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		<title>Marriage or Civil Union</title>
		<link>http://jos76.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/marriage-or-civil-union/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We hear so much about the word &#8220;marriage&#8221; these days. We usually hear it along with terms like &#8220;traditional&#8221; or &#8220;institution.&#8221; With the whole debate about gay marriage, those who are not in favor call for a more socially conservative view of &#8220;traditional marriage.&#8221; There are those opposed to granting gay couples the title of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jos76.wordpress.com&blog=2515089&post=98&subd=jos76&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Working from the Inside</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Now that Obama is the Democratic nominee for President in the November election, I have begun to compare McCain and Obama on &#8220;the issues.&#8221; I have not yet decided who to vote for. I never thought that I would be in a position to actually vote Republican. I guess that I have been a single [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jos76.wordpress.com&blog=2515089&post=93&subd=jos76&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some of my best friends</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 14:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[About seven years a go, there was a new sitcom called Some of My Best Friends.  The title comes from the familiar phrase that I heard so many times in college, &#8220;Some of my best friends are gay.&#8221;  My read when hearing this was, &#8220;You don&#8217;t scare me.  I know people like you.&#8221;  The TV [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jos76.wordpress.com&blog=2515089&post=50&subd=jos76&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://jos76.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/blog-tag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 18:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Blog Tag is when different bloggers answer questions about themselves.  I wrote these answers a few weeks back.
I was tagged by Normal Boy, so here it is.
The rules of this tag:
A: The rules are posted at the beginning
B: Answer the questions about yourself
C: Tag 5 people, let them know in a comment on their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jos76.wordpress.com&blog=2515089&post=78&subd=jos76&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>By the power invested in me</title>
		<link>http://jos76.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/by-the-power-invested-in-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 15:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a lot of choices with our wedding ceremony.  Dac and I chose everything from the color of the chair covers to the words of our minister.  As a mentioned in a previous post, we were married by Dac&#8217;s sister-in-law&#8217;s father who is a (now retired) minister in the Unitarian Universalist Chruch.  He also married Dac&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jos76.wordpress.com&blog=2515089&post=53&subd=jos76&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Not the most popular kids in school</title>
		<link>http://jos76.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/not-the-most-popular-kids-in-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 22:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Family is so important.  Growing up and dealing with teenage angst can be near impossible without the help and support of friends and, most importantly, family.  Dac and I have been lucky.   I do think that it is important, though,  that we all understand that it is not always so easy for the young gay kid [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jos76.wordpress.com&blog=2515089&post=54&subd=jos76&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The game-time decision</title>
		<link>http://jos76.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/the-game-time-decision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 23:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Once we figured out where and when our wedding was going to take place, we had to get to work on the details.  We were very lucky to have many people help us with various aspects of the ceremony and the reception.  We decided to use two ballrooms at a Marriott hotel about twenty minutes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jos76.wordpress.com&blog=2515089&post=36&subd=jos76&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If They Only Knew</title>
		<link>http://jos76.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/if-they-only-knew/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dac and I spent the weekend away at a retreat.  There is group of people in our church (an open and affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ) who were looking for a way to get together to talk about their spirituality and to engage in fellowship.  I&#8217;m always a little hesitant with the word [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jos76.wordpress.com&blog=2515089&post=86&subd=jos76&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s all very 50&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://jos76.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/its-all-very-50s/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks back, the headmaster at my school stopped me in the dining room and asked if I liked the symphony.  I quickly responded that Dac is a classical musician, so we enjoy the symphony a great deal.  He then proceeded to ask if Dac and I would be interested in joining him and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jos76.wordpress.com&blog=2515089&post=82&subd=jos76&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the Dividend on a 1st Grader?</title>
		<link>http://jos76.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/whats-the-dividend-on-a-1st-grader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I consider myself lucky because I like my job. I have been teaching for 11 years in both public and independent schools. Dac had a conversation with a friend recently about ideal jobs and job satisfaction. Dac is a musician by passion and &#8220;works&#8221; in a hospital. He definitely gets passionate about particular events, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jos76.wordpress.com&blog=2515089&post=80&subd=jos76&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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