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(Reuters)   Taking a cue from Tom Cruise, Saudi Arabia allows "temporary marriages" where there's little commitment beyond sex. No word on if the Catholic Church plans to release similar doctrine on "technical virginity"   (news.yahoo.com) divider line 147
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2006-07-19 10:16:08 AM
If there is a loop hole, man will find a way.
 
2006-07-19 10:19:54 AM
Pharacies

Do you really think Alah approves of you leaving a woman with no financial support and a baby? This is a problem with most religions. Clearly these "loop holes" are not Gods will.

/no technicalities where God is concerned.
 
2006-07-19 10:20:42 AM
Hopefully, this will reduce the man-boy love going on there.
 
2006-07-19 10:25:06 AM
I wonder if Marriage Lite goes good with Miller Lite.
 
2006-07-19 10:35:28 AM
Seriously, WTF, people.

Am I the only guy left who wants to settle down and stick with one person for the forseeable future?

/Have a girlfriend.
//She's a keeper.
 
2006-07-19 10:42:35 AM
Manta537: If there is a loop hole, man will find a way.

:)
 
2006-07-19 10:50:51 AM
Tom Cruise has marriages WITHOUT sex.
 
2006-07-19 01:26:20 PM
muninsfire: Am I the only guy left who wants to settle down and stick with one person for the forseeable future?

/Have a girlfriend.
//She's a keeper.


No, stangely enough, that is partly why I'm single.
 
2006-07-19 01:35:34 PM
A religion thread! Let's call in the usual suspects, none of which I've seen in awhile.

cec.wustl.edu
cec.wustl.edu
cec.wustl.edu
 
2006-07-19 01:54:03 PM
But KILL'EM if they nibble pork!
 
2006-07-19 01:54:18 PM
This is legalizing prostitution.
 
2006-07-19 01:54:55 PM
This actually quite common in the Middle East. Both Iran and Afganistan both allow this practice. It justifies basically a Prostitution Market.
 
2006-07-19 01:56:09 PM
married. i'll keep it that way.
 
2006-07-19 01:57:29 PM
Yet we're the immoral "Great Satan". It's nice to know that hypocrisy transcends all cultures.
 
2006-07-19 01:58:10 PM
I'm sorry for the ignorance, but what is "Technical Virginity"?
 
2006-07-19 01:58:26 PM
good to see that they take their faith about as seriously as many of the "christians" do.

"you can put it in her pooper, and G-d won't mind"
 
2006-07-19 01:58:30 PM
Jeez, elchip is 5uperman still around? I hate to miss that kind of comedy.

Seriously, though, the headline is all wrong. Tom Cruise has temporary beards, not wives.
 
2006-07-19 01:58:36 PM
...And Americans are terrible and sexually immoral. I mean, come on, at least we're honest about it!

\married
\\faithful to wife
\\\Sometimes really misses college...
 
2006-07-19 01:59:03 PM
hmmm, and conservatives thought that gays were going to be the ones to ruin marraige.

/straight people can mess it up just fine.
 
2006-07-19 01:59:04 PM
muninsfire

Am I the only guy left who wants to settle down and stick with one person for the forseeable future?

Aw...yeah, probably, but the fact that you said that still makes me happy.

/I wanna settle down and stick with one person for the forseeable future, but I'm a girl so that's probably the stereotype anyhow
 
2006-07-19 01:59:08 PM
No word on if the Catholic Church plans to release similar doctrine on Technical Virginity

or annulments

 
2006-07-19 01:59:35 PM
I can't see how it legalizes prostitution unless it is possible to be in multiple misyars at the same time.

Seems like it's legalizing what we in the West call "having a girlfriend."

This, too, may be a foreign concept to many of you poor Farkers.
 
2006-07-19 02:00:12 PM
Well, given it's Saudi Arabia, I'm sure NO girls will be forced into these things and discarded, later.

/PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can we neutron bomb these people?
 
2006-07-19 02:00:13 PM
elchip, Tatsuma's in the Beirut threads right now, he might be busy. Knowing Tatsuma, though, he'll throw a couple posts this way on halach law as it applies to marriage.

I hadn't noticed, but I haven't seen bevets or 5uperman in a while.
 
2006-07-19 02:01:04 PM
I'm sorry for the ignorance, but what is "Technical Virginity"?

i18.photobucket.com
 
2006-07-19 02:01:10 PM
elchip

I don't believe that the third card of yours will still work. It may have been put on the 'forbidden' list, if you know what I mean.

/At least, I haven't seen 'im around.
 
2006-07-19 02:01:11 PM
muninsfire: Seriously, WTF, people.

Am I the only guy left who wants to settle down and stick with one person for the forseeable future?

/Have a girlfriend.
//She's a keeper.


If she's a keeper, definitely keep her. Marriage rocks.
 
2006-07-19 02:01:42 PM
Fidelity is the new infidelity

(not nearly as fun though)
 
2006-07-19 02:02:14 PM
Malacon: I'm sorry for the ignorance, but what is "Technical Virginity"?

