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He is an atheists which explains a lot. Plus, he is married to his second wife who is a liberal attorney from Canada.

It sounds like the guy doesn’t have any principles that he has stuck with. He is ever evolving as the wind blows.

“When I married my current wife, Joy, more than six years ago, I asked her to take my last name. I imposed despite the fact that she was already an attorney with an established reputation. But, we were in love, and it meant something to me, so she just did it without complaint. Thinking about it over the years, I now wish I could take back the request. I wish I knew then that most of the traditions of marriage are a kind of oppression, especially for women. I love being married, but the process of getting married and so much of the expected roles of wives and husbands is just social control masquerading as tradition.”

“Very shortly after we married, I went into the wedding business myself. Joy’s friend, a judge from a neighboring state, needed to become a certified minister to perform our wedding ceremony, and the unnecessary religious hoops bothered me. So I got certified as a secular wedding official in Nevada where I live”

Warning: Introspective, writerly, year-end shit
Posted on December 29, 2013 by Edwin Lyngar

Here at the end of 2013, I have to examine what has been a pretty prolific writing year for me, topped off with an article I wrote for Salon. That piece has gone viral and continues to dominate my time. I didn’t see it coming, but it’s a great finish to the year.

The lesson I put in play this year is that writing should not be some self-congratulatory, yank fest (aside from this blog post). Rather, writing should be about giving the reader something. Sure you can’t even start the process if you don’t have some need or reason to do it, but you also can’t just write for yourself—and hope to publish.

Here’s a list of the articles I published this year, through the Good Men Project, Role Reboot and the big finish on Salon (and republished on Alternet).

Why I fled libertarianism — and became a liberal
A Christmas Cluster
When Will This Country Take Better Care of Families
The Problem of Men’s Rights and Child Support
A Call to Feminist Dudes
The Oppression of Tradition
A Father’s Identity: I Don’t Know Who I Am Without My Kids
I Could Get Away With Murder
Raising Secular Kids in a Religious World
Why Aren’t More Men Portrayed in the Media
Real Men Don’t Watch Sports

This list doesn’t even include the many blog posts and other writing that I do that doesn’t get picked up by a third party. I write, often self-indigent shit, for my atheist blog. I don’t do that for the reader. I do it for me, and that’s the difference between writing for an audience versus writing for fun.

http://blog.edwinlyngar.com/warning-introspective-writerly-year-end-shit/#more-132