![]() ![]() Marriage is a self-contained agreement between two people. My marriage neither affects nor depends on anyone else’s. The fundamental truth of modern marriage is that one person’s marriage has nothing to do with anyone else’s except, perhaps, one’s children. Let’s take the bigots at their word and ask the more basic question, should we care if people marry animals? My answer is no, we shouldn’t. ![]() So the analogy between same-sex marriage and animals is both stupid and insulting, but let’s forget that. Buttercup’s only way to stop her new husband, as she herself tells us, would be to kill herself. Marital rape is a new concept that has existed for only about forty years. Even though she never agreed to marry and would never consent to have sex with him, at that point in history, their status as man and wife meant that he owned her body. The reason Wesley has to get to Princess Buttercup before the priest declares her and Humperdink “mawied,” is that once he does, when Humperdink forces himself on her sexually, he isn’t raping her. In truth, consent and love have really had very little to do with marriage, which is, incidentally, the central point of the movie The Princess Bride. There have been shotgun weddings, forced mass weddings, and weddings as business transactions. The history of marriage is complex and involves a huge variety of traditions including polygamy and polyandry, same-sex marriages, slave-marriages, temporary marriages, and even marriages to ghosts! Modern marriage also assumes the moral personhood of its partners. It misunderstands that modern marriage is built on the ability of people to both want and consent to marry. It is only a matter of time before people start claiming, once again, that if we let same-sex couples marry, we might as well let people marry animals.įor the record, this is a stupid argument. Mike Huckabee has already started us off and it will get worse. View our ‘Visit’ page for hours and directions to our shelter.As candidates vie for the Republican nomination, we are no doubt about to see an upswing in anti-gay-marriage rhetoric. Visit our ‘Adopt’ page to view adoption process steps, policies, requirements and FAQ. Please fill out an online application and we will give you a call as soon as we receive it. The adoption counselors will be able to show you many that would be a good fit for your family. So keep any eye on the site for any animals being added as available for adoption as new animals are added everyday! We would recommend if you haven’t done so already that you submit a general online adoption application with us so it is on file for when you are ready to come out and adopt. As soon as animals are adopted, they are moved to the Adopted Pets page so if they are still listed on the Adoptable Dogs or Cats page, they are still available. ![]() All new animals (40/week) are added to the site 2 weeks before their availability date to give you time to fill out your adoption application and get the family ready to come out to the shelter that day. Our website is always kept 100% up to date with who is currently available. Princess is house broken and knows commands such as “sit”, “stay”, “take nice”, and “come””.Īll dogs are microchipped, neutered/spayed, current on all vaccines, heartworm tested and started on Tri Heart Plus & Vectra 3D.Īll family members and any dogs from the household need to be present at the time of the adoption. She is good with kids but might be best with kids who are old enough to wrestle and play tug-a-war with her (my kids are 5 and 7, and she has never been aggressive or rough with them, though). Princess has always lived with at least one other dog, and I think she would do best in a home with another canine companion. ![]() Likes: playing tug-a-war or catch, trying to dig the squeaker out of toys, running laps in the yard, taking walks, acting as an extra in my kids’ home plays, dancing with the kids, cleaning up table scraps, cuddling up and watching TV, staring out the window and monitoring neighborhood activities, cleaning up scraps under the kitchen table, running through the sprinkler, playing in the snow, helping bathe the kids, playing dress-up, and basking in the sun. Personality: energetic, loving, playful, snuggly, sweet, and smart. She has a naturally formed Mohawk when her hair grows out. ONCE YOU HAVE AN APPROVED APPLICATION WE CAN SET UP AN APPOINTMENT FOR YOU TO MEET HER!Ī note from her foster family: “Coat: She has two coats (hair and fur), so she is low-shed. PRINCESS BUTTERCUP IS IN FOSTER CARE! PLEASE FILL OUT THE ADOPTION APPLICATION. ![]()
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