{"id":4335,"date":"2010-01-11T11:51:55","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T16:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/?p=4335"},"modified":"2010-01-11T11:51:55","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T16:51:55","slug":"not-a-good-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/4335","title":{"rendered":"Not A Good Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Le Dance Pathetique<\/em>&#8230;as choreographed by <a href=\"http:\/\/the-barefoot-bride.com\/2010\/01\/martha-stewart-weddings-features-a-gay-wedding\/\">The Barefoot Bride<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>Un&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have grown up in a home where Martha Stewart Living is one of the most oft-read magazines and, since I was old enough to truly appreciate weddings, have been a faithful purchaser of Martha Stewart Weddings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Deux&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>However, I feel I would be remiss if I did not share my great disappointment with the current issue. As part of the large portion of the population who strongly believes marriage should be between one man and one woman, I was rather taken aback to see a homosexual wedding featured in the Winter 2010 issue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Trois&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I may not always agree with the lifestyles and life choices made by all the people featured in every publication I read, but I do not appreciate picking up my favorite magazine to see photographs of homosexual couples being affectionate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Quatre&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For someone who believes that same-sex marriage is wrong, such articles and\/or photos are offensive \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and something I certainly would never knowingly pay money for.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Cinq&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I understand that one reader&#8217;s views, opinions, and purchases can not change the course of an entire magazine. However, I believe that I speak for a majority. A very large majority.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Six&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As marriage amendments protecting marriage as between one man and one woman have been passed across the country, the facts speak for themselves \u00e2\u20ac\u201c America as a nation does not support same-sex marriages.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Sept&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Note: I just wanted to clarify that I don&#8217;t hate homosexuals. I actually know a couple gay and lesbian people and they&#8217;re great folks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Le Curtian&#8230;Applaus a Voux&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le Dance Pathetique&#8230;as choreographed by The Barefoot Bride&#8230; Un&#8230; I have grown up in a home where Martha Stewart Living is one of the most oft-read magazines and, since I was old enough to truly appreciate weddings, have been a faithful purchaser of Martha Stewart Weddings. Deux&#8230; However, I feel I would be remiss if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[16,19,46],"class_list":["post-4335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-marriage","tag-the-jackass-chronicles","tag-the-kultar-kampf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}