Have a Gay Halloween

Hey Everyone! How has this Halloween morning been? I have three subjects to talk about - all Halloween related.

First. early Sunday, the Facebook page; Wipe out Homophobia on Facebook had uploaded a picture on of their members had sent them. As can be seen from the link, it is a picture of a pamphlet before an Anoka Halloween parade telling people to divert their children's eyes from an LGBT float.

This is all kinds of insult and stupidity. Children do not become gay from looking at gay oriented things. Also, what the hell does "superheroes" have to do with the LGBT float? The people in the parade will dress-up however they wish to dress up no matter if they are gay or straight.

Another thought along with that is would these people tell others to avert their children's eyes from women in sexy costumes or men wearing penis affiliated costumes? If so, why is it not on this pamphlet. With their logic of turning into something just by looking at it, wouldn't just looking at these sort of costumes turn children into sex fiends? (no)

Now to the second part. You probably have heard in recent weeks of a church trying to make Halloween more Jesus oriented. What is their reasoning? Halloween is evil. Seriously? I know we all heard this throughout the years. I first heard it from either my fifth grade teacher or my sixth grade teacher. Apparently these religions don't read local newspapers or google the origin of Halloween. Here is a summary from History.com about Halloween:

Straddling the line between fall and winter, plenty and paucity, life and death, Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. It is thought to have originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off roaming ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints and martyrs; the holiday, All Saints’ Day, incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was known as All Hallows’ Eve and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved into a secular, community-based event characterized by child-friendly activities such as trick-or-treating. In a number of countries around the world, as the days grow shorter and the nights get colder, people continue to usher in the winter season with gatherings, costumes and sweet treats.

There is more to the article at the link provided. As the summary states, there is nothing evil associated with Halloween. It was never an evil holiday. Along with that, what people do on Halloween are not evil. It is not evil to go door-to-door to get candy. It is not evil to dress up. It is not evil to go to haunted houses. It is not evil to watch horror movies. What is evil is intentionally causing harm to others.

Along with that, telling its members to dress in white and give out bibles takes away the fun from the holiday. I mean how many kids want to go to a house and all they get is a boring book with no pictures? It's like taking away the presents from Christmas or taking away the Easter eggs from Easter. Along the side of religion, not every single holiday celebrated has to be Jesus oriented. There can be holidays that don't have to deal with Christianity. Leave Halloween as it is: a holiday to dress up and get free candy that people of all ages can celebrate.

Now to my final comment. What does everyone plan to dress up as for Halloween, or do you dress up? My costume this year is a fox-angel. I bought the wings, and my mom made my ears, tail, and shirt. Let me tell you, finding fur that is similar to fox fur, yet cheap is hard. We ended up going to four fabric stores before finding one  that looked similar to fox fur. Maybe next time I could choose to be a cat. That way all I would need is black velvet.

Well, that's about all. Have a fun and safe Halloween!