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  • tarasis @mattgrise equals in the eyes of the state. They aren't demanding church weddings, church funerals or anything else
  • mstewart GR: Head of State questions expensive funerals: The tsunami has forced Samoans to rethink both faalavelave .. https://bit.ly/ot9lg
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  • deathdying Funerals set for Pa. woman, son killed by train - Philadelphia Inquirer
  • peterwallace Peter Dr. Tom Long on the state of funerals in society today - Chronicle of a Death We Cant Accept - NYTimes op-ed today https://ow.ly/ykCY ^PW.
  • peterwallace Dr. Tom Long on the state of funerals in society today - Chronicle of a Death We Cant Accept - NYTimes op-ed today https://ow.ly/ykCY ^PW
  • day1 Dr. Tom Long on the state of funerals in society today - Chronicle of a Death We Cant Accept - NYTimes op-ed today https://ow.ly/ykCy ^PW
  • buridan @kimberlyarnold yes you pull over for funerals, out of respect for the dead and usually a state law
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