My Dad Definitely Doesn't Hate You - Part I

[kingfuraday]

The difference a week makes. Last Wednesday I was at work feeling neither good nor bad, happy or angry. I was just numb. But I wasn't even aware of the numbness. Like so many of you have expressed it just hadn't sunk in. I even went out to join a rally at the Center and it wasn't until I stood in the crowd listening that it even started to

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Thank you!

[lilsidekick]

Thank you so much for this post! It really struck a chord with me! And way to go dad! I really hope messages such as these really reach those people that have been burned by organized religion.

Awesome! Awesome!! Awesome!!!

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[kingfuraday]

Glad you dug it Carl. I was reading over the stuff he sent me at lunch yesterday and it really made sense for me to share it on here.

[old_sirius]

Thanks.

For me, the thing that hits right between the eyes is the following statement: "Historically, marriage was used as a method of oppressing a despised group"

He then backs it up with historically facts, namely the Irish ban against Protestants marrying Catholics.

I really hadn't thought about it in those terms until I read that... although, now it would seem obvious to the most casual observer.

Educated man, your father.

[kingfuraday]

I hadn't really thought of marriage in those terms either. The SFC article Dad passed along is a good one for sure.

Not spending as much time with my Dad in the last decade is a regret I'm glad I can remedy to an extent now. We are so much alike in so many ways.