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Conservatives are coming for no fault divorce

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  1.       What is no fault divorce A.     No Fault divorce refers to the ability to walk away from a marriage without alleging or proving that someone’s behavior is to blame B.      It has led to a decline in reported spousal abuse and women being murdered by their husbands to get out of the marriage C.      The Conservative critique is that no one is punished for breaking up a marriage, while supporters cite that it has given women agency when leaving an abusive relationship   2.       What is AT FAULT divorce A.     You have to prove that someone (usually the man) has either abandoned you, abused you or unfaithful. One would present their evidence before a judge and the judge would say that’s enough or punish the couple by making them stay married. It favors men   B.      Religious context: Lots of Amish and similar...

Eddie Long, Eddie Wrong

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Hello Everyone, Sexual Repression and Scandal I have to say that I am not surprised whenever I see an anti-gay politician or religious leader caught in the muck and mire they claim isn't right. Like Gary Aldridge who was found with two rubber masks, two pairs of rubber underwear, leather pants, boots, with a dildo up his rear with a condom on (either it was part of a safe sex lecture or it was a part of the fetish?) What about Roy Ashburn coming up with a lot of anti gay legislation and then being found with a Latino gentleman (he was in fact against immigration too). So why am I not surprised that of all people Bishop Eddie Long is found guilty--accused rather of that which he preached against? Like George Alan Rekers, Glenn Murphy Jr, Ted Haggard, Chris Lee, Jim McGreevey, Troy King, Jim West, Richard Curtis, Bruce Barclay, Larry Craig, Ed Schrock, Robert Allen, Mark Foley, Karl Krueger, Eric Massa, David Dreier, and of course we have the founders of Exodus Int...