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		<title>On Marriage and Mesmerism</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lotta problems in this old world, eh?  Terrorists in Toronto. IEDs in Iraq. Taliban insurgents. Global warming. Deforestation. Desertification. Where will it end? And where to begin?  Of course! Let&#8217;s solve the &#8220;problem&#8221; of same sex marriage.  In Bush&#8217;s address today he regurgitated the party line which blames activist judges for thwarting  <a href='http://www.penopticon.com/2006/06/on-marriage-and-mesmerism/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lotta problems in this old world, eh?  Terrorists in Toronto. IEDs in Iraq. Taliban insurgents. Global warming. Deforestation. Desertification. Where will it end? And where to begin?  Of course! Let&#8217;s solve the &#8220;problem&#8221; of same sex marriage.  In Bush&#8217;s address today he regurgitated the party line which blames activist judges for thwarting the will of the people by allowing gays and lesbians to marry. The man seems Hell-bent on defining a fundamental human relationship through a constitutional amendment.</p>
<p>I dunno what God wanted<em> </em><em>me </em>to do, so I sure wouldn&#8217;t presume to tell other consenting adults who they can or can not marry. Straight? Yup. Gay? Nope. Lesbian? Nope. Transgendered? Hmmm. What are <em>they </em>supposed to do, George? <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mcgill.ca/interaction/mission/twospirit/">Two-spirited</a>? If you insist on some sort of Biblical foundation, I do know that people who have read that stuff (more thoroughly than I ever will) have identified <a target="_blank" href="http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_bmar.htm">three sames-sex relationships</a> between its covers. Others have pointed out that at least <a target="_blank" href="http://www.religioustolerance.org/mar_bibl.htm">eight distinct forms of marriage</a> occur in the Old and New Testaments. It&#8217;s a wild and crazy world George &#8212; not unlike the <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animals_practicing_homosexual_behavior">animal world</a>, where same-sex relationships abound.</p>
<p>Anyhow, this issue is smeared all over the entire in<em>fear</em>mation highway &#8212; and there is no escape, so you may as well enjoy it.  You might relax a little with a look at the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.politicstv.com/blog/?p=140">Politics TV Report</a> on GOP sexual hypocrisy.  Those guys are right on: Bush just wants y&#8217;all to stare into his googly eyes and get all mesmerized over same-sex marriage so you&#8217;ll forget about those pesky problems mentioned in paragraph one.  And guess which North American Prime Minister wants to re-open the same debate in the Fall of 2006?</p>
<p>As George Clooney cooly remarks in <a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190590/">O Brother Where Art Thou</a>: &#8220;We&#8217;re in a tight spot now boys. We&#8217;re in a tight spot now&#8221;.  Health care crisis. Rogue nuclear states. Darfur. Pharmaceuticals and hormone disrupters in the water&#8230;</p>
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