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Indian tribe in Wash. approves same-sex marriage
Associated Press ^ | August 2, 2011 | MANUEL VALDES

Posted on 08/02/2011 4:46:20 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

SEATTLE (AP) -- An American Indian Tribe in Washington state has adopted a law recognizing gay marriage, making it only the second tribe in the country known to do so.

The Suquamish Tribal Council voted Monday to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples on its reservation near Seattle, after the measure gained support from more than 100 tribal members at a meeting this spring.

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To: kearnyirish2; Free ThinkerNY

****Fake tribe; until recently it was a universal taboo.

How many of their chiefs in years past had male “partners”?***

Not necessarily taboo. In the book NARRATIVE OF THE CORONADO EXPEDITION by Pedro Castaneda de Najera they found quite a few villages full of “sodomites” in Northern Mexico in 1540.


21 posted on 08/02/2011 8:41:26 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Click my name. See my home page, if you dare! NEW PHOTOS & PAINTINGS)
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