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Greetings!
Welcome . . .
Chewin' the Fat is a publication from
The Complete Bear designed for the bear
community. It is published on the 2nd and 4th
Tuesdays of the month.
Chewin' the Fat will offer up the best
of the bear lifestyle - casual, cool, or woofy.
Whatever it takes to complete the bear.
For the bear, his cub and their den . . .
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In Celebration
Ah, domestic bliss. Sharing your life with that one true
love. You know the one who slurps his morning
coffee, leaves towels on the floor, and let's not even
talk about the hair in the drain. It must be love,
otherwise you'd kill him.
We want to hear your stories. Civil marriage,
domestic partnership, whatever it's called where you
live. The coming together of two souls.
Separate is never equal. We believe all couples
deserve the right to publicly declare their love for one
another, and all the protections that marriage affords.
Click here to view the list of
1138 rights provided under marriage.
Tell us your stories, show us your pictures, and send
cake!!! Damn, we love cake - LOL.
Oh yea, and by the way. I am not wearing that lime
green taffeta dress with the giant bow on my ass . . .
again!! It makes my butt look big!!
Celebrating Marriage
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Bear Community . . .
"No community that exists for its own sake can
survive. It would be a sect, something cut off. It would
lose the way by becoming isolated, no matter how
much it practiced community." - Eberhard Arnold
When I came across the above quote, it challenged
my concept of community. I tend to think of
communities as a coming together of like minded
folks for some common gain - whether it be social,
supportive or whatever. The author of the above quote
raises a very important concern - when we self-select
our communities, we are by design de-selecting
others. Whether it is those who are different from us or
oppose our views - either way, we are eliminating new
viewpoints and exchange of ideas. The resulting
isolation can be very dangerous. We become myopic,
we no longer learn from opposing ideas, we become
stunted.
Human nature seeks out community - it is where we
are comfortable. However, equally important is
continuing to expand into a larger world. If we want
others to respect our opinions and ideals, we must
engage them. We must recognize our commonalities
and learn from our differences. We are big, we are
small, we are black, we are white, and each one of us
has a unique beauty.
Very often we are asked to define "bear." The danger
here is whatever we define, somehow excludes those
that don't match that description - which never was
the intent. The strongest attribute of the bear
community is inclusion - freedom to be who you are,
to look how you look, and acceptance from your bear
brothers.
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