{"id":3013,"date":"2009-12-03T14:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/12\/defending-the-sanctity-of-marriage\/"},"modified":"2009-12-03T14:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-03T14:27:00","slug":"defending-the-sanctity-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/12\/defending-the-sanctity-of-marriage.html","title":{"rendered":"Defending The Sanctity Of Marriage"},"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=\"http:\/\/experimentaltheology.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/nys-senator-diane-savino-on-marriage.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Experimental Theology<\/a> shared this eloquent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dCFFxidhcy0&amp;feature=player_embedded\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">speech<\/a> by New York State Senator Diane Savino and I had to share it. 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