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Bring back Lupercalia
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IF you have been married to the same person for 50 years or more,
this Valentine's Day you can get a free lunch at Hometown Buffet in
San Leandro or Pinole.
Hopefully you didn't keep your marriage together just for this.
But if you did, Tuesday is your lucky day. Bon appetit!
Valentine's Day is a strange holiday. How much do we really know
about it?
Scholars disagree on exactly who Saint Valentine was, but it's
safe to say he was a Roman priest who lived during the third century
and really, really ended up on the wrong side of the law.
Like many saints, he died an agonizing and bloody ...
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Polygamy...NOT a Victimless Crime.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News
; Eye on Polygamy Public Awareness Campaign Educates Canada VANCOUVER...Jul 5, 2002 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- Eye on Polygamy public awareness campaign presents "Polygamy...NOT a Victimless Crime". This public forum will...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Polygamy was prominent in Romney's family tree
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; While Mitt Romney condemns polygamy and its prior practice by his church...great-great-grandfathers had 12. Polygamy was not just a historical footnote...years after LDS church leaders banned polygamy and more than three decades after...
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Polygamy in British Columbia
Magazine article from: Inroads
; ...Columbia government effectively legalized polygamy. It's not as if there was a groundswell of support for polygamy by individuals and the courts, as there...The RCMP investigated complaints of polygamy, in particular the forced marriages...
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Polygamy big in presidential hopeful's family history
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune
; ...LAKE CITY -- While Mitt Romney condemns polygamy and its prior practice by his Mormon...his great-great grandfathers had 12. Polygamy was not just a historical footnote...six years after Mormon leaders banned polygamy and more than three decades after a federal...
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Polygamy in African fiction.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa
; Abstract Polygamy in the form of polygyny is still practised...article examines the rhetoric surrounding polygamy in a number of African texts, including...stability and order of traditional African polygamy, the overwhelming majority indict the...
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Polygamy proves tough to prosecute in Utah
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...U-WIRE) PROVO, Utah -- Although polygamy is a constitutional violation, some...in prosecuting offenders strictly for polygamy. "Prosecution is a last priority when...will destroy a society quicker than polygamy," said Eric Peterson, a Washington...
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COLUMN: Will polygamy eventually be decriminalized?
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...Although it may seem outlandish that polygamy and homosexuality could be related...relationship would be decriminalized. Polygamy is not like gay marriage. Most would...beliefs believe it to be morally wrong. Polygamy, however, is a very different story...
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VOA NEWS: ACCEPTANCE OF POLYGAMY SLOWLY CHANGES IN MUSLIM AFRICA
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...Tran In some African Muslim countries, polygamy is still commonly practiced. According...tells her students they need to question polygamy from a religious point of view. "Islam is used always to justify the question of polygamy. In my opinion, Islam does not encourage...
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 "Talk of the Nation (NPR)")
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Analysis: Existence of polygamy today, its history in the Mormon Church and the church's views on the practice
Transcript from: Talk of the Nation (NPR)
; ...00-00-0000 Analysis: Existence of polygamy today, its history in the Mormon Church...Neary, sitting in for Juan Williams. Polygamy, when a man has multiple wives, is...inspiration for their belief in the practice of polygamy. But Mormons banned polygamy in the...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Polygamy - who gets hurt, who benefits? Web site lists the advantages women can expect in a multi-wife marriage.(VARIETY)(Kim Ode)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; ...but a lot of people are following the polygamy trial of Tom Green - which sounds like...that's bound to follow. Green says polygamy is a religious issue - that having five...There is a clear subtext for fighting polygamy: the potential for welfare fraud, given...
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