Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-03-01 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Reminds me of the advice not to attempt calculus > while drunk. "Don't drink and derive." > > Guess this would be a PUI (Posting Under the > Influence)? Is that pronounced "pyoo-ey," alternate spelling phewie? ;) Pepe LePew Maru _

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: > > Ronn! wrote: > > > So many possible smart-aleck responses come to mind that I cannot decide > > on the one I like best, so I will respond by simply quoting the > > above-cited second amendment: > > > > "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-28 Thread Doug Pensinger
Ronn! wrote: So many possible smart-aleck responses come to mind that I cannot decide on the one I like best, so I will respond by simply quoting the above-cited second amendment: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and b

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:42 PM 2/27/04, Doug Pensinger wrote: What it says to me is that it is OK to outlaw civil unions or any aspect of them. That SSUs can never expect to have the same rights conferred upon them that traditional marriages do and that homosexuals are thereby second class citizens. IMO it is

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-28 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 10:19 PM 2/27/2004 -0600 The Fool wrote: >What it says to me is that it is a ban on ALL new marriages both >heterosexual and homosexual. It will remove all 1049 'marriage' rights >that now exist for all existing married couples. Shirley, you can't be serious. There's the word "require" in t

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-27 Thread The Fool
> From: Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Culled from the MCMedia archive as my email program seems to be eating old > messages in my brin-l folder. > > JDG wrote: > > << > As I have hinted earlier, if I were forced to cast a vote, I would vote in > favor of the "Federal Marriage Amendment

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-25 Thread The Fool
> From: Robert J. Chassell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Rather than talk about the human morality of killing humans, I am > curious how many on this list think that it is morally good to emulate > a `higher being'? It is Absolutely Morally Wrong to emulate the Evil Deities of the Bible, Koran, Jewish

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-25 Thread Robert J. Chassell
Richard Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quoted John as saying > I stated plainly and simply that I believe that human life > begins at conception. and then when on to say Give that somewhere between 50% and 80% of conceptions end in natural spontaneous abortions, that you think that hu

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-23 Thread Julia Thompson
"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > At 02:40 PM 2/22/2004 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: > >> My problem with IVF is that a typical step of the procedure is selective > >> abortion, and I am at least intellectually consistent about my belief that > >> human life begins at conception. > > > >How do you feel

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-23 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 02:40 PM 2/22/2004 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: >> My problem with IVF is that a typical step of the procedure is selective >> abortion, and I am at least intellectually consistent about my belief that >> human life begins at conception. > >How do you feel about implanting only 3 embryos at a tim

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 1:29 PM Subject: Re: Federal Marriage Amendment > At 12:18 PM 2/22/2004 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote: > >As to the question of consistency: I think it is every persons right > >to change their minds when they feel it is necessary. I also feel tha

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-22 Thread Julia Thompson
"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > My problem with IVF is that a typical step of the procedure is selective > abortion, and I am at least intellectually consistent about my belief that > human life begins at conception. How do you feel about implanting only 3 embryos at a time? Or do you also object to

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-22 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Richard Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 1:59 PM Subject: Re: Federal Marriage Amendment > John said: > > > I stated plainly and sim

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-22 Thread Richard Baker
John said: > I stated plainly and simply that I believe that human life begins at > conception. Give that somewhere between 50% and 80% of conceptions end in natural spontaneous abortions, that you think that human life begins at conception, and that you think ending a human life is wrong, do you

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-22 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 12:18 PM 2/22/2004 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote: >As to the question of consistency: I think it is every persons right >to change their minds when they feel it is necessary. I also feel that >another person sees or think they see an inconsistency in ones >worldview, it is perfectly OK to point i

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 11:21 AM Subject: Re: Federal Marriage Amendment > At 08:33 AM 2/22/2004 -0600 Robert Seeberger w

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-22 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 08:33 AM 2/22/2004 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote: >"Every sperm is sacred." > > >xponent >Consistency Is The Hobgoblin Of Small Minds Maru >rob The only hobgoblin is the inconsistent one-liner you posted above after leaving a gratuitous amount of quoted text. Mine's Bigger Than Your

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-22 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 08:33:54AM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > "Every sperm is sacred." Damn those wet dreams from the devil! -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 7:36 AM Subject: Re: Federal Marriage Amendment > At 06:49 PM 2/17/2004 -0600 Ronn!Blankenship wrote:

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-22 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 06:49 PM 2/17/2004 -0600 Ronn!Blankenship wrote: >At 06:38 PM 2/17/04, Erik Reuter wrote: >Did anyone say that it does not count? John said that he "does not believe >in it", which I presume is because the Catholic church discourages >it. AFAIK, the Catholic church does not teach that babies

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-22 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 06:47 PM 2/17/2004 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I believe that human sexuality is non-binary. While there are >> >>certainly a great many people who are very firmly homosexual or >> >>heterosexual, there just as surely exists some subset of people who >> >exist >> >>on the in-between. Thu

