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To: RetiredNow who wrote (552974)	3/3/2010 4:12:06 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1572605

a couple of decades back??? yeah wacko hippies

To: RetiredNow who wrote (552974)	3/3/2010 4:21:25 PM
From: HPilot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572605

Maybe three and a half decades back. It was called streaking. Not the same as having sex on the street IMO. It wasn't legal, but some campus cops looked the other way.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (552974)	3/3/2010 5:04:40 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572605

Streaking isn't the same as what I was posting about. The folks in SF have weird sex with one another, with toys, flog one another .... all kinds of weird stuff.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (552974)	3/3/2010 7:15:40 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572605

Two Men Face Court for Goat Sex, Owner Demands Wedding I guess Mozambique is more socially advanced than the US ..... an intra-species marriage would never fly here .... Yet. Updated: Friday, 26 Feb 2010, 9:35 AM EST Published : Friday, 26 Feb 2010, 9:34 AM EST (AFP from NewsCore) - Two young men accused of having sex with a goat in central Mozambique were facing criminal charges, and the goat's owner was demanding they make traditional wedding arrangements, state media said Friday. The young men, whose names and ages were not released, were caught in the act by police and arrested outside the rural town of Mbucuta in central Mozambique, the website of the state broadcaster said. "One of the young men was naked and holding the goat's head, and the other was having sex with the animal," witness Mario Creva told Radio Mozambique. District prosecutor Leonides Mapasse said the two would face trial for simple larceny. The goat's owner may also file a civil suit against them, he said. The owner was demanding the young men pay him damages and initiate a traditional wedding ceremony by paying "lobolo," a dowry, a family member told Radio Mozambique. myfoxboston.com

To: RetiredNow who wrote (552974)	3/4/2010 6:28:31 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572605

Same-sex marriage law prompts changes in agency's employee benefits By Mark Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic Charities of the Washington Archdiocese has told staff members that a new same-sex marriage law in the District of Columbia has forced the agency to make changes to its health care coverage for spouses of employees. "I am writing to you to inform you of an important change to our group health care benefit plan that will take effect on March 2, 2010, due to a change in the law of the District of Columbia," said Edward J. Orzechowski, the agency's president and CEO, in a March 1 letter to staff. He was referring to a new law allowing same-sex marriage. The district was to begin issuing marriage licenses for same-sex couples March 3. Although Catholic Charities employees whose spouses currently are covered under the agency's health plan would retain that coverage, the spouses of new employees will not be covered and current employees seeking to add a spouse will not be able to do so. The new marriage law "has a requirement that if you provide spousal benefits to employees, then you must provide those spousal benefits to same-sex couples," Orzechowski said in a March 2 interview with the Catholic Standard, Washington's archdiocesan newspaper. "The challenge for us was how to comply with the new same-sex marriage law requirements, and continue our partnership with the District of Columbia in serving the poor and vulnerable, and remaining true to the teachings of our faith," he said. [They should change their faith to match whatever liberals want it to be this year or get out and stop serving the poor and vulnerable. Thats the governments job anyway. Right? See, changing the definition of marriage does affect more than just a handful of gays who take advantage of the change to acquire a few more bennies. ] In a two-hour interview with writers and editors at The Washington Post March 2, Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl of Washington said health care and other benefits for employees are not "defined by the church." What matters is following church teaching that employees be paid a just wage, he said. "Employers have the right to frame compensation packages," he said. "At the end of the day, Catholic Charities is here serving the needy, after the law has passed, in complete conformity with the law." Catholic Charities, which serves 68,000 people annually in the District of Columbia in a variety of outreach programs, has contracts with the city for some of its services, including homeless shelters. In the letter to employees, Orzechowski said the existing health coverage of current employees as of March 1 will not be affected by the change, but that "as of March 2, a new plan will be in effect that will cover new employees and requests for benefit changes by current employees." "The new plan will provide the same level of coverage for employees and their dependents that you now have, with one exception: spouses not in the plan as of March 1 will not be eligible for coverage in the future," he said. Catholic Charities employs 850 people; fewer than 100 of them have their spouse covered by the employee health plan. During testimony in the fall, the Archdiocese of Washington joined other religious and community groups in voicing objections to the district's same-sex marriage legislation, noting that marriage between one man and one woman is not only a religious teaching held by the Catholic Church and other faiths, but it is a foundational element of society and for the raising of children. The archdiocese also raised religious freedom concerns about the bill, and urged the council to change the legislation to respect the rights of religious denominations and individuals who as a matter of conscience and religious belief oppose same-sex marriage. Orzechowski told the Catholic Standard that he regretted that the agency had to change its health care coverage, but "we felt this (plan for health care coverage) was the best alternative, given the circumstances and the requirements placed upon us by this new legislation. We had hoped for a broader religious exemption in this bill." On Feb. 1 the agency transferred its 80-year-old foster care and public adoption program in the district to another provider so it would not have to license same-sex couples as foster or adoptive parents. "We do not expect any further changes, either in benefits or program services, as a result of this bill," Orzechowski told the Catholic Standard. In the Post interview, Archbishop Wuerl echoed what Orzechowski said about the archdiocese not anticipating any more changes. He added that no one has said that because the church is motivated by the Gospel it can't provide social services. "The question always was: 'Did you serve everyone?' And the answer was yes," he said. "The prophet isn't judged by the success of his message but fidelity of his message." catholicnews.com