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Dr. Martin Luther King, class warrior and radical

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Why the Apocalypse is a Bad Model for Understanding the Future
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“Libera Me”   [6th movement of the Requiem in D minor by Gabriel Fauré, 1877. Daniel Barenboim, conductor. 5.9 Mb file.  Translation] [Deleted]

… gives me the perfect excuse for making a gay marriage-related post:
“In the twentieth century, many Christians who would rabidly insist on this or that aspect of “moral matrimony” (e.g., procreative purpose in in the view of the Roman Catholic hierarchy–but probably not the average Catholic layperson; sexual fidelity for most Protestants) casually accept the [...]

In this corner: Kenneth “Porn” Starr, who contends that roughly 18,000 marriages in the sate of CA should be retroactively nullified.

 
And in this corner: California AG Jerry “California Über Alles” Brown, who believes that Prop. 8 should be overturned by the courts:

 
One issue.  Two dickheads.  I’m not complaining: it’s nice to have an asshole fighting [...]