Matt Roemer

The time when same-sex marriage was a Christian rite

iheartchaos:

One of the most common arguments against same sex marriage is that “one man, one woman is the way it’s always been for thousands and thousands of years.” Yeah, but no. Humanity has and continues to practice almost every arrangement possible in the name of love, politics, religion and economics. While a man and a woman has been the most common due to biological impulse, it’s not everyone’s preference. Hell, between the 10th and 12th centuries, Christian churches had little problem performing same sex marriage.

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Whatcha got there? Oh nothing, just a monster 15 pound crab beast thing

iheartchaos:

Caught on a crabbing trip off the coast of Tasmania, Australia, this crab was so impressively enormous that he was saved a trip to the crab pot and instead given a name— Claude. And Claude will soon be moving to the UK, where he’ll live on display at an aquarium, hopefully living happy in his freakishly large crab life. He’s 15 pounds, but he’s not even full grown. By the time he’s done growing, it’s estimated he’ll weigh 30 pounds.

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iheartchaos:

IHC After Dark: Frank Zappa on TV in 1969, talking about sex, sin and television

Frank Zappa discussing television, sin and language on Canadian TV show The Day It Is in 1969.

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iheartchaos:

African men on the stereotype of African men in movies

Wait… you mean not all African men are violence obsessed, short tempered warlords who shoot machine guns from the back of pick-up trucks?

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billcorbett:

All scarier, all more interesting than TWILIGHT vampires.