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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 [...]
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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 more than that to [...]
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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 blood relations, I think it’s just [...]