"It is not possible to redefine marriage. Marriage is the union between a man and a woman, has been historically, remains so. It is Alice in Wonderland territory, Orwellian almost, for any Government of any political persuasion to seek to come along and try to re-write the lexicon. It will not do."

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Source : "To an understanding of marriage as merely the end-point of romance". Daily Hansard - Debate, publications.parliament.uk. February 5, 2013.

Roger Gale

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“Believers must persevere in prayer that they may see clearly their own pitiful state and understand the indwelling, working, and demands of the Holy Spirit.”
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“Already, he was dreaming of a refined solitude, a comfortable desert, a motionless ark in which to seek refuge from the unending deluge of human stupidity.”

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“Dialogue is the fundamental unfolding of a gift of oneself to another.”
“Anticipation was the soul of enjoyment.”

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“Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of Berlin and Europe have a human future”
“In the 1920s dramatists attacked their subjects as if the inequities could be resolved. Some of the traditional optimism of America lurked behind most of the early plays. But not now. There is no conviction now that the problem will be solved.”
“I carry a golf ball to put under my feet when they get tight, and a Thera-Band for general stretching.”

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