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Unfair assumption #28: Parents who threaten to disown their children based upon their marital choices are the lowest form of human life.

You know these people. These are the parents who will refuse to attend their child’s wedding and sometimes disown a son or daughter for failing to marry someone who shares their religious belief, racial composition, socioeconomic standing, national or cultural origin, or does not conform to their heteronormative expectations of marriage. They are the despicable…

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Three shows that every married couple should be watching – and why this is dumb advice

David WIllis – a pastor interested in “encouraging married couples and families” and who founded StrongerMarriages.org and the Marriage app as a way to encourage couples to build stronger marriage – writes in TIME of three types of television shows that every married couple should watch in order to improve their marriage: A show to help you…

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Serious question: Why isn’t religious hypocrisy used more often against the opponents to same sex marriage?

For the last couple months, I’ve been writing the occasional post – titled #Biblebuffet – indicating the hypocrisy of people who oppose same sex marriage for religious reasons. If you use The Bible to oppose same sex marriage, don’t forget to execute adulterers, people who work on Sundays, and any woman engaging in premarital sex.…

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A peek into a typical day of our marriage

Last night I told Elysha that I had a song stuck in my head. She asked me what the song was. I told her that she wouldn’t know it. She assured me she would.  “Fine,” I said. “It’s I’ve Never Been To Me.“ “I know it,” she said. Of course she knows it. The woman can’t…

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Jim and Pam are still together. There is hope.

On the rare day that I’m feeling pessimistic about the world or sad about something in my life, I will often stop and think, “Jim and Pam are still married. As long as they’re still together, there is hope.” Sometimes I go back and watch their wedding. It brings me such joy. I miss those…

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A goal for 2016: An agreement that these parents are awful, disgusting, rotten people

Can we all agree that parents who actively oppose their child’s interracial, inter-religious, or same sex marriage are awful people?  They are still mothers and father, perhaps still worthy of love and respect, and possibly possessing many admirable and endearing qualities, but they are also awful, disgusting, rotten people. We can all agree to this.…

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It’s a shame when people pose as Christians and give Jesus a bad name.

A Walkerton, Indiana, pizza shop is the state’s first business to declare it will not service gay weddings after the Religious Freedom Restoration Act was signed into law last week. “If a gay couple came in and wanted us to provide pizzas for their wedding, we would have to say no,” Memories Pizza’s Crystal O’Connor…

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There is nothing wrong with a married couple sleeping in separate beds. There’s something very wrong with allowing society to stop you from doing so.

A friend of mine and his wife have separate bedrooms. After a six week business trip, he arrived home to a wife who had never slept better in her life. Since the guest room wasn’t being used, she proposed that he make it his bedroom and allow them to sleep apart each night. He agreed.…

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Marital advice courtesy of a Moth StorySLAM victory

A friend and I attended The Moth’s StorySLAM at the Bitter End last night. He’s about 15 years younger than me, and while we waited in line outside the club, we talked about his recent experiences with dating in New York. I advised him that above all else, he should avoid getting married before the…

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Placing an engagement ring in food is stupid.

Last week comedian and podcast host Marc Maron proposed to his girlfriend by hiding the engagement ring in a stack of pancakes. I do not understand the decision to conceal the engagement ring in food or drink. I cannot imagine a single instance in which this is the best or most preferred way to propose.…

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