Word: yang
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...used to kiss her on her [mouth]." Most scholars discount a Jesus-Magdalene match because it finds little echo in the canonical Gospels once the false Magdalenes are removed. But it fulfills a deep narrative expectation: for the alpha male to take a mate, for a yin to Jesus' yang or, as some neopagans have suggested, for a goddess to his god. Martin Luther believed that Jesus and Magdalene were married, as did Mormon patriarch Brigham Young...
...Yang Jianli is a key test for [Chinese President] Hu Jintao,” he said...
Recent calls to release Yang have included resolutions from the House of Representatives, the Senate and the United Nations, as well as continual appeals from the U.S. Department of State...
Genser said he plans to work with members of Congress to convince President George W. Bush to make a strong statement for the freedom of Yang, who is a Chinese citizen. But he said that at a delicate time for U.S.-China relations, when much of Washington sees collaboration on issues such as the North Korean nuclear program as essential, he was not convinced that such a statement would come easily...
...With all the rhetoric about the great cooperation between the People’s Republic of China and the U.S., we’re afraid that Yang and pro-democracy activists will be forgotten,” he said...