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...stand on the shoulders of countless people, yet there is one extraordinary person who is my life aspiration. That person is my mother, Celina Sotomayor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Full Text: Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Speech | 5/26/2009 | See Source »

...mother has devoted her life to my brother and me. And as the President mentioned, she worked often two jobs to help support us after dad died. I have often said that I am all I am because of her, and I am only half the woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Full Text: Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Speech | 5/26/2009 | See Source »

Noah's condition persists, an immovable psychic object. As a family, we lived in the present, from crisis to crisis; my parents always mustering the energy for a response. My father is in his 80s now, my mother in her late 70s. They will go on as long as they can. Then I will try to step...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Growing Old with Autism | 5/25/2009 | See Source »

...wasn't until the 12th century that formal rules were established forbidding clergymen to have sex. According to the Gospel of Matthew, Peter himself had a mother-in-law (which would usually imply a wife as well). The ban had theological roots--abstaining from pleasures of the flesh to demonstrate one's commitment to the church--but there was a practical reason too: celibacy meant no offspring vying to inherit church property. That's not to say the rules were always followed, however. Many priests' spirits proved weak and their flesh willing--notably the sybaritic Pope Alexander VI, who installed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History Of: Celibacy | 5/25/2009 | See Source »

...many of them end up marrying because they face the same discrimination as gay couples regarding insurance, taxes and other legal issues. Having kids can also change things. David Letterman didn't say what prompted him in March to wed his partner of 23 years, who is also the mother of his 5-year-old son. I know that in our case, the plus sign on my pregnancy test led my boyfriend and me to marry in April, which has made our relationship feel more committed, but maybe a little less cool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All but the Ring: Why Some Couples Don't Wed | 5/25/2009 | See Source »

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