was a right, not a legally regulated privilege.  congrats to gays and lesbians, you can now suffer through angry divorce like the rest of us.

yesterday, even Fox News spent all day celebrating this grand success, no news channel could ignore it, the hype could not be avoided because we as a nation have decided this is the issue we want to focus on.

while i understand that this is a huge step forward for civil rights in our country, here's why i'm not going to spend a week celebrating:

-on the same day which started with this ruling, 3 terrorist attacks were made, one was even a suicide bombing in a mosque, and ISIS has instructed radicals worldwide to do their best to unite and cause synchronized efforts of terror.  terrorism experts believe this was the first such effort.
-one of the two murderers on the run in New York was killed, the other is still loose, and he's just as willing to get in a gunfight with whoever he comes across.
-Homeland Security announced a spike in terrorist traffic, and expects attacks on US soil during the next few weeks.
-Clementa Pinckney was laid to rest, POTUS sang amazing grace, and instead of blaming a zealot, we blame a flag, which will lead to endless debate and posturing instead of progress.
-we all owe Japan and China a combined $3TRILLION

...and most importantly (and probably most ignored)...

-the United States and it's NATO allies continued to increased their forces along the border with Russia, as the Russian economy plunges and their point the finger at the United States.  THIS IS IMPORTANT, remember the 80s??  if you don't understand why this is important, go watch the movie 'The Day After'.


yes people, while we all celebrate and brace ourselves against the tree of love hoping to crush the crazy Christian zealots we have annoying us here, there are armies of armed zealots overseas organizing and hoping to put us all under 'sharia law'.  if you don't know what it is, Google it.

they are so crazy, they have turned on their own people.

murderers are running around shooting at federal officers, and we're calling for gun control because of a flag, and we have no idea what to expect from these mid-level news stories, because we are ignoring the only other major superpower that is threatening to start the next major global war.

yes - understand this - if the Russian economy continues to plummet, and we continue to increase our military presence along it's border, that is what is looming.

and before we all start posturing about oil companies and rich white men - this is because we agreed to defend NATO, and it wasn't long ago that our current president, Barrack Obama, went to the NATO summit and pledged to continue to move our people in and help them as needed.

so this is looming.  it's a definite possibility, and if we get Russia to calm down, we still owe China, and we still have armed radicals killing people all over Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, hoping soon to move over the pond and start problems here.

it's time for a short and joyous celebration, gays and lesbians are people - they are human beings, and morons like Westboro need to sit down and accept it.  but our problems aren't the cry babies at Westboro, and they aren't the lone gunman who shot up a church - our problem is the looming world war, the horrific debt, and the real religious zealots who are working every day toward us.

even now, you're reading this and some of you are thinking i'm an ass for taking the wind out of the sails of this glorious moment.  no, that's not my point.  i'd like to think even those who worked hardest on this landmark decision would agree that avoiding global war and the oppression of sharia law is more important.

so celebrate on some level, be happy for those who can now make their love legally official... but, let's make sure we don't misunderstand what other problems are looming and need to be addressed, problems that can not be solved without the loss of countless lives.