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...Incest and polyamory are two models of marriage that, in a vacuum, are as legitimate as monogamy and same-sex marriage, as both involve consenting adults but violate the reproductive norm of one man and one woman. Should incest and polyamory be permitted? No, as society has come to a consensus that they should not be. But this agreement is an arbitrary one, as is the current agreement that marriage should be between a man and a woman. Let us then recognize that a new agreement upon the definition of marriage as the union of two consenting, non-incestuous adults...
...statistic. The problems in Swat don't define Pakistan, says Haye. It's not that she doesn't care - she does - but that Pakistan has very little to do with her Pakistan. "What is all this talk of Talibanization? Not once have these maulvis [religious leaders] complained that a woman is flying their plane," she says. Guests nod in agreement. "There is no way the Taliban can take over Pakistan," says one. "We are too many, and they...
There have been regrets too: one woman asked that a photo she sent in be removed. "She said she was drunk when she submitted it and now feels bad," Mike explained. (The photo has since been taken down.) As Mike and Doug write in their mission statement: "Although this site is all about having a sense of humor, our intention is not to be mean-spirited...
...will find another craze, Britons will find another media darling, and Simon Cowell will find another unlikely star to mine for ratings. Boyle will land a record deal and sell enough albums to live comfortably to a ripe old age. But the next time a buffoonish-looking, middle-aged woman with a stellar soprano auditions for Britain’s Got Talent, she won’t make it very far—that’s already been done. Money, not principle, will always be the goal, and in a music scene full of Beyoncé Knowleses and Kelly...
...Sometime after that, Tim Sypher, the team's equipment manager, met Karen, and they were married. In late February 2009, Pitino told the FBI, he received two voice mails on his personal cell phone from an unidentified man who characterized the interaction between Pitino and an unnamed woman as criminal. The caller later threatened to notify the media. Pitino said he then met with Sypher and her husband and asked what she wanted. Karen Sypher wrote out a list of demands, he said, including college tuition for her children, two cars, a house paid off and $3,000 per month...