{"id":1916,"date":"2007-06-14T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-14T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2007\/06\/sometimes\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:15:40","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:15:40","slug":"sometimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2007\/06\/sometimes.html","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_niPwTW3rBbU\/RnGxdIjkXLI\/AAAAAAAAANg\/IJcl2bcAujg\/s1600-h\/gay+marriage+cartoon+2.gif\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_niPwTW3rBbU\/RnGxdIjkXLI\/AAAAAAAAANg\/IJcl2bcAujg\/s400\/gay+marriage+cartoon+2.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.massequality.org\/news\/news_story.php?id=517\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">sometimes the good guys win\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><em>(Boston \u2013 June 14, 2007) A statement from Rev. William Sinkford President, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations<\/em> <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>\u201cToday\u2019s decision by Massachusetts lawmakers to defeat the marriage amendment is a cause for great rejoicing. On behalf of the Unitarian Universalist Association, I want to thank the legislators who did the right thing by preserving the Massachusetts Constitution and keeping our marriage laws free from discrimination. This decision makes a profound difference in the lives of thousands of couples and families in this state, and it shines as a beacon of hope for same-sex couples across the country. Marriage is a civil right.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/33904114-3827273114239341599?l=monkeymindonline.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>sometimes the good guys win\u2026 (Boston \u2013 June 14, 2007) A statement from Rev. William Sinkford President, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations \u201cToday\u2019s decision by Massachusetts lawmakers to defeat the marriage amendment is a cause for great rejoicing. On behalf of the Unitarian Universalist Association, I want to thank the legislators who did the right [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sometimes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"sometimes the good guys win...(Boston - June 14, 2007) A statement from Rev. 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