The most confusing thing about religious opposition to gay marriage as a platform for debate, is that no one religion has any claim to marriage. Religion doesn’t own marriage. Marriage is a human right.
The most confusing thing about religious opposition to gay marriage as a platform for debate, is that no one religion has any claim to marriage. Religion doesn’t own marriage. Marriage is a human right.
If you’re a Christian living in North America, you believe what you do because your ancestors either were, or were conquered by the Romans.
Mutual recognition of existence or mutually assured destruction. There are no other options.
The volatility of some parts of Africa make reliable mineral and energy harvesting difficult. China, however, is rolling the dice and making big deals to secure resources there.
I’ve always thought English sounded slow to non-speakers. I’ve also always assumed it sounded bland too though.
(via heresmychance)
The origin of the “V” sign as something offensive supposedly goes back to the middle ages. Archers weren’t worth enough to be ransomed, so if they were captured, rather than kill them, their index and middle fingers were cut off. Displaying the two fingers became a sign of defiance. *According to a follower who happens to be Greek, apparently #4 on here is incorrect. It should be a hand in a similar position, but with the fingers spread apart. Thanks kitsunetoneko!
Columbia University is the second largest land owner in New York City, following only the Catholic Church.
Elephants are the only mammals that can’t jump.
Over the next hundred years, roughly half of the worlds 7,000 languages are expected to die out.
(Source: forevergeek.com)
I think my underwear would be the last place I would ever want to hide a monkey.
IF it weren’t for all the pregnant teens, it would be extremely funny that the abstinence only education states have the highest rate of pregnancy.
I think my dream job would just be to travel the world and learn different languages.
The hardest part is breaking into the industry. Making a living working in social media is far from difficult, but getting hired for that job is not exactly easy.
Not only do we have the largest prison population by percentage, we send many of them in as non-violent offenders and turn them into violent career criminals.
With the holidays behind us and our bank accounts slowly recovering(hopefully), perhaps it’s time to start planning a trip. Get out and see the world.
