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NVC Meetings
The Northern
Virginia Chapter of March Meeting When: Sunday,
March 21, 2010 at 2:00 pm Where: Tyson/Pimmit Library, 7584 Leesburg Pike, Topic: “Polyamory - Speaker: Anita Wagner Suppose we hear about a closeted gay man who, because of societal
pressure to fit in and abide by tradition, marries a woman who is not aware
he is gay. Most of us would say that this is sad because such people have few
to no ethical alternatives to traditional marriage, depending on whether gay
marriage is legal in their state. Consider the case of Tiger Woods and his extra-marital affairs. Not as
many of us would think this to be a sad case because he certainly has ethical
alternatives. The obvious alternative would be to abide by the monogamous
commitment he made when he and his wife, Elin,
married. Less obvious but equally ethical, if both agreed to it, would be the
practice of polyamory, also known to some as
responsible non-monogamy. Some may and do argue against such arrangements as
both irresponsible and unethical, but this is because they lack a
compassionate and informed understanding of this alternative to traditional
monogamy. * What is polyamory? Presenter Anita Wagner regularly speaks to groups where she answers
these and other questions for the polyamory
community. She is a highly-regarded community leader, organizer, advocate and
media spokesperson and is the author of the very popular Practical Polyamory blog. Both her blog and website (practicalpolyamory dot com) are considered among the best
internet resources available on the subject of polyamory.
March Special
Event with the Secular Student When: Monday, March 22, 2010 Where: Topic:
“The Trouble with Easter” Speaker: Tom
Flynn Tom Flynn, executive director
of the Council for Secular Humanism, editor of Free Inquiry, and author of
that deathless polemic "The Trouble with Christmas," finally starts
assaulting the rest of the holiday calendar. (Can "The Trouble with
Arbor Day" be far behind?) April Meeting When: Sunday,
April 18, 2010 at 2:00 pm Where: Tyson/Pimmit Library, 7584 Leesburg Pike, Topic: TBA Speaker: Shelley Mountjoy On the drawing board… May
– Fred Edwords, United Coalition of Reason June
– Roy Speckhardt, American Humanist
Association "2020
Humanism – Achieving a Vision that Matches Our Aspirations" Location
WASH-NVC monthly
meetings are held in Meeting Room A at the Tysons-Pimmit
library (7584 Leesburg Pike, NVC Contacts
Humanist Links
Washington Area Secular Humanists Restore The Pledge of Allegiance Northern Virginia
Ethical Society Past Events: February 2010 Meeting In February,
Greg Paul presented his published research showing that religion is a
superficial opinion that is popular only when socioeconomic conditions are
dysfunctional, and that religion is collapsing in the western democracies. |
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