I don't advocate for fair #Crypto regulations because I think it will make one bit of difference to the inevitable #Blockchain economy. I do it because I don't want to see my country left behind. 🇺🇸
@ZKDID_@michellmybell1 I know it's a difficult issue. I don't really know what to say except I think your wife is right. The best thing we can do for our children is to give them our love, share our values, and show them the right way to treat others - so they know they deserve that as well.
It's a good reminder of something that you are probably telling your daughters and it's something that I'm going to tell my sons when they are old enough.
Don't take your clothes off and be intimate with someone unless you are 100% sure you are on the same page.
In fact, you should really reserve that action for someone you are making a life-long commitment to. If you do that, and you know they are doing the same for you, there is the highest likelihood of things going right. It's much easier to teach young people to cherish the person whom they love than to "educate" them on the need to respect the person they are using to satisfy their primal urges.
Even if you don't believe in religion or subscribe to a universal code of morality, one can see the utility in this mindset. Monogamy has been a foundation of modern society, supporting equality and social stability because at its best it fosters true partnership.
And for your family members and all who have been subject to abuse (I have family members who have suffered in this way too), I am truly sorry. I pray for healing for them and hope that we can all do better.
Imagine if each vote cast was instantly recorded at the voting center, which bundled these votes for a peer-to-peer network of all voting centers, which were then compiled into blocks of information every 10 minutes or so, and each block was chained to next block of votes...
BREAKING: A missing memory card discovered in southwest Georgia could cost Democrats a seat in the state House and narrow their newly won majority before they even take power.
Once the votes were uploaded, Republican state Rep. Gerald Greene went from trailing Democrat Harry James by 58 votes to leading by 262. https://t.co/YtR2s8ifVU
Had a fantastic time last night watching the @IlliniFootball victory over Nebraska!
The scoreboard is big enough I’d be able to see it from the house but being in the stadium is even better 😉
Fair enough! I get where you are coming from... but I also don't want people to condemn the churches that turn away such a request. There are far too many (and I'm not saying you are such a person), who see the church as a self-service institution. People show up for the high services and fancy ceremonies to feel good about themselves, the same way they might spend 15 minutes at the gym before they get a 900 calorie protein shake and then post a selfie on their socials.
That is why churches have defensive policies about wedding bookings. While we build up the ceremony a lot in our minds and it is, indeed, an occasion to remember - the real treasure is the lifelong commitment to our spouse rooted in the self-sacrificial model of service that is modeled by Christ. Congratulations to you and your beloved and I hope you enjoy a wonderful life together!