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Or, upon shaking hands with said son, noticing the profuse growth of hair on his palms! 
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Absolutely! What other dumb choices has this lady made at the ballot box? Oh I can think of a fe"W."  Whatever her reasons for voting the way she did, she has the right to do just that. You call it dumb, and she says voting "NO on 8" is dumb. If you give the option to a person to be prejudiced towards others, that person will take that option. It is only human nature and the examples throughout the world are plenty to illustrate this point. Because I was born in Romania, I have to live my whole life with some people making the assumption that I'm a "gypsy" and all the negative connotations that come with it. If you want to live in a society that treats everyone equal, don't give people the option to let their prejudices become laws.
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Or, upon shaking hands with said son, noticing the profuse growth of hair on his palms!  , 
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Absolutely! What other dumb choices has this lady made at the ballot box? Oh I can think of a fe"W." Whatever her reasons for voting the way she did, she has the right to do just that. Please notice how "few" is spelled. That was one dumb vote - IMHO.
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Muriel who said she had gone to lunch with her lesbian niece and her niece's current partner. A friend of Muriel's saw her and approached. Muriel was flummoxed as to how to introduce her niece's friend. Dear Get-A-Clue - How about this: "I'd like you to meet my daughter Marcia and her friend Eloise." or "I'd like you to meet Marcia and Eloise." or "I'd like you to meet my daughter, Marcia, and our friend Eloise." Is this woman routinely in the habit of introducing people by their sexual relationships to others at the table? "I'd like to introduce my husband, Howard, and his secretary/f***buddy, Tricia." "I'd like you to meet our neighbors, Philippe and Martine, and their poolboy Luis, Philippe's piece-on-the-side." Good grief. If the person becomes a good friend, she'll come to know the relationship. And I'm not saying it's not important to recognize the relationship. I'm saying there are times and there are times, and a casual lunch with a stranger isn't one of those times. I do not always introduce married friends as "Jill and her husband John."
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Phil,
It is my opinion that thihs is just wrong. We have had our disagreements and will probably have many in the future, but I doubt we will ever disgaree on this subject.
Who is sleeping with whom is nobody's business but the sleepers and who can marry whom is also nobody's business but the people who are involved.
As a traditional Republican I am aghast at this vote. The whole anti-gay platform is an invented issue to attract voters. This issue falls under the personal privacy aspect of Republicanism. Believe it or not, one of the traditional planks of Republicanism was personal privacy.
This is a shameand will be overturned eventually.
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“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
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Hear, Hear, Ma. That was always one area I used to be able to find agreement over with conservative friends. <sigh> - for the bastardization of the term.
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Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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Thanks, Ma, I know you have always been a supporter of liberty and equal treatment under the law for all. I appreciate your statement.
Life is a banquet -- and most poor suckers are starving to death -- Auntie Mame
You are born naked and everything else is drag - RuPaul
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If you want to live in a society that treats everyone equal, don't give people the option to let their prejudices become laws.  Well said, kap!
Steve Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love,
to respect and be kind to one another,
so that we may grow with peace in mind.
(Native American prayer)
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"I'd like to introduce my husband, Howard, and his secretary/f***buddy, Tricia." ![[Linked Image from i48.photobucket.com]](http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/ca_rickf/Smilies/icon_eek.gif) You know what a "f.b." is mellow? I thought that was a gay term. My, my, "they" grow up fast in Nebraska these days... ![[Linked Image from i48.photobucket.com]](http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/ca_rickf/Smilies/duck.gif)
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