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Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
A Pep Talk, of Sorts
Yesterday, Round wrote about the vote in the Massachusetts state legislature to move forward with a state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. Today my comments will be those of an outsider, an “other” if you may, who resides in one of the remaining 49 states where the possibility of same-sex marriage remains in a [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in News!!!,The Political Is Personal by J
Monday, December 18th, 2006
Expanding Your Family of Two
The thing about being a “family of two” is this little fact, more eloquently expressed by Marcus, a twelve year old who is the main character in Nick Hornby’s novel, “About a boy.” After living through his mother’s failed suicide attempt, Marcus laments the fact that his family is only two, because you need many [...]
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Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
First Steps…..On Family:
Webster’s Dictionary lists over 15 definitions for the word “family.” My favorites are the following: 9. a group of related things or people 10. a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or goals and, frequently, live together While some of the definitions mention children and [...]
