Summary: In This Episode: A married couple in Australia was so upset the possible legalization of SSM — Same-Sex Marriage — they promised to demonstrate the sanctity of marriage by …getting a divorce. Flash update to that story. And another segment of No Longer Weird.<br><br> <br> <a title="Click to submit to Twitter - You do get the chance to edit before you submit it." href="http://twitter.com/home?status=RT%20@ThisIsTrue:%20This%20week's%20Uncommon%20Sense%20podcast%20discusses%20the%20couple%20who%20threatened%20to%20divorce%20if%20Australia%20legalizes%20gay%20marriage:%20the%20country%20did,%20and%20no%20surprise%20that%20they...%20https://thisistrue.com/d-p21" target="new"></a><br> Jump To…<br> <br> * <a href="#notes">Show Notes</a><br> * <a href="#subscribe">How to Subscribe</a><br> * <a href="#feedback">How to Comment</a><br> * <a href="#transcript">Episode Transcript</a><br> * <a href="https://thisistrue.com/category/podcasts/">List of All Episodes</a><br> <br> <a name="notes"></a><br> Show Notes<br> <br> * Note: this episode contains a Thursday update to the story, which was written on Sunday.<br> * As promised, you can find Princess Bride on <a href="http://amzn.to/2noGHFw">Bluray on Amazon</a>. The brief version of the scene in question is below.<br> * Australia’s Constitution’s language about the separation of church and state “is derived from the United States’ constitution, but has been altered,” says <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state_in_Australia">Wikipedia</a>. And then it gets complicated….<br> * The 2007 99-Cent store wedding story, with the priest’s letter, is <a href="https://go.thisistrue.com/99cents">here in my blog</a>, as is my essay <a href="https://go.thisistrue.com/marriage">Why I Embrace “Gay Marriage”</a>.<br> * According to the Gallup poll, about 4 percent of people in the United States identify themselves as LGBT (not counting the multitude of “pro-marriage” congressmen who are arrested for soliciting other men for sex). Where did Randy’s “10 percent” guess come from? He recalled a 2011 Williams Institute report which found 8.2 percent of Americans reported that they had engaged in same-sex sexual behavior, and 11 percent reported some same-sex attraction — which probably does count the multitude of “pro-marriage” congressmen who are sexually attracted to other men. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_demographics_of_the_United_States">Wikipedia</a>)<br> * Links for the story update included in this episode: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/australian-parliament-approves-sex-marriage-lengthy-national-debate/story?id=51637900">Australian Parliament approves same-sex marriage following lengthy national debate</a> and <a href="http://www.news.com.au/national/politics/what-now-for-couple-who-vowed-to-divorce-if-gay-marriage-became-legal/news-story/e866be909dc444d52760faa7d1c72bfa">What now for couple who vowed to divorce if gay marriage became legal?</a><br> * No Longer Weird: police dispatchers being fooled by threatening sounds during a 911 call which actually turn out to be …someone playing a video game. An example from <a href="http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/police-blotter-police-called-to-video-game-shooting/article_b733f719-5b29-5c40-b9ed-05c48059d037.html">Huntington, W.V.</a><br> <br> <br> <a name="subscribe"></a><br> How to Subscribe<br> Search for Uncommon Sense in your podcast app or on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast/id1259380128">iTunes</a>, or manually enter this feed URL into your app: https://thisistrue.com/feed/podcast<br> Also available via <a href="https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Ixj6haluiswf4e5wiw4qksmlzni?t%3DUncommon_Sense:_the_This_is_True_Podcast%26pcampaign..."></a>
