Although gay marriage seems to have settled into acceptance in this country, it still meets with virulent opposition elsewhere, including in the United States. Certain of the candidates for the Republican presidential nomination serve as good examples. Strutting their Christian credentials, they loudly proclaim their mantra, “Marriage means one man
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Red Tory v.3.0.3: Über Mitt!
Mitt Romney gets asked what time it is and responds with a stilted history of watch-making through the ages… Good grief, I didn’t even know there was yet another Republican “debate” on the TV machine tonight. Guess I’ll have to view it online now to see if John King followed
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Sisterwives reframes the polygamy debate
It is always easier to dispel some characterization when it is given absolutely; not just as a generalization, not just as something that exists for some people, but as something that is always true. In this case, one merely needs to find a single counterexample to disprove the claim. Polygamy is one of those subjects
Continue readingIt’s Not About Freedom, It’s About Power
Winston Blackmore, a religious leader in the polygamous community of Bountiful near Creston, B.C., laughs with six of his daughters and some of his grandchildren in 2008. On Wednesday the B.C. Supreme Court upheld Canada's laws that make his polygamous relationships illegal. I applaud the decision of the BC Supreme Court to
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: One Less Thing To Blame On Teh Gays…
Polygamy Remains illegal! Apparently, same sex marriage didn’t send us down a slippery slope towards becoming the Sodom & Gomorrah of the frozen tundra.
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Church of Lies by Flora Jessop
My reading plan was derailed when Church of Lies by Flora Jessop and Paul T. Brown came in from the library. I put down The Book Thief and picked up Church of Lies, just to have a look at it. My look ended when I finished the book. This is a non-fiction memoir of Flora […]
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