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Comment by Patricia M. McBride on August 1, 2012 at 9:16pm

Donna, that wasn't a marriage............it was a nightmare! Good heavens, and thank goodness you had the sense to get out. I don't know much about stuff like that, but from what little I have heard and know, most women don't want to let go and keep taking it thinking it will change. I have such a hard time getting my arms around a man who can do something like to a woman.

Comment by Barry Lee Phillips on August 1, 2012 at 9:02pm

Then I will give you a rhetorical answer.  If Barack Obama is the President of the United States and the Commander-In-Chief, which he is, then he has sanctioned the killing of people.  I said the act of murder is evil.  There is a distinction.

Comment by Barry Lee Phillips on August 1, 2012 at 8:40pm

I will tell her that.  If you asked my wife she would tell you in a hearbeat that our marriage is not perfect, but we find ways to make it work.  She completes me and I complete her.  We are getting much closer to "death do us part", but death is part of life and another step in a long journey.

Comment by Patricia M. McBride on August 1, 2012 at 8:36pm

And on Friday, "gays" plan to have an protest activity against Chick fil-A (most normal people would just boycout a business).  The plan apparently is to go into their stores and put on a sexual performance of kissing and acting out like letches and folks with an itch to scratch.  And then, some folks wonder how come folks don't want a law forcing their BEHAVIOR on everyone and making it against the law for anyone to complain or "discriminate" against them for acting out their based instincts publicly in front of others and others who have their children with them.  The kind of behavior planned is not appropriate for a family restaurant no matter who does it .......... be they hetero or homosexual.  It is just plain inappropriate around other people's children and in a public place where others are who also  also have a right to be there as customers and expect folks to act in an acceptable manner for the place they are.  If someone is incapable of understanding what is and is not acceptable or refuses to behave in a manner that is appropriate to the place where they are, then, they can fully expect to be treated badly.  I hope Chick fil-A has made arrangements to have extra police handy since disrupting someone's business by doing something like what is planned is also going to cause problems for anyone who wants to go in and order lunch or dinner.

Comment by Barry Lee Phillips on August 1, 2012 at 8:33pm

Well, I don't want to engage in a discussion about the nature of evil.  That would force me to start quoting philosophers and/or the Bible.  But you have to have some basis on which to judge what is or what is not evil.  Hitler and his henchmen murdered six million Jews.  The alleged Colorado gunman murdered twelve people.  Is Hitler more evil than the gunman?  Personally, I think murdering one person is just as evil as murdering six million people.  The only difference is in the scale of the act.

Comment by Lizzie on August 1, 2012 at 8:28pm

Lee, you describe a successful relationship so eloquently!  I am at 30 years with my husband, and we have both grown and changed, if we hadn't I would wonder why! Life is never perfect, and marriage is never perfect - but we made a committment; we say we are checking off the list of vows.. you know, richer, poorer, sickness, health.. (well, we're still working on the richer part..)   I dread the day we reach the "until death do us part."  That is the only vow I don't want to keep.. I can't imagine life without him.. Tell your wife I said "way to go", obviously you two know how to make it work.

Comment by Barry Lee Phillips on August 1, 2012 at 8:12pm

It is a given that people change over time.  That is not an excuse for divorce.  If we assume that both parties have maturity of judgement, then ways can be found to accomodate change.  Egos have to be put aside, find ways to appreciate the positive qualities of your partner, and determine to overlook the negative qualities. 

Comment by Lizzie on August 1, 2012 at 8:08pm

Lee, thanks for the Rush clarification...  

I understand what you are saying but I have a difficult time personally in any comparison to Hitler, the Gestapo, etc.  It is not that the tactics of any radical group may not be similar, but it is because Hitler's actions should stand alone, as some of the most evil of modern mankind. 

Thanks again, Lee.  and congrats on 42 years with your loved one, the two of you are a wonderful example of what keeping a committment really means.    

Comment by Maxine Jessica Roberts on August 1, 2012 at 8:05pm

Edge?

You said it was tradition. I was just listing traditions and abominations. Do you follow those rules or not? If not, then why are you breaking gods law? Why are you cherry picking the rules you want to follow, and enforce on others? 

That isn't how religion works. IF you are going to prescribe yourself to a book of rules you should follow all of them. The moment any of them is no longer follow-able then none of them are. 

Comment by Barry Lee Phillips on August 1, 2012 at 7:50pm

Rush used "Gay Gestapo" to describe radical activists of the gay community who pursue their political agenda to the extent they think it necessary for them to engage in confrontational tactics to effect political change.

Hitler's Gestapo used similar tactics and even worse actions against the Jews in Germany during WWII.  I think it would be more appropriate to compare them to Brown Shirts rather than Gestapo.

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