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PART 4
EARLY AMERICA
SEX, MARRIAGE, CHILDREN, GAYS, LESBIANS, BOYS AS GIRLS, ABORTION,
BREECHING, FAMILY AND OTHER MYTHS
More general info on marriage
The Virginia Colony, settled by many younger sons of landed and titled
Englishmen, and the rest of the South, with similar colonists, tended to
carry on many upper-class ideals. Land being the English basis of wealth,
it was common to decentralize onto large estates where the master was
virtually undisputed, and at the same time to make political unions joining
land-holding families. Throughout the South, the very few women available
for much of the early years meant they had ample opportunities for
extramarital relationships and could expect to survive discovery because
they would surely be welcomed by the new man if rejected by the old.
New England, on the other hand, was more urban, with the population settled
in small towns around the church. The population came from urban centers in
England and vigorously espoused the newer ideas of Protestantism. In this
view the role of the family was central. The family became a miniature
commonwealth, headed by the husband, and responsible for bringing up godly
souls. On a larger scale the community had the same responsibility to
police individual and corporate behavior. Solitary living was forbidden in
many areas, forcing all members of society into close quarters where they
were subject to scrutiny by their peers. Privacy as we know it was not held
important, especially if its violation discovered some moral hazard to the
community. Witnesses in court repeatedly recount peeping through walls,
listening at doors, and even tearing boards up and doors off hinges to
afford a better view of illicit behavior.
Most New Englanders during the early period made their living by farming,
which accounts for some dichotomy between the theoretic ideals of the urban
centers of England and the reality of New England life, which accepted sex
openly, if within prescribed bounds. At least one man was prosecuted for
publicly masturbating outside a church on Sunday. The prosecution was for
masturbation, not violation of the Sabbath or public display.
SOURCE: The Writer's Guide, Everyday Life in Colonial America From 1607 -
1783. Dale Taylor. Weiter's Digest Books (1997) p 124
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS · Hampton Roads [Virginia] SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
[Its not just Hampton Roads folks who are members, there are members from
all over the US and a couple from overseas as well]
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.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
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USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE

http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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