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...with the alluring Sissel, a seemingly feisty girl whose parents' recent separation makes her feel as though she no longer has a place in the house in which she was raised. Sissel's father, Henry, is fully aware of the fact that she and Joey are "living in sin," but he tacitly approves--in fact, their relationship gives him access to Joey's energy and desire to do something useful. No sooner does Henry suggest that they could be great partners if Joey ever established an eel-trapping business, then Joey spends $50 to purchase materials and start building...
Before I stepped through those doors on Main Street, I never really thought about what "a den of sin" would look like. But after spending more than two hours in Big Al's on a busy Thursday night, I have a pretty good idea. Women dancing on stage wearing nothing more than spiked heels. A big, shiny brass pole. Men--some dressed in neatly pressed khakis and polo shirts, others still talking about the last long shift at the local plant--drinking beer, enjoying lap dances, burying their heads in the dancers' bare chests...
...Exodus International, a ministry that believes gayness can be overcome by "ongoing submission to the Lordship of Christ." The ad quotes extensively from "The Other Way Out: The Stories of John and Anne Paulk" (and thanks Trent Lott for having the courage to speak the truth about sexual sin). Anne's story is rather chaste: she had several "fleeting" relationships with women in college and a significant one afterward. Even so, she insists that her life-style eventually eroded into "deception, and emotional instability." John is a character out of a Lifetime mini-series. There was Curt, his first love...
...emptiness" in the English world, says Steven Scott, a research assistant who studies Amish adolescents at Elizabethtown College. "The thrills are not really satisfying. The stability in the Amish community looks more worthwhile." But drugs may change all that. How long can stability last if Time Out lets sin...
Keep in mind that the $60,000-income couple still pays $880 more tax than two singles who each make $30,000. The marriage "bonus" merely offsets part of the penalty. Confusing. But if you live in sin (or are considering it) and need an excuse for the neighbors, this...