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-21 Thread Robert J. Chassell
[regarding time after birth] You need at *least* 3 months to recuperate. A year is a lot better. And you don't ovulate the day after you give birth -- it can be a few months. It can be a lot longer if you breast feed: breast feeding tends to prevent ovulation. Nearly 20 years

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 10:59:52AM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > And you don't ovulate the day after you give birth -- it can be a few > > months. > > Do you know if it can be speeded up by the drugs they use on some women > who were having troubling getting pregnant,

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 12:37 PM 2/20/2004, you wrote: On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 10:59:52AM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > And you don't ovulate the day after you give birth -- it can be a few > months. Do you know if it can be speeded up by the drugs they use on some women who were having troubling getting pregnant, w

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread William T Goodall
On 20 Feb 2004, at 3:45 pm, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 09:26 AM 2/20/04, Julia Thompson wrote: The biggest family I know of personally (as in, having met members of the family and talked to them in person) has the oldest child in his mid-to-late 20s and the 12th one is on the way. One set of twi

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Bryon Daly wrote: > > >From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >And you don't ovulate the day after you give birth -- it can be a few > >months. > > Or not! I think breastfeeding can hold off ovulation, but my wife would > always tell her patients not to rely on that and that they needed t

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Julia Thompson wrote: > > The biggest family I know of personally (as in, having met members of > the family and talked to them in person) has the oldest child in his > mid-to-late 20s and the 12th one is on the way. One set of twins in the > batch, the rest singletons. Oh, and the dad is an obst

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:59 AM 2/20/04, Julia Thompson wrote: Spacing births every 2.5 years might be best for both mother and all children after the first. Spacing the children 2.5 miles apart after they are born is also better for both mother and children . . . -- Ronn! :) ___

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Erik Reuter wrote: > Or they could go continuously but 180 degrees (4.5 months) out of > phase... You need at *least* 3 months to recuperate. A year is a lot better. Well, it's probably more "really want" 3 months to recuperate, than "need". My wife is ju

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 08:34:29AM -0800, Chad Cooper wrote: > Does anyone find this ironic that the Missionary position AKA Front > Penetration, was thus named so from Catholic Missionaries who found > the rear-entry position used by savages to be unnatural. Which irony was what got me thinking

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 10:59:52AM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > And you don't ovulate the day after you give birth -- it can be a few > months. Do you know if it can be speeded up by the drugs they use on some women who were having troubling getting pregnant, who then seem prone to have quintup

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 09:26:55AM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > Personally, I think that if a lesbian couple were trying to maximize > > the procreation, a good schedule would be one has a baby, the other > > has a baby a year later, the first has her second a year af

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 09:21:17AM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > > Erik Reuter wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 10:41:14PM +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > > > > > You are completely wrong in your arguments. This is nonsense. What is > > > > the benefit of pro

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 09:26 AM 2/20/04, Julia Thompson wrote: > > >The biggest family I know of personally (as in, having met members of > >the family and talked to them in person) has the oldest child in his > >mid-to-late 20s and the 12th one is on the way. One set of twins in the >

RE: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Chad Cooper
> Which is why I support the National Doggie-Style Amendment. > As anyone who has been to the zoo knows, front penetration is > unnatural. We should not provide government incentives to, > for example, Catholics who engage in the unnatural act of > front penetration. Any savages who copulate on

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 07:21:53AM -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote: > Which is why birth rates are measured per woman, not per couple. Which is both irrelevant and, being an absolute statement requiring only one exception, not true. But such nonsense to avoid the issue is not unexpected, JDG. -- E

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 09:26:55AM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > Personally, I think that if a lesbian couple were trying to maximize > the procreation, a good schedule would be one has a baby, the other > has a baby a year later, the first has her second a year after that, > etc. But that's not

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 09:21:17AM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > Erik Reuter wrote: > > > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 10:41:14PM +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > > > You are completely wrong in your arguments. This is nonsense. What is > > > the benefit of producing children at twice the rate?

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:26 AM 2/20/04, Julia Thompson wrote: The biggest family I know of personally (as in, having met members of the family and talked to them in person) has the oldest child in his mid-to-late 20s and the 12th one is on the way. One set of twins in the batch, the rest singletons. Oh, and the da

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 02:09:18PM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Erik Reuter wrote: > > > > > You know, a lesbian couple could have BOTH members impregnated by > > > > artificial insemination. They could produce children

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Richard Baker
Julia said: > > World domination. > > By whom, exactly? A race of atomic superwomen? Rich, who was somewhat surprised to learn that an Italian town is going to start paying EUR10,000 for each baby born there: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3252794.stm __

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 01:09 PM 2/19/04, Jon Gabriel wrote: > >>From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Su

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 10:41:14PM +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > You are completely wrong in your arguments. This is nonsense. What is > > the benefit of producing children at twice the rate? > > World domination. By whom, exactly? Julia just curious... _

RE: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Andrew Paul
From: Alberto Monteiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Alternatively, a lesbian couple could pair with a compatible gay male >> couple, and sperm from both men could be inserted inside both women. >> One child could live with the men and one with the women (assuming they >> don't all want to live tog

