I Mean, Seriously...

My friend/cousin Jennifer and I have always shared a bit of obsession with Hollywood,celebrity gossip, etc.  We were talking the other day about how (maybe because we are older and wiser - hehe) lately we have gotten a bit jaded by the whole Hollywood scene - mostly because they seem to make a BIG joke out of marriage.  I mean, get married one day, get a divorce two weeks later.  To me they have (as a whole) given no respect to the institution of marriage.  And to someone who has a great respect for marriage (and knows how tough it is to stick it out and make it work because you love the person and that is what you vowed to do) it REALLY pisses me off!  I mean, why do these people have to get married?  Why don't they just have their little flings and when they are done they are done?  Why do they have to make a joke out of the sanctity of marriage that so many other people are working so hard to preserve (like ME)?  I mean, look at the list of people who have gotten married only to be annulled, divorced, estranged days, weeks, and months later: Britney Spears and her Vegas wedding, Nikki Hilton and her Vegas wedding, Renee Zellwegger and Kenny Chesney, Jennifer Lopez and her two marriages, and, of course, Liz Taylor and her how many marriages?  What really got us talking about this is how RIDICULOUS the whole Tom Cruise -Katie Holmes "relationship" is.  I mean, Hollywood has stooped to fabricating relationships in order to further the popularity of the stars?  Does anyone REALLY believe that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are in an honest, genuine, and loving relationship?  Does anyone even believe that it is Tom Cruise's baby she is carrying?  Which brings me to another topic we LOVE to make fun of ;  Scientology.  Okay, I am all for people practicing whatever religion they choose for whatever reasons they choose (spirtual fullfillment or whatever).  But Scientology?  This is like some kind of religion that Hollywood has "made up."  What kind of church makes you PAY MONEY to get to the next level? What kind of religion says you cannot "scream or make any other kind of noise during childbirth?"  And why is it that the majority of the people who are big in this church are Hollywood celebrities?  Is it because they have more money than they have moral backbone, and it is easier to pay to make up your own religion than to make an effort to live a moral and ethical life?  This brings me to my point.  Jenn was in Target the other day and saw a young girl that was wearing a t-shirt that said "What is Scientology?  I Mean, Seriously"  Love it!!!! Gotta go to Abercrombie and get me one of those!!