What's Happened to America?

Do you ever notice yourself watching the nightly news and just asking yourself, what has happened to America?  I have noticed myself asking that more and more over the last few weeks and it's really started to bother me.  I found a horrible website that promoted the killing and hatred of homosexuals and openly posted pictures of those that had been killed with the heading Burning in Hell for eternity! Now this site is ran by a Christian Church out of Topeka Kansas. They have signs posted in town claiming that "God Hates Fags" they picket funerals screaming about how God had his victory and the newly departed is rotting in hell. When did we start to put up with THAT? Or towns that refuse to allow Pagan speakers, such as with Rev. Norm Vogel in Ocean City, New Jersey? And that was for a Halloween event and witches weren't welcome due to the fact that the Christian reverends didn't want the town exposed to "Satan". Now before you say, yeah, typical Christian, it's Pagans too.     There is also a Pagan Website promoting hate against authors like Silver Ravenwolf, Laurie Cabot, and some of those who have done things to make Paganism what it is today. This particular webmaster bashes those who spell majik, majik, or magick, stating that it's unfounded and if we do that we are not Real Pagans and assume our readers are to ignorant to know the difference.     When did America change? I don't think these changes are for the better. This type of change is what most people, regardless of their path, have been fighting against in hopes that we will stop allowing hate promotion. And now you're thinking what about tolerance, right? Well, here is my thought on that one. Tolerance is necessary, but to what point? To the point it demeans our path and faith? To the point that it encourages people to kill someone because it's okay, God said so? I'm sorry but that sounds too close to the 1800 philosophy of "Kill the Witch"!     If you go back through your old newspapers, how many drug busts do you read about? Plenty! Which is a wonderful thing, but why the rise in all these Drugs? Meth is at a high in our society, why?     Why are we reading about Mothers Killing and abusing their kids almost everyday now?  WHY is this happening? Tolerance to what point? To the point that good mothers can kill their own kids, to the point that meth dealers can infiltrate our town and our family's? Come on! What has happened here?  This isn't right, it's not safe anywhere anymore.     And all people seem to be doing is turning a blind eye to the happenings in our own towns and our country.  What happened to the good old fashioned watching out for each other?  Treating Human beings like they deserved respect for just breathing?  I don't know about you but I am really disappointed in how society has turned out.  We can't even trust our own police force to be clean! It's a sad day when I have to tell my children Not to talk to Strangers And Cops! And they Can't go to a policeman for help because some of them are not good people! It's not the profession, or their personal beliefs, it's them as a person. How many police have been arrested lately in Benton County? Several! What about Barry County, or Macdonald County? A few? One is too many when these are the one's sworn to uphold the law and protect us!  What has happened to America?     I don't know but I am sure going to do my part to try and Change it! Gypsy SilentRain