the human species has many people born as intersects -- as intersexed. there are dozens of genders of grass. there are fish species ago for male to female to male in their own lifetime. everywhere in nature, you see homosexual behavior, as darden sought himself and then covered up because he thought it was too outrageous. it's happening all over the place in all sorts of species. now, of course, in the study of nature, there are all sorts of theories about why, sexual orientation might be of the evolutionary advantage, might help bonding, it might have been advantageous for human beings to have a group of people who were not dedicated solely to rearing children themselves, but could actually be helping the community as a whole, educate, religious duties, scholarship, all sorts of other things that actually gave these communities evolutionary advantages because they had men and women not dedicated solely to reproducing and bringing up children as a family unit. we are at a stage of knowledge we do not know the resolution of these things, but we do know as

one man relies upon another, aboveground as well as an underground, like intersex life, dreams interstatesects brief -- grief. i'll never forget the painful days that followed the explosion on upper big branch on april 5. i'll never forget the gentle sobbing of a grandfather who sat in his car all week, and gently sobbing, waiting for word about his grandson. i will be haunted knowing the war, the generosity of family sharing and hope and joined in despair, heart wrenching, heart warming. on that spring day, west virginia and the nation lost 29 good man, loving husbands, adoring sons, generous neighbors, who worked hard to earn an honest wage. these men, our man, have joined their ranks of too many miners before them anticipating the loving embrace of mothers and children at wives -- at day's end, but who emerged instead to the outstretched arm of their heavenly father. our loss is surely heaven's gain. a flock of fisherman, a host of hunters, faithful christian, a courteous, quiet football player, a practical joker, a tractor driving pawpaw. our fall on minors. nascar fans, gardeners, an