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	<title>Yearly Meeting Gathering 2009</title>
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		<title>Marriages regardless of gender</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AliceY</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m glad yearly meeting was able to go forward with this. We are going to treat all couples the same on the Quaker side and are going to work for change in the law to equalize the legal status of all our marriages as well.
I think we have taken this step forward in hope and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Endings and beginnings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gil Skidmore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[YMG is coming to an end -only really final celebrations, epilogue and meeting for leaving to go &#8211; and I&#8217;m tired and in reflective mood.
I went to a group at lunchtime to feed back feelings about the Gathering experiment to the review group and that helped me organise my thoughts a little.
My experience as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Views of YMG09</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nikolasd</dc:creator>
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		<title>Latest press release</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nikolasd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For latest press release re comitted relationships and same sex marriages go to Press Release 31st July 2009 [Word doc 35kb].
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		<title>Colin Billett interviewed on BBC Radio (national and local)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nikolasd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been some coverage of YMG&#8217;s focus on committed relationships. Interviews with Colin Billett have so far appeared on
Today Programme The interview is at 0:50.20 and another mention is at 2:09.15
BBC Radio York The interview is at 0:46.10
Keep an eye on the Quakers in the News on the main BYM website for interviews on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now that I have arrived !</title>
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		<comments>http://www.quakerweb.org.uk/ymgblog/2009/07/now-that-i-have-arrived/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have found the experience of being at YMG to be pretty exhausting so far, following on from a busy week at work etc, travelling to York, getting exceedingly lost on the campus, driving round in circles on arrival, and now lots of walking &#8211; sounds like I am not having a good time &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its Friday already &#8211; the week seems to fly by after the intial exhaustion of getting here. And I have skipped the session because I need some space. The Committed Relationships bit seems to have gone smoothly. Happy to move on from that topic now&#8230;.
I am considering doing the Equipping for Ministry course, so have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The last full day</title>
		<link>http://www.quakerweb.org.uk/ymgblog/2009/07/the-last-full-da/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AliceY</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creating community]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am still at Gathering. I&#8217;ve not been posting much. Had a couple of nights with the baby that weren&#8217;t brilliant on the sleep front and that soon eats into my ability to talk clearly, think clearly, get around where I&#8217;m meant to be and to organize us, let alone writing something you might find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Committed reltionships 2</title>
		<link>http://www.quakerweb.org.uk/ymgblog/2009/07/committed-reltionships-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.quakerweb.org.uk/ymgblog/2009/07/committed-reltionships-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Les</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quakers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA['For the right joining in marriage is the work of the Lord only, and not the priests or magistrates- for it is God's ordinance and not man's and therefore Friends cannot consent that they should join them together: for we marry none, it is the Lord's w...]]></description>
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		<title>Committed relationships: Tweeting every twist and turn</title>
		<link>http://www.quakerweb.org.uk/ymgblog/2009/07/committed-relationships-tweeting-every-twist-and-turn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.quakerweb.org.uk/ymgblog/2009/07/committed-relationships-tweeting-every-twist-and-turn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wmheath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sessions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.quakerweb.org.uk/ymgblog/?p=551</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The plenary session on committed relationships was perhaps the most intense piece of Quaker exploration and discernment I&#8217;ve ever been part of. Not knowing what to expect, I Tweeted every twist and turn with hash tag #YMG09. It seemed the right thing to do. I wasn&#8217;t entirely sure, but it  felt like historic progress.
And there [...]]]></description>
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