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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 02:36 PM
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17. The article is quoting the writer who made the statement.
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  -Why churches fear gay marriage dwickham  Nov-25-08 11:52 AM   #0 
  - "...churches are losing their grip on power."  yardwork   Nov-25-08 12:00 PM   #1 
  - Agreed. And thankfully I might add.  nothingtoofear   Nov-25-08 12:01 PM   #2 
  - It also neutralizes one of their tools - the quiverful of children  LisaM   Nov-25-08 12:05 PM   #3 
  - Pluralism turns Mormons into Welfare queens.  Democrats_win   Nov-25-08 12:12 PM   #6 
     - I think they call that "bleeding the beast." They're proud of stealing from the government.  yardwork   Nov-25-08 12:18 PM   #11 
     - Maybe there's a deal that can be made there -  NCevilDUer   Nov-25-08 12:24 PM   #13 
  - "and the majority of women choose to live without men"...  amitten   Nov-25-08 12:07 PM   #4 
  - True. The patriarchal system never works for many women anyway.  yardwork   Nov-25-08 12:15 PM   #7 
  - I'm talking about straight women, because the article says  amitten   Nov-25-08 12:18 PM   #10 
     - In any case, the authoritarian churches haven't been much help there either.  yardwork   Nov-25-08 12:20 PM   #12 
        - That's true. But the article loses credibility by making false  amitten   Nov-25-08 02:03 PM   #16 
           - The article is quoting the writer who made the statement.  yardwork   Nov-25-08 02:36 PM   #17 
  - Greater than 50% divorce rates would suggest  bluedawg12   Nov-25-08 12:40 PM   #15 
  - Not all churches fear gay marriage  ayeshahaqqiqa   Nov-25-08 12:10 PM   #5 
  - Your church isn't propping up the patriarchal capitalist model, either.  yardwork   Nov-25-08 12:18 PM   #9 
  - The patriarchy fights back  bluedawg12   Nov-25-08 12:18 PM   #8 
  - They are approaching their perceived problem in exactly the wrong way.  Peregrine Took   Nov-25-08 12:40 PM   #14 
  - The Churches' Favourite Tactic is Fear...  RetiredTrotskyite   Nov-25-08 03:05 PM   #19 
  - Many clergy are worried that seeing happily married gay people will bring their own feelings...  GodlessBiker   Nov-25-08 02:57 PM   #18 
  - richard rodriguez is an amazing man and gifted writer. nt  xchrom   Nov-25-08 03:15 PM   #20 
 

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