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Sunday, April 26, 2009

But the sanctity of marriage! (Re-Post)

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

But the sanctity of marriage! I get so tired of hearing people talk about the sanctity of traditional marriage. I repeatedly go into the history of marraige (it's all about property and power) to explain that there was nothing truly sacred about it from a traditional standpoint. (Well, it was about as sacred as a bank account, anyhow.) I think that the sanctity of marriage should be determined by the individuals in the marriage, not by some group of people whose knowledge of traditions only goes back to the 1950's. So today I read this, and it brought a tear of happiness to my eye. At last, a quick, well written summary of marriage through the ages, and a reminder that conservatives are really just stuck in the 50's (along with segregation, communism paranoia, the immediate insertion of the word "God" into every government symbol, ...). http://www.psychologytoday.com/rss/pto-20050506-000006.html

Labels: Deep Thoughts and Philosophy, Things that Annoy Me

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