Posted on February 26, 2009 by Earl
By “ancient” and “archaic” standards, I am the product of a “mixed marriage”. Does that mean I’m half black and half white?
No … NOT HARDLY!!.
Du-uhhh!!! (pronounced with two syllables with a slight upper inflection on the latter)
It means my father was a Methodist and my mother was a Baptist. And, the dilemma should have been, [...]
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Posted on February 24, 2009 by Earl
Now, I know we’re saved. Barack Obama has called out the heavy weight thinkers … like George Clooney.
I know …, thankfully (hopefully) it wasn’t about anything terribly important like the financial meltdown that Obama promoted for two years to get elected. Obama’s political rhetoric for the past two years is proof that, if you say [...]
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Religion: Old-time “Mixed Marriages” in the South … at least Where I Grew Up
By “ancient” and “archaic” standards, I am the product of a “mixed marriage”. Does that mean I’m half black and half white?
No … NOT HARDLY!!.
Du-uhhh!!! (pronounced with two syllables with a slight upper inflection on the latter)
It means my father was a Methodist and my mother was a Baptist. And, the dilemma should have been, [...]
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