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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:13 AM Original message |
"Marriage is not about love. It's about a love that can bear children." |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. Guess my husband and I better get divorced, then. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I guess we'll have to do the same |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
56. Yep, guess my one true love and I don't deserve to be married... |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 03:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
58. I guess my marriage is worthless, too |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
73. Another worthless marriage here. |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. Gee-- |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
3. . |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
5. And Emma Goldman, the anarchist, deemed marriage to be "legal |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
6. Vasectomies must be outlawed, then. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
7. Well, he got the first half right, anyway: |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. right.... |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. If you have an opinion to the contrary... |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. sigh. |
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rkc3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:07 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Really? Look at the history of women's rights in marriage. nt |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:36 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. the fact that women's rights have been trampled on |
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rkc3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:52 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I'm saying that women used to have no rights in a marriage. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Yes and no. It depends upon the era of history and geographic location. |
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rkc3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
53. Thanks for the follow up - I may need to find a few books for |
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smtpgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 11:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
63. Yep, because you have those fake hair wearin' |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
44. It is the center of a stable economic unit... |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Actually, the church didn't know what to do with marriage for quite awhile |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. I agree with you and... |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Exactly what Spider Jerusalem said! (n/t) |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
34. "What Is Marriage For?" by E.J. Graff |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:24 AM Original message |
My partner and I are past child-bearing years.... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
8. I'll have to tell my husband that our marriage is a sham |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'm childfree and have a vasectomy |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
12. His statement is also a profound insult |
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lisamay (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
70. thank you |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
13. So, he is proposing fertility tests before giving marriage licenses? nt |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
36. Paintings of Royal Weddings from 1600's often included very pregnant |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
16. Pat Buchanan and his wife never had children. Bob and Elizabeth Dole never |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Excellent point |
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smtpgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 11:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
64. SECOND that Excellent point |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
17. What's the exact satistic -- 45 or 50% or so? -- of marriages bust up |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 10:12 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. s-t-a-t-i-s-t-i-c |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
18. Oh Boy...if a Woman I was dating ever said that to me, .... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 10:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Same here |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 10:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
32. I a man I was dating ever said that to me.... |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
19. My Friend's Husband of 11 Years Just Left Her |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
20. I guess sterile couples are not allowed to be married? |
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LisaLynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
21. Wow -- guess I can't get married then. |
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KKKarl is an idiot (662 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
22. That is stupid |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 12:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
49. Years gone by? |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
28. "An avid student of the U.S. Constitution..." |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 10:40 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Of course he's an avid student. It's taken him how many years... |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
31. More verbal diarrhea. We're drowning in it. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
33. That photo's of Akin? I don't see a wedding ring on that guy's finger. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 10:40 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Married 31 years with 6 kids. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 10:49 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Yeah. Could be. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 11:13 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Reminds me of the Benny Hill sketch |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
39. So, women who can't conceive |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
41. truth is, it's not about love at all |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
43. So infertile couples do not love each other? People who adopt children |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 11:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Where DOES this leave the "snow flake babies"? |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Well their adoptive parents better have a biological child or they won't |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
47. No point in remarrying later in life, then. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
48. Ha! Nice try |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. No, he's real |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. As is often the case |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:21 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Feel sorry for me, he's from my district. n/t |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 11:14 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. You're almost ashamed to admit it, aren't you? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. He's a racist asshole, a festering, infected hemorrhoid ridden asshole. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
50. By their logic, newly married couples and couples w/o children |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
54. And what after menopause? |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
55. He looks just as half-witted as he is. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 03:19 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. ugly inside makes you ugly outside |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
60. What a thoroughly ignorant remark |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
62. Is he Catholic? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
67. Women that can no longer ovulate, cannot get married! |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
68. So, |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 04:49 AM Response to Original message |
69. thugs don't care about love. thugs only care about making more thug babies |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
71. My child-bearing days are over. I guess when my youngest |
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DemsRBetterLovers (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
72. BEAR CHILDREN! |
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Don1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
74. This is a bit personal but... |
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Pushed To The Left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
75. One of the dumbest right wing statements yet |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-30-06 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
76. When my great grandfatyher remarried in his 70's I am pretty sure |
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