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 | Speaking of SexThe psychologist and co-author of Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality looks at what the evidence says about humans’ “natural” state.
Published in the March / April 2011 Humanist
Tagged aggression, bonobo, bonobos, books, chimp, chimpanzee, gender, interview, lgbt, matriarchy, primates, primatology, sex, sexuality, violence Leave a comment |
What Next for Gay Marriage?Voters here in Wisconsin passed a ban on same-sex marriage in the fall of 2006. The following morning, I thoughtlessly tried to console a lesbian coworker by predicting a universal right to marry within a decade. “That’s fine,” she replied
Published in the January / February 2011 Humanist
Tagged constitution, family values, gay marriage, homosexuality, lgbt, marriage, National Organization for Marriage, romer v. evans, supreme court Leave a comment |
 | Plato, Romance, and Self-InquiryWe all know the unexamined life isn’t worth living (or so says Socrates), but is the unloving life even worth examining?
Published in the January / February 2011 Humanist
Tagged dualism, freud, lgbt, love, philosophy, plato, psychology, romance, sexuality, symposium 1 Comment |
 | Gay Suicide and the Ethic of Love: A progressive Christian response“If your theory about the Bible leads you to ignore or refuse to hear the suffering cries of your gay and lesbian neighbors, wouldn’t that be a reason to rethink your theory?”
Published in the January / February 2011 Humanist
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 | Matches Made on Earth: Why Family Values are Human ValuesAn anthropologist shows that marriage and family are nothing new, and neither is the wide diversity of their makeup.
Published in the January / February 2011 Humanist
Tagged family, family values, homosexuality, humanity, lgbt, marriage, polyandry, polygamy, polygyny, social institutions, traditional values, values Leave a comment |
Chipping Away at the BenchVoter anger took a new form as the results of Iowa’s November 2010 midterm elections were revealed. In a real-life twist that would make any screenwriter envious, three of the seven Iowa Supreme Court justices—who in 2009 unanimously upheld a
Published in the January / February 2011 Humanist
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EDITOR’S NOTEThe Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear held October 30 here in Washington, DC, sure was a lot of fun. The weather was gorgeous, the people polite. The signs folks made and carried were the best part—from absurd (“Has anyone
Published in the January / February 2011 Humanist
Tagged colbert, family, family values, fear, gay marriage, lgbt, marriage, rally, sanity, stewart Leave a comment |
Shifting Positions: Humanist Perspectives on PornPrior to the sexual revolution of the 1960s, pornographic material was kept private amid a culture that labeled it too risqué for the public eye. With the mass production of magazines like Playboy and Penthouse, porn’s increasing visibility elicited outrage
Published in the September / October 2010 Humanist
Tagged censorship, feminism, lgbt, misogyny, pornography, sexuality Leave a comment |
Atheism, Ethics, and Pornography: An Interview with Nina HartleyMarie Hartman graduated with honors from San Francisco State University and is the author or coauthor of several books published by major publishing houses under her stage name, Nina Hartley. She is also the star of more than 600 adult
Published in the September / October 2010 Humanist
Tagged feminism, feminist, lgbt, patriarchy, pornography, science, sex, sexuality 1 Comment |
Christians, Homosexuality, and the Same-Sex Marriage QuestionHumanity has a curious relationship with sex. It obviously enjoys it—there are nearly seven billion people in the world and not all that output could be the fruit of duty. Yet, for a practice so widespread and frequent, its morality
Published in the May / June 2010 Humanist
Tagged civil union, family values, gay marriage, homosexuality, lgbt, same-sex marriage, sex, sexuality, unions Leave a comment |
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