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My *Most* Serious Injury

I have a problem.

I want to contribute to this site, but I never know what to write. I am not the most creative out of the bunch, nor the best well spoken, nor the smartest. I am just me and sometimes *I* think that is a little boring. I read my fellow contributor’s posts and am in awe. I wonder, “How did they think of that?” or “What a great idea!” I guess you could say this was a sign of a low self-esteem. But who doesn’t have that? I just want to be interesting, so I thought I would try this out for awhile.

I googled “writer’s block” and after a few tweeking moments, I came across this site. I read down some of his list, and thought that this would be a good place to start. In the end, you can’t get better at writing without writing, so as long as I am writing, I should get better at it? Ha. I’ll let you be the judge of that one. Continue reading…

Is Polygamy Progressive?

As a preface, let me point out that this post has nothing to do with Mormonism, which I’ve posted about lately. Mainstream Mormons long ago denounced polygamy. Although Fundamentalist Mormons still practice it, they are entirely separate from regular Mormon church.

What this post is about is whether polygamy is consistent with progressive ideals.

This came up yesterday when I was talking with a couple other progressive guys (both straight) about gay marriage. They mentioned the right to gay marriage in the same breath as polygamy — under the assumption that I agreed that these were basically the same thing.

But polygamous relationships and gay relationships aren’t the same. Continue reading…