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		<title>Tying the knot against homophobia, mutant-style</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marvel Comics is taking another social step forward. There is going to be a big, big wedding portrayed in Astonishing X-Men this summer. So what&#8217;s the big deal: Jean-Paul Beaubier (known as Northstar) and Kyle Jinadu are tying the knot in AX-M in issues #50 and #51. In the meantime, DC Comics is promising that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=givesgoodemail.com&#038;blog=3680290&#038;post=6187&#038;subd=givesgoodemail&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage equality thought for the day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 16:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The price of admission</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This is a longish repost. Stick with it, because the thoughts it contains are well worth your time and consideration.) Dan Savage, the managing editor/sex columnist for the Seattle Stranger and host of MTV&#8217;s reality show &#8220;Savage U&#8220;, posted this letter and Savage&#8217;s response about a year ago. This dialog resounded strongly within me, because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=givesgoodemail.com&#038;blog=3680290&#038;post=6092&#038;subd=givesgoodemail&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Love is love, and family is family.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Joe suggests, have the tissues next to you when you watch this one: Tagged: family, love, The Wedding Dance<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=givesgoodemail.com&#038;blog=3680290&#038;post=5726&#038;subd=givesgoodemail&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s nothing like a family Thanksgiving. Fortunately.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[medium-large.com. Read it. Now. &#160; Tagged: comics, Francesco Maciuliano, humor, medium-large, Thanksgiving<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=givesgoodemail.com&#038;blog=3680290&#038;post=5265&#038;subd=givesgoodemail&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Rubber duckie, you&#8217;re the one!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://givesgoodemail.com/2011/11/05/rubber-duckie-youre-the-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It must be a long, uphill battle to be the self-appointed Public Advocate of the United States. Eugene DelGaudio claims he&#8217;s up to the job. And now, here is his latest crusade &#8212; stop Bert and Ernie from getting married: &#8220;The Homosexual Lobby is now pressuring Sesame Street &#8212; the long-time beloved children’s show &#8212; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=givesgoodemail.com&#038;blog=3680290&#038;post=5163&#038;subd=givesgoodemail&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Double Trouble&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Waking up to find there is a new Simon&#8217;s Cat episode: Tagged: comic wackiness, Simon's Cat<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=givesgoodemail.com&#038;blog=3680290&#038;post=4965&#038;subd=givesgoodemail&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is blood *really* thicker than water?</title>
		<link>http://givesgoodemail.com/2011/09/25/is-blood-really-thicker-than-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 01:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The family is watching Sons of Anarchy tonight. One of the characters accused another of not taking care of his family: &#8220;Is that the way you protect blood?&#8221; That got me to thinking. Why does it make a difference whether my children (or other family members) share my DNA? What possible difference does it make [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=givesgoodemail.com&#038;blog=3680290&#038;post=4890&#038;subd=givesgoodemail&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;&#8230;and now for something completely diffeAAAACCCCCKKK!!!&#8221; &#8220;EXTERMINATE!! EXTERMINATE!!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://givesgoodemail.com/2011/09/21/and-now-for-something-completely-diffeaaaaccccckkk-exterminate-exterminate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seen on the back of a van: Well, our van, actually. Tagged: daleks, family decals, silliness<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=givesgoodemail.com&#038;blog=3680290&#038;post=4860&#038;subd=givesgoodemail&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Which tradition are we talking here?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a fair amount of loose talk lately about &#8220;traditional marriage&#8221;. I&#8217;m curious as to which &#8220;tradition&#8221; we&#8217;re talking about: These are in addition to even earlier periods of history, where marriages were arranged by parents and had nothing at all to do with romantic love polygamous marriages were common Catholic priests married [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=givesgoodemail.com&#038;blog=3680290&#038;post=4855&#038;subd=givesgoodemail&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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