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I agree with Barrio. Surprise. Unless the government can offer up a damn good reason that is not based in a specific religious moral code why homosexuals should not marry, ...

The institution of marriage as we understand it, the companionate marriage, still our model for relationships today developed out of 18th century England as a way of eliminating erotic possibilities ...

The whole situation makes me ill. I don't know that I have words for it. Both families disgust me. As for the 'thicker-skins' crowd: I'm a little upset with you. ...

Wow long. I'll respond to this first: In thousands of years, hardly a word of the Bible has changed. This is NOT TRUE. I don't know who told you this, ...

Rereading this topic reminds of why I don't argue this anymore. However: I think it says a great deal about the respect of the female body that people would rather ...

Why must the two be mutually exclusive? Why can't G-d be in the science? I just watched this interesting documentary on the 10 plagues, which (although arguing for a scientific ...

How do you know God is a man? Seems to me the business of creation belongs to women.

The point of that is:if you don't believe in God, then what is there to believe in? It was more of a thinking-out-loud thing than an actual arguement. I read ...

Like I said, I think people freaked out because a beloved character, a mentor and supporter is gay! It would be like Mr. Rogers or Bill Nye the Science Guy ...

...regarding out beloved headmaster. Some of the best discussions I've had arose from tangents. Since the Dumbledore debate is bound to spark tangental conversation, I thought it would be nice ...

I don't feel that she's targeting anyone, really. Five year olds get read to by their parents, right? If the 'rents don't like it, they can...well...not read the books! Parents ...

Disgusting. It should be considered child abuse, what they do to their children. I don't have words for how terrible I find this behavior.

Because five-six years old don't need to discover homosexuality through Harry Potter. I'm sick of this attitude in the world that says you should put some sort of reference to ...

magiclukehutch, have we met before? Because unless we have, I'm a little irritated that you find me annoying without even having met me. I think what is at the core ...

I like the idea. Is no one else concerned with the thought of the words 'rape' and 'victim' being disallowed in sexual harassment cases, however? The girl didn't try to ...