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Ask yourself what you are worried about if same-sex marriage is legalized. Whatever your answer is, ask yourself if you really believe what you just came up with. Homosexuality is not going to spread. It is not communicable. Society is not going to turn into a Lady Gaga video. Most gay couples I know are just as boring as you and I. They sit on the couch and watch television. They work at the post office, the hospital, the grocery store, and at real estate agencies, just like heterosexuals do. They eat out at restaurants and shop at Target. Many have pot bellies and don’t have much fashion sense, just like me. They own pets, and go to church. They volunteer, sing Christmas carols, and buy Girl Scout cookies. What are you afraid of? What is going to change by allowing these people to commit to one another and enjoy the benefits that you and I enjoy: tax breaks, insurance breaks, bereavement leave, medical leave to care for a sick partner, domestic violence protection, visitation of partner in the hospital, burial determination, medical decisions on behalf of partner. Really sexy stuff. You and I take these things for granted. Nobody wants to go through life not knowing how they will deal with some of these difficult moments in life. Imagine if you were denied any of the above rights when the time came for you and your spouse to exercise that right? I’ll tell you what it would feel like. It would feel like you were a second-class citizen.

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The Muffin Man bikes around Madison, WI with muffins in exchange for commitments (living without money for three days, giving hugs or high fives to people who seem unhappy, and eight more!). It’s a cute little film and so inspiring so check it out!

What can you do in your community to inspire similar change and thought?

What a fantastic idea! 
I know the two dobermans at 3’20”—next time I see their owners I’ll tell them to check this out :) 

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jeremy-ruiner: reekrhymes: abaldwin360: Seven states that ban atheists from holding public office. Related: Atheists are the least trusted/most hated minority group; even moreso than muslims, homosexuals, african americans, and hispanics. Another study has suggested that atheists are equally as trusted/only trusted slightly more than RAPISTS. No, you actually read that right.  Asked whether they would disapprove of a child’s wish to marry an atheist, 47.6 percent of those interviewed said yes. Asked the same question about Muslims and African-Americans, the yes responses fell to 33.5 percent and 27.2 percent, respectively. The yes responses for Asian-Americans, Hispanics, Jews and conservative Christians were 18.5 percent, 18.5 percent, 11.8 percent and 6.9 percent, respectively. Huffington Post reports that the study was significantly motivated by a Gallup poll survey which found that only 45 percent of Americans would vote for a qualified atheist as president. Gallup showed that this figure was the lowest among several hypothetical minority candidates, implying that atheists were the least trusted group in America. x x Good job Pennsylvania. Sometimes I forget that I live on a blue dot in an otherwise red state. Fuck me. Are you fucking kidding me.

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Seven states that ban atheists from holding public office.

Related: Atheists are the least trusted/most hated minority group; even moreso than muslims, homosexuals, african americans, and hispanics. Another study has suggested that atheists are equally as trusted/only trusted slightly more than RAPISTS. No, you actually read that right. 

Asked whether they would disapprove of a child’s wish to marry an atheist, 47.6 percent of those interviewed said yes. Asked the same question about Muslims and African-Americans, the yes responses fell to 33.5 percent and 27.2 percent, respectively. The yes responses for Asian-Americans, Hispanics, Jews and conservative Christians were 18.5 percent, 18.5 percent, 11.8 percent and 6.9 percent, respectively.

Huffington Post reports that the study was significantly motivated by a Gallup poll survey which found that only 45 percent of Americans would vote for a qualified atheist as president. Gallup showed that this figure was the lowest among several hypothetical minority candidates, implying that atheists were the least trusted group in America.


Good job Pennsylvania. Sometimes I forget that I live on a blue dot in an otherwise red state. Fuck me.

Are you fucking kidding me.

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Aliens in my bathroom. Sometimes I can hardly bring myself to open the shower curtain or toilet seat because it feels like an alien is in there. I don’t rationally think that extraterrestrials inhabit my WC; it’s just a freaky feeling.

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