"Research on child abuse suggests that religious beliefs can foster, encourage, and justify the abuse of children. When contempt for sex underlies teachings, this creates a breeding ground for abuse."

-- Mary Garden

#Religious Quotes #Sex Quotes #Children Quotes

“And he, he himself...the Grinch...carved the roast-beast!”
“The rage for wanting to conclude is one of the most deadly and most fruitless manias to befall humanity. Each religion and each philosophy has pretended to have God to itself, to measure the infinite, and to know the recipe for happiness. What arrogance and what nonsense! I see, to the contrary, that the greatest geniuses and the greatest works have never concluded.”
“Man needs color to live; it's just as necessary an element as fire and water.”
“There are people who like just ordinary comedy fun, and making mistakes - which I do easily - and then there are people who like the falling over.”
“I kept thinking my father would come back, But he never did.”
“I would say a magical thing happened on when the big 40th birthday came. I felt like a light kind of just went off, and maybe that's because I felt like at 40 I had the right to say and be who I wanted to be, say what I wanted to say, and accept what I didn't want to accept.”
“There is no office now closed to a Jew, including the presidency.”
“I am very much a people person.”

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