RE: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Richard Baker
Andrew P said: > LOL, yes thats almost perfect. > You just forgot to mention the Torquemada girdle. And... the powered armour? Rich, who thinks the twins should start a revolution on the Moon. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Andrew Paul
From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>>Erik Reuter wrote: >>> > >>> > JDG wrote: >>> > >>> > > "I'm sure that it is possible. unmarried couples can have >>> > > children. Homosexual couples are of course physically capable of >>> > > adoption. Nevertheless, homosexual unions

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread John D. Giorgis
>>Erik Reuter wrote: >> > You know, a lesbian couple could have BOTH members impregnated by >> > artificial insemination. They could produce children at TWICE THE RATE >> > of a heterosexual couple. Which is why birth rates are measured per woman, not per couple. JDG - Nothing like the real thing

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 02:09:18PM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: > From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Erik Reuter wrote: > > > You know, a lesbian couple could have BOTH members impregnated by > > > artificial insemination. They could produce children at TWICE THE > > > RATE of a heterosex

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 10:41:14PM +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > You are completely wrong in your arguments. This is nonsense. What is > the benefit of producing children at twice the rate? World domination. > I think all heterosexual woman should be sterilized and only lesbians > should be a

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Erik Reuter wrote: > >> "I'm sure that it is possible. unmarried couples can have >> children. Homosexual couples are of course physically capable of >> adoption. Nevertheless, homosexual unions do not naturally produce >> children the way heterosexual unions do. Moreover, the question >> be

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-20 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 01:09 PM 2/19/04, Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Federal Marriage Amendment Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 12:53:41 -0600 Erik Reuter wr

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-19 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Federal Marriage Amendment Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 12:53:41 -0600 Erik Reuter wrote: > > JDG wrote: > > &

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-19 Thread Jim Sharkey
Erik Reuter wrote: >I support the National Doggie-Style Amendment. So do I, but for entirely different reasons. :-) Jim Was that dirty? Maru ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-19 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > JDG wrote: > > > "I'm sure that it is possible. unmarried couples can have > > children. Homosexual couples are of course physically capable of > > adoption. Nevertheless, homosexual unions do not naturally produce > > children the way heterosexual unions do. Moreove

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-19 Thread Erik Reuter
JDG wrote: > "I'm sure that it is possible. unmarried couples can have > children. Homosexual couples are of course physically capable of > adoption. Nevertheless, homosexual unions do not naturally produce > children the way heterosexual unions do. Moreover, the question > becomes - should

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-18 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 09:33:19PM -0500, Bryon Daly wrote: > John did not mention artificial insemination at all, seemingly > ignoring that possibility in his original post. I'll quote the > relevant bit here: > In my reply, I pointed this oversight out, which he acknowledged and > then s

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-18 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 05:14 AM 2/18/04, Erik Reuter wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 12:28:03AM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > Nothing happened to them. I'm not sure what that has to do with the > current discussion, though. How disappointing :-( How so? Obligatory Second Line Maru -- Ronn! :) ___

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-18 Thread Erik Reuter
On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 12:28:03AM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > Nothing happened to them. I'm not sure what that has to do with the > current discussion, though. How disappointing :-( -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mc

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-17 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 08:17 PM 2/17/04, Erik Reuter wrote: On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 08:13:12PM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > As, apparently, did you . . . What ever happened to your God-given predictions? Nothing happened to them. I'm not sure what that has to do with the current discussion, though. -- Ronn!

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-17 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Not unlike saying that artificial insemination does not count for lesbian couples. Did anyone say that it does not count? John said that he "does not believe in it", which I presume is because the Catholic church discourages it. AFAIK, the Catholic chu

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-17 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 08:13:12PM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > As, apparently, did you . . . What ever happened to your God-given predictions? -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-17 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 08:02 PM 2/17/04, Erik Reuter wrote: On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 06:49:47PM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > Has anybody here said that, other than you just now? ... > >Not unlike saying that artificial insemination does not count for > >lesbian couples. > > Did anyone say that it does not count?

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-17 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 06:49:47PM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > Has anybody here said that, other than you just now? ... > >Not unlike saying that artificial insemination does not count for > >lesbian couples. > > Did anyone say that it does not count? John said that he "does > not believe i

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-17 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 06:38 PM 2/17/04, Erik Reuter wrote: On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 06:33:54PM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > At 06:24 PM 2/17/04, Chad Cooper wrote: > > >When I replace "Gay" and "Homosexual" with Interracial, replace "sex" with > >"race", and "heterosexual" as "same-race".. > > > >>

RE: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-17 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 06:24 PM 2/17/04, Chad Cooper wrote: When I replace "Gay" and "Homosexual" with Interracial, replace "sex" with "race", and "heterosexual" as "same-race".. >> Chad's Modified text example below >> ...snip for brevity... 3) interracial unions are ill-

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-17 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 06:33:54PM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > At 06:24 PM 2/17/04, Chad Cooper wrote: > > >When I replace "Gay" and "Homosexual" with Interracial, replace "sex" with > >"race", and "heterosexual" as "same-race".. > > > >>> > >Chad's Modified text examp