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Morning Rolled Oats 

Gay Marriage Legalized in Maine

From: Robert Karl Skoglund
Length: 02:41

There are people who are distressed at the thought of gay marriage. Read the full description.

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 Actually, this legislation will change nothing. Two people will continue to live together --- perhaps now with a more equitable financial arrangement.

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 Actually, this legislation will change nothing. Two people will continue to live together --- perhaps now with a more equitable financial arrangement.

Transcript

Someone says, “Taliban,” and you might think, “fanatical religious nuts.“ But have we really come all that far in the 300 years since we put a rock on Giles Corey? Dance and it will rain. Rub the rabbit’s foot. Breathe some secret words. You and I each have friends and neighbors who still have an innate need for the magic and fairytales --- that combine with greed --- to justify every war. Although they dress in suits and not turbans they are diametrically opposed to --- and certainly mentally divorced from --- anything resembling civilization. Wherever you find them standing on rooftops, they would build their own kingdom on myth and superstition.

In recent years prognosticating Armageddon has become a cottage industry. Bernie Madoff takes a second chair to more than a few who have achieved national notoriety. Those who file tax returns and don’t beat their wives --- in public --- m...
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Intro and Outro

INTRO:

Someone says, “Taliban,” and you might think, “fanatical religious nuts.“ But have we really come all that far in the 300 years since we put a rock on Giles Corey?

OUTRO:

Oh what a great world this would be
If all the men were gay --- but me.