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Originally written by Azuma:

Salmon..be nice to him..

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Originally written by The Ratt:

I hate to sound like a stickler but generally double posting is frown upon, though in your case it is fine.

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Originally written by Jewelz:

just have Diki or Salmon poke me.

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In 2004, the American Anthropological Association released this statement:
The results of more than a century of anthropological research on households, kinship relationships, and families, across cultures and through time, provide no support whatsoever for the view that either civilization or viable social orders depend upon marriage as an exclusively heterosexual institution. Rather, anthropological research supports the conclusion that a vast array of family types, including families built upon same-sex partnerships, can contribute to stable and humane societies.

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Originally written by Lucheiah:

LOL! That's kinda cool!! Lucky it's not pointed our way, of course!

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I think I'll go home and wrap my head in tin foil, just in case. :P

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Originally written by Stillness:

All your argument did was express [/]how[/I] the government encouraged marriage, not why. A lot of families in our culture get together during the Christmas-New Year holidays, but I don’t see the government subsidizing airline tickets or fuel for road trips. There are a lot of cultural norms, why subsidize marriage unless it’s viewed as beneficial?

And by the way, you keep talking about what people can do and still take advantage of the benefits. Governments can’t afford to micromanage, though. They have to be big-picture oriented. You’re always going to have some people who don’t do exactly as you hope. Let’s say that a stabilizing, civilizing, and sustaining influence is the basis for recognition of marriage. Of course you’ll have people marry that will never contribute to this effect, but if the majority do, it’s worth it. And then, maybe some of those that do not now, will. Maybe your wife keep getting sick and hurt and insist that you all do it the normal way and some of your little soldiers will get through the tube tying (it happens) and you all get pregnant.

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Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar:

I have my last final for the semester on friday. Then I hope to go the rest of the year without doing a single thing that so much as resembles work. Christmas dinner and whatnot is someone else's problem, and I've already bought other people's gifts. I will likely become nocturnal, gain several pounds, and reek because I don't plan on showering or changing my clothes either. Hey, it's a tradition.

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Um, date much, ET?

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Originally written by Dikiyoba:

What, no pie? :P

Dikiyoba.

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Originally written by Tis the season to by Iffy:

Thats not exactly healthy.

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Originally written by Excaliber:

Indulging once in a blue moon is ok.

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Eating a weeks worth of nutrition in one day.

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Is that before or after cookies and other dessert-type foods have been factored in? :P

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Originally written by Drew:

EDIT: Salmon, I think he's still trying to make the distinction on the basis of describing homosexuality as a way of acting/behaving versus a state of being, like race, i.e. a person can control his homosexual acts, but can'r control his race.

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