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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

2 From THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF EMILY DICKINSON



Christ may love you—I must not—
My white Calvary—be
Perfect like That—without the Taint
Of sad Carnality—

Lepers—God enjoins—in Love—
Law—casts out—Unclean—
“Vox Populi Vox Dei”
Festers in Irony—

Friday, July 6, 2012

OMG! OH MY GOD!!! BRAD PITT’S MOTHER PENS ANTI-GAY-MARRIAGE LETTER!!! [To Mormon senator and presidential candidate Mitt Romney]

I was reading a certain blog and I found this, which is worthy of mention:
OMG!  OH MY GOD!!!  BRAD PITT'S MOTHER (Jane Pitt) PENS ANTI-GAY-MARRIAGE LETTER!!!

Then I found the following mini-course in civil-rights law in the Comments of a popular website, and it is so good that I had to post it here:
Well, now we know why Jane's family is known as "the Pitts." (I hereby renounce any inspiration relating to "Pitt bullshit".) .... Marriage is a civil status like incorporation--indeed, it is a kind of incorporation. Through marriage, the state recognizes the common rights and obligations of two people. These include the right to shared property and the obligation to honor debts contracted by the couple. And tax breaks and other arrangements with the state are also included. The rights and obligations of marriage are civil rights and therefore they may not be denied to any adult citizens capable of functioning as members of the state. Marriage is not "matrimony." "Matrimony" is a religious value/concept which is not shared by all--not even all Christian churches admit it as a "sacrament"--and as a religious concept it cannot be imposed by some citizens on others who do not share their religious views. Marriage is a civil right, and American States must cease to deny the full exercise of this right to their citizens.

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