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Anecdotes And Trivia

Olympic Sex

by Mark Zedler

Apparently, there was a lot more going on at the recent Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics than just winning medals and gaining Olympic glory. Besides all the official Olympic medal events, there is an unofficial event that involves a lots and lots of scoring. What I am referring to is the Olympic sized sexual appetites of [...]

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Religious and Behaving Badly

by Mark Zedler

Apparently being very religious does not necessarily make you a better person. CLS over at Classically Liberal has done some analysis which shows that the highest rates of poverty, murder, rape, divorce , teenage pregnancy as well as the lowest life expectancy can be all found in the the Bible Belt of the United States. This of [...]

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No Loud Sex, We’re English!

by Mark Zedler

Here is an amusing story about a couple in the United Kingdom who have been charged for making excessive noise during sex:
Woman claims order banning her from noisy sex is breach of human rights – By the Telegraph, Nov 9th, 2009
Caroline and Steve Cartwright’s love making was described as ”murder” and ”unnatural” and drowned out [...]

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Gay History According to Pat Robertson

by Mark Zedler

Here’s another gem from one of my favorite religious bigots, Pat Robertson. Take a look at this YouTube video clip where he suggests that nations that embrace the homosexual lifestyle will end up on the garbage heap of history. If Pat Robertson ever bothered to check the historical record for himself, he would soon discover there is no truth to his claims. But [...]

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Circular Logic and the Catholic Stance on Birth Control

by Mark Zedler

If you enjoyed my last post on the June 30, 1952 issue of the Aeta Apostolicae Sedis, then you should enjoy this entry as well. At 474 pages in length, this document demonstrates the lengths at which the Catholic Church will go to regulate human sexuality to ensure virtually every aspect of sex is filled [...]

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Special Problems of Conjugal Intimacy

by Mark Zedler

I came across a fascinating official Roman Catholic publication called the Acta Apostolicae Sedis (Latin for “Acts of the Apostolic See”). The Acta Apostolicae Sedis publishes all the principal decrees, encyclical letters, decisions of Roman congregations, and notices of ecclesiastical appointments by the Holy Office.
The June 30, 1952 issue outlined many Church positions on a [...]

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Swinging Club for Gloucester Denied

by Mark Zedler

Take a read of the following article from Gloucester, England where City Council turned down a swing club application over ‘moral concerns’:
Council turns down swinger club bid – The Press Association - September, 1st, 2009
A city was saved from turning into “Sodom and Gomorrah” after a planning committee refused an application to convert a Grade II-listed building [...]

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Sex Laws from the Bible Belt

by Mark Zedler

Virginia

Not only is it illegal to have sex with the lights on, one may not have sex in any position other than missionary.
If one is not married, it is illegal for him to have sexual relations. Text of the law: Any person, not being married, who voluntarily shall have sexual intercourse with any other person, [...]

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Are you getting your Moral Fiber?

by Mark Zedler

While I was doing research for another post, I came across a piece of particularly entertaining trivia about Kellogg’s Corn Flakes. As it turns out, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes were originally developed to stop boys from masturbating. When I read this, I was astounded, how on earth could this even be possible? The more I read [...]

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Fucking, Austria

by Mark Zedler

Fucking is an Austrian village located 33 km north of Salzburg and four km east of the German border in Upper Austria. Apparently, the Fucking village has been in existence since at least 1070 AD and is named after a man from the 6th century called Focko. The “ing” is an old German suffix indicating there [...]

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Homosexual Sins – Cummean Penitential

by Mark Zedler

Anecdotes and Trivia will be a series of posts that will look at strange, bizarre and unusual tidbits that occured throughout the history of sex. I will be scouring the archives in search of nuggets that should hopefully delight and amuse us all.
As Europe descended into the chaos of the Dark Ages during the 7thCentury the [...]

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