She's done everything *but* regular weener in the cooter sex. Anal, oral...everything but.
 
2006-07-19 02:02:22 PM
Clearly, the terrorists have won.
 
2006-07-19 02:02:48 PM
I agree Butter..

But i must ask, what is it with the constant "Cath" bashing thing on FARK?

Are there that many fall-aways?..or playah-hatays here?

//just wondering..
///begin the troll wars..
 
2006-07-19 02:02:56 PM
So, how is this different from dating? Well, besides the fancy name and some paperwork....
 
2006-07-19 02:03:13 PM
Jeez, elchip is 5uperman still around? I hate to miss that kind of comedy.

5uperman = Bevets?

5uperman was outed as an ex-mil poseur some time back... forget what thread. I have only heard tales of Bevets, lo these many months...

/married
//gettin' lots
///rowr
 
2006-07-19 02:03:27 PM
ygc123
I can't see how it legalizes prostitution unless it is possible to be in multiple misyars at the same time.

I thought I read that they could do that.

If women did this they would be called whores. Can you spell d-o-u-b-l-e-s-t-a-n-d-a-r-d?
 
2006-07-19 02:03:51 PM
Doooom: If she's a keeper, definitely keep her. Marriage rocks.

Fully plan on it. We've been finishing each other's sentances for a while....

no_cookies4you: Aw...yeah, probably, but the fact that you said that still makes me happy.

So I'm not horribly outdated!

/I wanna settle down and stick with one person for the forseeable future, but I'm a girl so that's probably the stereotype anyhow

Actually, judging from some conversations I've had with some people lately...it's increasingly not the stereotype. X.x;;;
 
2006-07-19 02:03:53 PM
munisfire

/Have a girlfriend.
//She's a keeper.


I don't blame you. She is awesome in the sack and usually cooks for me in the morning.
 
2006-07-19 02:04:33 PM
enzowaterman:This is legalizing prostitution fornication.

...which is already legal almost everywhere on Earth.

What's the big deal, other than the hypocrisy of cloaking it in religion?
 
2006-07-19 02:05:30 PM
img242.imageshack.us
 
2006-07-19 02:05:49 PM
As long as you are married in the eyes of the Lord, carnal knowledge is not fornication.
 
2006-07-19 02:05:58 PM
techmom: I have only heard tales of Bevets, lo these many months...

Keep watch on the 'creationist' threads...he only shows up there, when they're on the main page...about every month or two, nowadays. hard to catch him. Thankfully.

/He never answers any of my questions, though, and never comes out with an original statement--so I'm pretty sure he's a bot.

mattpar: But i must ask, what is it with the constant "Cath" bashing thing on FARK?

It's trendy.

Are there that many fall-aways?

I'm kindasorta not-catholic-anymore, but I try to make it a point to correct people's misconceptions whenever I find 'em. Been busy lately, though.
 
2006-07-19 02:06:12 PM
So I guess playing the "just the tip" game is ok now?
 
2006-07-19 02:07:00 PM
Executive Monkey:I'm sorry for the ignorance, but what is "Technical Virginity"?

It's when you're not a virgin, but sanctimonious enough to call yourself one anyway.
 
2006-07-19 02:07:08 PM
tonesskin: I don't blame you. She is awesome in the sack and usually cooks for me in the morning.

Dude, for the last time, stop molesting the maid-android. She doesn't get the dishes done on time when you've been at her.
 
2006-07-19 02:07:42 PM
It's not legalizing, it's re-legalizing.
 
2006-07-19 02:08:39 PM
Comicbookguy: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can we neutron bomb these people?

I couldn't agree more. Remind me again why these stone age cretins are our friends again?

Oh yeah, the oil. The oil.
 
2006-07-19 02:08:40 PM
munisfire

"/Have a girlfriend.
//She's a keeper."

Tonesskin

"I don't blame you. She is awesome in the sack and usually cooks for me in the morning. "

I concur
 
2006-07-19 02:08:41 PM
Executive Monkey

That has got to be one of the best posts I have ever seen.
 
2006-07-19 02:08:55 PM
muninsfire: I don't believe that the third card of yours will still work. It may have been put on the 'forbidden' list, if you know what I mean.

I know, I can confirm that.
Greetings Mr. elchip,

I think you know me as '5uperman' from Fark.com. [...] My time on Fark, sadly, is pretty much at an end. Through no one's fault but my own, my posts now becomes an instant distraction. It's lost its fun for me, and I suspect, for everybody else. I am frequently banned now on reputation alone. [...] Take it easy; I'll be lurkin'

5upes
*sniff*
He'll always be immortalized in the card and his awesome thrashing of Immaculate_Misconception, which is in my profile...
 
2006-07-19 02:08:57 PM
Hey, if your beliefs can't weather a little bashing, you must not be very devout, and merely wear your faith as a comforter, because you're afraid to die and end up in Hell.
 
2006-07-19 02:08:59 PM
Religion is gay. If you're religious, you're practicing homosexuality, which is forbidden by many religions.
 
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