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To: scottjewell
Government can define a table as anything with 4 legs including animals - good one.

Here is some background.

Senator Moynihan in 1994 "Defining Deviancy Down: How We've Become Accustomed to Alarming Levels of Crime and Destructive Behavior." :

"Asserts that the amount of deviant behavior in American society has increased beyond levels the community can afford to recognize and that society has been redefining deviancy to exempt much conduct previously stigmatized and accepting as normal behavior that considered abnormal by earlier standards. Redefinition is categorized as altruistic, opportunistic, and normalizing. "

77 posted on 08/05/2012 11:49:26 AM PDT by ex-snook (without forgiveness there is no Christianity)
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To: ex-snook

Yes, absolutely essential and terribly important to recognize the trend of defining deviancy down.

One can see this at work in the amount of couples (straight) nowadays who say things like, “My girlfriend and I are expecting a baby” (no plans to marry) or couples co-habitating openly (very bad idea). (The way some females dress is another- but I better not go there.)

Also some women get pregnant and have no idea who the father is and don’t care and go ahead and cheerfully announce the pending birth of the child (seen in my own family).

Recall in one of my college classes too in my undergrad days a Prof pointed out the people who proudly say, “Just been through my second messy divorce” when formerly was viewed as a failure, not an accomplishment.

Gay agenda is part and parcel of this.

“...accepting as normal behavior that considered abnormal by earlier standards. Redefinition is categorized as altruistic, opportunistic, and normalizing.”


78 posted on 08/05/2012 12:04:54 PM PDT by scottjewell
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