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Re: Skin (was: Re: Once again, etc.)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 5 Feb 2004 04:07:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Don Heyse wrote:
> <snip>
> And don't get me started on the marriage thing. Marriage is NOT a
> right. It's a construct invented by organized religion and supported
> by the government, ostensibly to provide some stability for children
> in order to safeguard our future. Demonstrate an equivalent benefit
> to society when it's extended to gay couples. Maybe someday, when
> biotech obliterates the difference between male and female...
I agree in the sense the government recognized marriage is useless. Marriage in
the sense of 2 people deciding to spend the rest of their lives together and
possibly raise offspring is fine.
-Orion
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| (...) With adoption, artificial insemination, host mothers, etc, it's hard to make the argument that "gay marriages can't produce progeny" a meaningful argument any more, in my view. Where I think we still have work to do is on the number... why (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Skin (was: Re: Once again, etc.)
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| (...) Why do you draw the line at 2 people? And for that matter, why not allow 6 year olds to marry if they decide to. Like I said, the law is never going to be perfect. I just don't see how the proposed modifications to current marriage laws make (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) No. Check out what "Pure Democracy is Evil" has to say about majority rule. I love the silly quotes at the bottom. (URL) The problem with your argument is that it implies all laws are bad (...) Agreed. Except for one small detail. You don't (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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