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On Religion, Love and Government
To love is not a privilege or even a right, but an inherent trait, like the ability to breathe. If you believe that god breathed his breath into your existence, then you must also believe that he loved your love into existence. To try to deny anyone the ability to love, freely and openly and…
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Amendment One
i feel as if amendment one is being read by the light of a bulb shining through the skins of my family, friends- my children. how can you cry your careful, scripted tears over the loss of a life not yet started and tell the child before you that his life means less than yours?…
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Why I Voted Against Amendment One
This is what my life looks like: I am an adult heterosexual female. I live with an adult heterosexual male. We have expressed, both verbally and through the way we live, our commitment to each other. We each wear a ring that symbolizes that commitment. We share responsibilities: grocery shopping, bills, housework-though I will say…
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How NC’s Amendment One Will Turn America into China (And Other Foolish Points)
What happens if amendment one passes: 1: Homos run amok, using their incredible mind control powers to hypnotize all the heteros and force them to marry in the same bigoted backwoods churches that sentenced them to hell for putting their wieners on other boys’ wieners. (Lesbians are ok, per most clergy. They got that shit…
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Why the Religious Right is Scared of Old Ladies
This photo has been passed around on Facebook all day today. I don’t know who took it-if anyone does, let me know, so I can give the photographer proper credit-but I do know this: it’s absolutely terrifying. These women are the biggest threat facing our society today. Our entire nation is at risk because of…
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Just When You Think Bob Morris Has Reached the Pinnacle of Stupidity…
A few days ago, Bob Morris wrote a letter accusing the Girl Scouts of hooking up with Planned Parenthood [ha, see what I did there?] to turn young girls into slutty lesbians who will somehow get knocked up during same-sex romps, thus requiring the need for extensive abortion services. Yeah, THAT makes sense, Bob. He…
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Bob Morris, I Love You-In a Totally Homosexual Way
So I like this Bob Morris guy. In case you don’t know who he is, he’s the Indiana* state representative who wrote a hilarious letter claiming that Planned Parenthood and the Girl Scouts are in cahoots, plotting to corrupt the lives of young girls and turn them into raving sex fiends. [When I was a…