Reblog from The Chatter Blog: Great Same Sex Marriage Question & Dialgoue

Posted on March 26, 2013 by The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap

Colleen did it again. Here’s another great question, on same sex marriage, and great dialogue in the comments. Please feel free to join the conversation.

About The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap

The year 1895 was filled with memorable historical events: the Dreyfus Affair divided France; Booker T. Washington gave his Atlanta address; Richard Olney, United States Secretary of State, expanded the effects of the Monroe Doctrine in settling a boundary dispute between the United Kingdom and Venezuela; and Oscar Wilde was tried and convicted for "gross indecency" under Britian's recently passed law that made sex between males a criminal offense. When the news of Wilde's conviction went out over telegraphs worldwide, it threw a small Nevada town into chaos. This is the story of what happened when the lives of its citizens were impacted by the news of Oscar Wildes' imprisonment. It is chronicle of hatred and prejudice with all its unintended and devastating consequences, and how love and friendship bring strength and healing. Paulette Mahurin, the author, is a Nurse Practitioner who lives in Ojai, California with her husband Terry and their two dogs--- Max and Bella. She practices women's health in a rural clinic and writes in her spare time. All profits from her book are going to animal rescue, Santa Paula Animal Shelter, the first and only no-kill shelter in Ventura County, CA, where she lives. (see links below on Ventura County Star Article & Shelter) To find out more please go the The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap on facebook or Amazon or e-mail us at the gavatar addresses. Thank you. (photos: of Paulette, her family, and a reading at The Ojai Art Center, July 2012)
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10 Responses to Reblog from The Chatter Blog: Great Same Sex Marriage Question & Dialgoue

  1. Lorna's Voice says:
    March 26, 2013 at 5:55 pm

    I had my say. Thanks for redirecting me there…

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  2. fournier0917 says:
    March 26, 2013 at 10:45 pm

    Ah yes this so-called society and its self appointed regulating dictators! A very famous Canadian Prime Minister, who led his country for sixteen years, once said early on in his career as Canada’s leader, and I quote; “The state has no place in the bedrooms of our nation.” Which also suggests to me that it should have no right to discriminate in or dictate legalities on the basis of what constitutes a union, as in a marriage.

    One feels vulnerable as you suggest you are because you are living, as opposed to existing, among so-called humans who cannot in the full sense of the word be human. This due to being insecure about themselves, influenced by their umbilical attachment to their archaic world of archaic man made religious doctrine and beliefs. As they cannot let go of this kind of thumb sucking nationalism, in-bread over centuries of misconception and ignorance inherited from a time when man thought the world was square.

    Alas I firmly believe this categorizing kind of thinking about mankind’s sexual DNA, hetero or homo wiring, will not be eliminated until the ilk of those ancient societies with their beliefs die off like the dinosaurs they are.

    In the meantime we can but accept, and applaud the continuing slow but steady progress being made with the help of forward thinking minds on both sides of the equation. As well I humbly applaud, what you consider a naïve belief of being able to affect change. Be this of things or people, bravo, for as that worn out saying goes “nothing ventured, nothing gained” and we are witness to change, as hard fought it be, and as little and slow as it is. Jean-Jacques Fournier

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  3. Let's CUT the Crap! says:
    March 27, 2013 at 1:13 am

    This is another outstanding post. Thanks for directing us there. Good questions and discussion. I say why not?

    Reply
  4. jbw0123 says:
    March 27, 2013 at 2:32 pm

    Hopped right over there and put in my two cents. Had fun thinking up potential new names for “legally recognized by the state”. Thanks for the link.

    Reply
  5. natuurfreak says:
    March 27, 2013 at 9:23 pm

    Very nicely written Paulette.For me it is important that people is tolerant and everyone has the chance to feel good in their skin.

    Reply

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