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  Uniting American Families Act

  by eisenstein in

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  dear friends,.

  i am posting this for a close friend who is very involved in trying to get equal rights for everyone including marriage for homosexuals.

  we have talked deeply about spiritual things and how we both escaped mind-controlling cults.

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  Gretchen956

  Well of course I show up to interject... its expected by now. Most bisexuals have one partner at a time. They are attracted to both sexes, but that doesn't mean they form trios. They are monogamous with the partner they fall in love with. Could be a woman, could be a man. If you are thinking of someone with more than one partner (one of each) you are either thinking polygamy or polymory. Totally different ball-game. (oops, no pun intended)...

  anyway, lots of gay folk have issues with bi-sexuals too, for some reason. Lots of people think they just can't make up their minds or that they don't have the cajones to take the flak that comes with being out as a gay person. Took me a long time to figure it out and be comfortable with it myself. But I now have friends that are bisexual, we talk about this, and I have come to understand them better. I guess you fall in love with who you fall in love with.

  Now back to topic... not only is it cumbersome and time consuming to try to avail yourself of the over 1,000 protections offered heterosexual unions, you have the problem of the enormous expense to arrive at close (you can't get there 100%) to the same protections.

  And going back to Brown vs the Board of Education - the ruling was: Separate but equal does not mean equal. Same holds true for us. If you'd like to see how this affects people, check out: http://www.tencouples.org/ the second couple have been together for over 50 years.

  Sherry
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  Relocation

  by hillbilly in

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  hillbilly and family have relocated to the greater oklahoma city area.. we are camped in temporary quarters until the michigan house sells.

  i am back in the utility consulting business and mrs hill has an offer of employment that matches her colleged degree and experience.. good luck and godspeed to all (even hillary step and six of nine).

  ~hill (wagon tounge pointed north class).

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  Gretchen956

  Good luck to you and your family, Hilly. Hope you find some less cramped quarters soon.

  Sherry
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  Love Bombing

  by Tigerman in

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  would someone please define " love bombing" for me?

  i have the definition from " quotes", however if you've experienced or been apart of this action i'd be interested in your input.

  thanks.. .

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  Gretchen956

  It can happen. Years ago my brother, who was DFd at the time, went to a family funeral. Against doctrine, the family love-bombed him and got him to come back. Of course it didn't last that long because he only did it for them. But yes, it definately happens in some cases.

  Sherry
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  Anyone from Portland/Vancouver area?

  by White Dove in

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  i'm looking for former friends who have since left the org.

  i understand if some need to keep underground.

  i do to.

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  Gretchen956

  I'm a newbie but there are lots of Portlander's here. Perhaps some will see this message. Odrade, I know is a long time Portlander and has family in the borg here somewhere.

  Sherry
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  JWs Have a NEW TACTIC (at least to me)

  by Gretchen956 in

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  i have a new job now and take mass transit, the max train into town and then a short bus trip to work.

  in between i have about 3 to 6 blocks to traverse, depending on what time it is and which bus i'm catching.

  today i'm walking the last bit to my stop and watching the street for signs of the bus, and two women come walking up, at a good clip, and i can tell they are handing something out.

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  Gretchen956

  Max is awesome. The thing about this morning is that they caught me off guard. If I knew they did it that way I would have grabbed one of them and wouldn't have cared if I was late to work. I'll keep my eye open. Perhaps I should print out some of the stuff from Barbara's CD and trade them literature.

  Sherry
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  JWs Have a NEW TACTIC (at least to me)

  by Gretchen956 in

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  i have a new job now and take mass transit, the max train into town and then a short bus trip to work.

  in between i have about 3 to 6 blocks to traverse, depending on what time it is and which bus i'm catching.

  today i'm walking the last bit to my stop and watching the street for signs of the bus, and two women come walking up, at a good clip, and i can tell they are handing something out.

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  Gretchen956

  I have a new job now and take mass transit, the MAX train into town and then a short bus trip to work. In between I have about 3 to 6 blocks to traverse, depending on what time it is and which bus I'm catching. Today I'm walking the last bit to my stop and watching the street for signs of the bus, and two women come walking up, at a good clip, and I can tell they are handing something out. Up the block a ways they were handing out samples of breakfast sandwiches, so I just thought it was some advertising like that had been. They come rapidly up on my left side and she shoves this magazine at my hand. Instinctively I reached out for it. Then I saw it.

  AWAKE it said. I'm sure my face must have been priceless. Just as instinctively I went phhffftttt, like I'm going to take that. But the two ladies didn't even break stride. When I didn't take it, they walked on, still at a good clip, still shoving magazines at people's hands during rush hour when people like me weren't paying attention.

  Anyone else experience this or is this some new invention? What happened to the people standing there like zombies holding them up. Guess they weren't "placing" enough. I kind of wondered if their magazine cupboard was getting too full and they didn't want to throw them away.

  Sherry
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  if you need a laugh tonight, just go watch this video..

  by SnakesInTheTower in

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  http://www.biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=3076.

  its about 5 min long...watch it through to the end.... good for a good laugh .

  snakesinthetower (of the "rarely using both new topics today" sheep .

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  Gretchen956

  Hell YEA! lolol

  That was funny as hell.

  Sherry
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  Christmas Is Not Pagan!

  by Sarah Smiles in

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  someone wrote about christmas and i could not find your post to reply!

  so here is my reply why i think christmas is not pagan!.

  i just read a thread where one of the posters was saying christmas is not pagan.

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  Gretchen956

  The American Family Association are a bigoted bunch of haters. No one is trying to take away Christmas. Why do people think that by acknowledging other religions rights it diminishes their own? Thats the type of thinking that gets more radical until it becomes fanatacism.

  This argument about whether Christmas is pagan or not is senseless, IMO. Because if you can rationalize it and make it your own christian holiday, then you aren't going to see the pagan origins. And if, like me, you enjoy the fact that it has roots in your own faith's past, then you either don't care, or you sidestep the whole issue by celebrating Yule or Solstice.

  Sherry
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  What kind are you!

  by brokenperfection in

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  what kind of elders daughter are you?.

  i am a elders daughter currently and would like to know how you feel about being an elders daughter.

  tell some of your experinces or situations cause of you being an elders daughter.. thanks .

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  Gretchen956

  My dad became an elder a LONG time after most of his kids were grown. If there was ever an argument for the "holy spirit" NOT selecting the elders, it was my dad. He has long since stepped down now, he's close to 80, however we were raised in an abusive dysfunctional home. When I married an abusive man, no surprise, and talked to my dad the elder one time about the abuse I was receiving from my husband, his response was, "well what did you do to cause him to behave like that?" No clue.

  So anyway I'm sure my feelings are much different than others that will post here.

  Edited to add: I'm sorry, I didn't notice you were new to the site! Welcome.

  Sherry
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  What Birth Sign Were You Born Under ?

  by flipper in

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  didn't know if this has been addressed before , but it's kinda interesting.

  when we were witnesses we were always told,oh!

  don't look at horoscopes or read anything about your sign because it's demonized !

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  Gretchen956

  Libra - and NO one has ever told me I was down to earth, lol! Head in the clouds is what I hear.

  Sherry