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6_bleen_7

How To Fight Back Against Anti-Gay Bigotry-For Eternity

Aug 02, 2008 02:15

Orson Scott Card has dashed off yet another bigoted screen against gay marriage, the sheer idiocy of which has been thoroughly derided elsewhere (zarq links to several rejoinders). What strikes me as particularly nonsensical, in light of his contributions to literature, is Card's heavy reliance on reproductive biology to bolster his argument. Hang on ( Read more... )

rant, religion

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darksasami August 3 2008, 22:55:52 UTC

Marriage after death is not without precedent in the LDS Church. Several women were "sealed" to Joseph Smith after his death, as were many children who decided they wanted him as an eternal parent rather than their own. According to my ex-Mormon roommate, they started telling people to cut it out sometime in the late 1800s, but my understanding is that there's still no rule against it.

Post-death sealing is one of the major current methods of achieving polygamy in the modern Church, and is the only way for LDS women to achieve polyandry with Church approval.

God help us all if the gays try to redefine the sacred tradition of marriage!

sarahbliss August 5 2008, 09:54:59 UTC

You really need to get AIM.

the stupid, it burns... jedibl August 7 2008, 14:53:55 UTC

This comment is completely unrelated to the above post, but this seemed like a good place to reach you. I thought you might appreciate the following video (play with sound on):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaAX4adkMBk&e

6_bleen_7 August 7 2008, 18:54:42 UTC

ROFFLE! Thanks-that's excellent! Someone needs a refresher course in what causes the phases of the Moon. (And of course, they use Comic Sans for their conspiracy-theory messages.)

Almost better than the original film is someone's comment: "That's no moon-that's a space station."

Thanks also for reminding me that I need to write a post regarding Monday's sliver moon.

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6_bleen_7 August 9 2008, 04:30:55 UTC

I didn't think it was that bad. On a scale from 1 to Céline Dion singing AC/DC, I'd rate it a 3.

hypersurfaces August 8 2008, 02:03:58 UTC

Hi there. I noticed you friended me...?

6_bleen_7 August 9 2008, 04:29:45 UTC

Yes-I stumbled across your LJ via Something Awful. In one (now infamous) post you'd mentioned that you had evidence that blogger Sandy Szwarc was in the pay of the fast food industry. That intrigued me, for I'd read her blog a few times. Even though I agree with her opinions about body image, I noticed that whenever she cited a clinical study on obesity she grossly distorted the results-often using the same data to draw conclusions precisely opposite of the authors'. I'm a statistical geneticist by trade, and I know many ways to misrepresent data. She's used them all. Also, as a follower of both the evolution and global warming "controversies," I've grown sensitive to the taste of an industry shill writing as a disinterested observer.

I intended to ask you about this, but you had understandably restricted the comments on your LJ to friends only. Later, I did some very brief detective work and found a SourceWatch article on her. She's also written articles contending that mercury pollution really isn't that bad for us after ( ... )