You mean the "Close your eyes and think of England" Victorian matrons?
Hey, that's my line!
"Lay back, and think of England!"
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I am the microcosmic reflection of God Herself. I get to make up my own religion. I got my permission slip signed.
You laugh because I'm different, I laugh because...well, you're not laughing now, are you?
"Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.' It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied." - Dune
It changed the meaning of marriage beyond a husband and his wife for purposes excluding procreation.
Marriage laws that allow for same-sex marriage do not change the meaning of the word 'marriage'; they reflect a change in that society's view of marriage. The meaning is descriptive, not prescriptive.
__________________ "I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day." - Douglas Adams
"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?" - Douglas Adams
"Skaloopdidit" - Keeping Skaloop as the first cause until science can rule him out. "I'd be a theist if it weren't for God." - Me
Someone told me gay marriage is one of the ways the government is bending societal norms by messing with basic language. Sort of like how the military is said to 'pacify' and area by killing everyone in it. Calling marriage between men the same as between a man and a woman changes the meaning of marriage.
Nope, not true at all.
tulc(thinks that was pretty easy)
__________________ So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls,
why don't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women?
-Harriet Beecher Stowe
To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score of years and to take rank, not as a prophet, but as an unteachable brat, well birched and none the wiser.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
The main doctrine of a fanatic's creed is that his enemies are enemies of God.
-Andrew White
We've all been conditioned to think of love as the heart-pounding,
breathless passion of the young -- not the complex feelings shared by two
time-ravaged people who spend afternoons holding hands, as a defense against
loneliness, disease and death.
-Kate Zernike
The governmental control of relationships, privileging certain types of monogamous relationships into official "marriages" is a worrying redefinition of terms. Some relationships deserve tax breaks and various other rights; others don't.
I'm not sure how sexual orientation affects that...
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"They keep you doped on religion and sex and TV, and you think you're so clever and "classless" and free, but you're still -------- peasants as far as I can see."--John Lennon, Working Class Hero
"If it's not Love, then it's the bomb that will bring us together." "Nature is a language, can't you read?" --The Smiths, Ask
The governmental control of relationships, privileging certain types of monogamous relationships into official "marriages" is a worrying redefinition of terms. Some relationships deserve tax breaks and various other rights; others don't.
Not married, are ya?
The truth is that it isn't a terrible idea to grant marriages and families tax incentives because having stable families does tend to have a positive effect on society in general so I don't mind encouraging that.
I do mind not granting those rights to specific groups of people.
__________________ Proverbs 25:21
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
Exodus 23:5
If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help him with it.
Someone told me gay marriage is one of the ways the government is bending societal norms by messing with basic language. Sort of like how the military is said to 'pacify' and area by killing everyone in it. Calling marriage between men the same as between a man and a woman changes the meaning of marriage.
The definition of marriage has been changed MANY times before this, society still stands
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Even Now In Heaven There Are Angels Carrying Savage Weapons
Chairs thrown and tables toppled,
Hands armed with broken bottles,
Standing no chance to win but,
We're not running, we're not running.
Black eyes, broken fingers,
Blood drips and I let it run
down my lips into my swollen gums.
When hope is non-existent,
Our instincts all scream "Run",
We never turn our backs or even bite our tongues.
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