ISKCON Social issues

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> For those of you who are interested in which direction ISKCON is heading

> especially after a senior disciple of Srila Prabhupada Hridayananda

> Goswami has endorsed Homosexual Monogamy; an oximoron if there ever was

> one--monogamy actually means "one woman" but I guess if you are a

> lesbian....

>

 

 

Actually I gave the wrong definition for monogamy. Without looking it up I

inferred (wrongly) that "gamy" was related to "gyne."

 

Here is teh correct definition supplied by a kind receiver of my previous

text:

 

Here's a dictionary def of monogamy:

 

Main Entry: mo·nog·a·my

Pronunciation: -mE

Function: noun

Etymology: French monogamie, from Late Latin monogamia, from Greek, from

monogamos monogamous, from mon- + gamos marriage, from gamein to marry

1 archaic : the practice of marrying only once during a lifetime

2 : the state or custom of being married to one person at a time

3 : the condition or practice of having a single mate during a period of

time

<monogamy is common among birds>

- mo·nog·a·mous /m&-'nä-g&-m&s/ also mono·gam·ic /"mä-n&-'ga-mik/

adjective

- mo·nog·a·mous·ly adverb

 

 

 

 

> Anyway you may find the following texts of interest:

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> http://siddhanta.com/archives/culture/000237.html

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> http://siddhanta.com/archives/culture/000240.html

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> http://siddhanta.com/archives/culture/000244.html

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> http://siddhanta.com/archives/culture/000245.html

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> http://siddhanta.com/archives/culture/000246.html