Dear Friend and Reader:
Sometimes the question comes up as to why I cover astrology, politics, environment and sexuality themes on one website. The reason is because I think they are all the same thing, that is, aspects of the same thing. Of course, saying it doesn’t make it so, but one of our themes here is exploring how the personal is political; and as above, so below.
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Today I’m at the Loving More conference, which is a community seminar sponsored by Loving More magazine. It’s designed to help people who are living what are often described as alternative relationship lifestyles. Let’s see if I can relate it to the other themes we cover on Planet Waves.
A few moments ago I was describing to a friend what we do at this conference: figure out how to get along better, and how to meet our relationship needs. These are things that we all have an interest in, no matter what our sexual or family orientation. The “normal,” “moral” nuclear family is becoming ever less popular no matter what decade anyone is trying to bring back to life. More and more people are accepting the idea and the reality that they have choices.
Workshops at this weekend’s conference include the one I’m currently sitting at the back of, typing away with the consent of the presenter Diana Adams, called “Know Your Rights Legal Training.” We don’t necessarily think of it as a right to relate to who we want to, as we want to, but it happens to be the most basic provision of the Bill of Rights, covered by the 1st Amendment.