Wednesday, February 4, 2004As the right-wing ever more loudly and vehemently spews its obnoxious anti-gay rhetoric about "God's will" and "Biblical law" and "sin" and "decency" and "tradition" and the "moral fabric of America"...and on and on, more quietly, and ultimately more spiritually and more faithfully, dozens and hundreds and thousands of same-sex couples are choosing to declare their vows to one another in religious ceremonies. Sometimes they do so within religious movements (such as Paganism, Reform Judaism, and Unitarian Universalism) and Christian denominations (such as the United Church of Christ, Congregationalism, Friends (Quakers) & the Metropolitan Community Church, some congregations within United Methodism & Presbyterianism, and some dioceses of Episcopalianism) that openly welcome them, and sometimes they do so even within such officially condemning movements as Roman Catholocism. In defiance of any and all traditional religious doctrine that opposes their very existence, gay and lesbian couples are refusing to deny their natural human spiritual and religious needs and desires and are instead creatively seeking out ways to have them met. Hallelujah!
(Looks like the religious right is spinning its wheels deeper and deeper into the mud to me.)
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It's not always the case, but today I love teenagers! :) The children are our future...la..la..la... *grin*
(Note: Right now this is on the linked website, but I'm not sure how long it will be there, so I've downloaded it, so it will always be here on this blog.)
January 22nd, 2004: What are your thoughts on same-sex marriages?
"Anybody should be able to do anything they want."
Cassandra, 13
"If they're happy, they can get married if they want. Who
cares?"
Stephanie, 13
"I think it's perfectly normal and people should respect them
for who they are."
Jasmine, 13
"It's their choice on what they want to do."
Bryan, 14
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"I'm sorry if anyone was offended by the wardrobe malfunction during the half-time performance of the Super Bowl," Timberlake said.
My bet is that it was covertly intentional, but I say great! As a naturist, I think public nudity laws are a violation of our human and civil rights, and I especially think that laws that allow men to be bare-chested in public but criminalize the same behavior from women are sexist, discriminatory and a blantant civil rights violation.
I'm disappointed in CBS, MTV, Timberlake, and whomever else for caving in to the conservative pressure and making all of these lame apologies.
Go Janet! ;)
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