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I honestly don't understand what you're asking Patti. What's the difference between being "considered married", and having all the rights and benefits that go along with marriage? Honestly, Roger and Chris and Melanie and Vel don't care if a bunch of the population doesn't "Consider" them married (whatever that means).…

I have several friends who are very deeply involved in this fight. One couple who went out of state to marry, another who are holding out until they can legally do it right here at home. They, and we, are fighting like hell to get this legally changed. So this is something I know a good bit about, and I know a lot of folks…

This is why the preacher says ""By the authority vested in me by G-d (Vishnu, Buddha, The Flying Spaghetti Monster - whatever) AND the state of Ohio (Utah, confusion, whatever) I now pronounce"". It's 2 deals. Most of us do 'em both at once to save time, but it is 2 separate issues.

Nobody has a problem with the holy yada yada yada,,, I'm not married in the eyes of the Catholic church. I'm also not a licensed prospector in the state of Nevada. Both are profoundly irrelevent to me, and I do not need, want or desire either certification, I think what she was trying to say was that if we were to split…

The key is the "file the necessary paperwork" part. When you "File the paperwork", you don't file it in your sock drawer, you file it with the court. The court's part of the government. I can't "file the paperwork" to marry my guitar,,, the court won't take it, it's not a legal marriage. They'll only accept and recognize…

Well I'll be. This passes the snopes test too,,, he really said (some of) it. http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/buffett.asp

"Censorship is declaring that a man may not have a steak because a baby can't chew it" Samuel Langhorne Clemens

When I was a little kid my parents told me that an invisible man in the sky was going to burn me alive forever if I didn't believe that he let a bunch of soldiers slaughter his kid to assuage his own anger. This made and makes no sense to me. I could not believe it. This is not a choice, it is not a decision, and it is…

Irresistable force - Immovable object. We may finally get to the bottom of this... :laugh:

(too slow) How many computers?

Grow it, love it, enjoy it while you can. you have the rest of your life to explore the finer points of phrenology. trust me, this is something I know a lot about.

Hi lyssa. you are smart and strong and beautiful, and I will not belittle you with a number. if anybody says otherwise, you tell them they are a damn fool.

CW - 234 GW (overall) - 200 flat GW for the first of June. 224?

May 01 - 234.4 pounds. June 01 - well let's see. I'll be buying a suit somewhere around May 29-30 for my daughter's wedding on June 01. I'd really like it to be a suit with 34" waist pants. Onward,,,

Hasiangirl's a solid 9+, I've been a fan for years :smile:

I do something similar. Buy the smallest sprouts you can find - smaller is milder. Cut 'em in half, quarters if they're big. Put 'em in a big bowl and give 'em a big heavy sprinkle of greek seasoning and a little dash of olive oil. Toss vigorously. Steamer bag, nuke for 3 minutes, feast. 3/5ths of the people in my house…

I has a baby hedgehog. Your argument is invalid.

Can you imagine Coulter & Limbaugh in the same room? Could the paint & plaster withstand that?

8+, hard to be definitive with just one little pic. Red hair and a pretty smile are big plusses. :-)

let it go lucky. you're negotiating the habits of the invisible man in the sky. there's no right answer. theologians theologize,,,

1 really good number one soulmate that I can talk about anything with. Married to her. Maybe 3 others I could call at 3am if in a jam. Probably a dozen that I could get to stop by on Saturday and help move a couch. Not bad really. 5 years ago it would'a been just the one soulmate.

Whatever day you and your faith say is the day is the day. Most religious americans do Sundays. Jews, Seventh Day Adventists and probably a couple others do Saturdays. There may be some interesting little group that meets on Thursdays,,, To thine own self be true.

We are a Unitarian couple. My wife is a mental health worker. We have a lot of mental health workers in our congregation. Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers. Hmmmm. Are lots of mental health workers Unitarian - or are lots of Unitarians mental health providers? Interesting,,,

When I take off the beard m'lady sez I remind her of her dad. And no nookie 'til if grows back in. I haven't seen me chin in a LONG TIME. :laugh:

Mean and stupid people will always find a way to be mean and stupid. MFP only helps them get smaller while doing it.

A woman whom I respect very much, and who is the poster girl for your "Myths", said something brilliant on this subject a while back. "Extroverts receive energy by being around other people, but Introverts are drained". (As she was having a cubicle wall erected).

72.6% of statistics referenced on the interwebz are made up on the spot.

I just try to avoid the political stuff mostly. No matter what you say, you're pretty much guaranteed to piss off 1/3 of the population. And the 1/3 I'll piss off tends to have no sense of humor. Hehehe...

"You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts."