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Secular feminism has fulfilled its historical role, but it has nothing more to give us,” said Ziba Mir-Hosseini, an Iranian anthropologist who has been helping to formulate some of the arguments. “The challenge we face now is theological.

You learn that the only way to get rock-star power as a girl is to be a groupie and bare your breasts and get chosen for the night. We learn that the only way to get anywhere is through men. And it’s a lie.” – Ms. Magazine, 2000

it’s never a question of what I want versus what you want, and let’s find a compromise point somewhere in between. It’s also not giving in and subordinating my will to yours. Love has its own life and its own will. It’s wiser than both of us. There’s nothing for us to do but to follow its lead.

When we think we want to be united with our beloved every single moment, now and forever, we’re right about how much she means to us; but we’re wrong if we overlook the refining fire of distance. It transforms us and our love.

The state House passed a bill this afternoon to legalize civil unions between same-sex partners. The vote was 33 to 17 with one member excused. Advertisement The bill, which now goes to the state Senate, would give partners who enter into civil unions the same benefits and responsibilities under state law as married couples. The bill also authorizes the state to recognize civil unions, domestic partnerships and same-sex marriages from other states.