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(...) Yes but not necessarily relevant. (...) No. It's not at all obvious that is true. You'd have to prove it. But don't bother, because even if it were true, what of it? Marriage != Raising Children Ideal != Only Not Ideal != Should be Forbidden (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So, you are saying that those that can't stand racists aren't as bad as the actual racists, they are worse. As I said, stupid or self-serving. (...) It is the justification of racism that I am trying to understand (well, I do, it is a game to (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Don't ask, don't tell;-) But seriously, privacy issues put that tack in irons. (...) If you want to argue that men and women are basically the same, bring it on;-D (...) Specious. You are comparing apples and oranges. Of course I'd never (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote: (snip) lol IOW, She's got what it takes to be POTUS and will give HRC a run for her money in 2008:-) JOHN (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I don't think it's so obvious, honestly. If the fundamental criterion for legal marriage is the possibility of childbirth, then non-fertile couples must not be allowed to wed. Similarly, if a wife and husband try unsuccessfully to conceive, (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Commentator: Good evening, Dr. Rice. I hope youre well. Rice: Im much better, now that brave coalition forces have removed the butcher Saddam Hussein from power. C: How do you respond to concerns about the failure to find any weapons of mass (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) First, I am not saying that 2 men or 2 women can't raise a family. What I am asking is: All things being equal, is it better that a child has a mother? All things being equal, is it better that a child has a father? Each sex is unique, each (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I fear we are not on the same wavelength here. I think Larry addressed my concern: (URL) private verses public> (...) Well, in the original, the government was involved. From the beginning I posed my question assuming no governmental (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Why? You keep saying that, but I don't to see *why* it's obvious. Can you spell out the real advantages of 1 man/1 woman? What, exactly, does it have over other unions that makes it the superior way of raising children? My experience with (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) When you speak about the issue in terms of contract recognition, sure it seems obvious. But doesn't this seem painfully obvious as well: men and women are not the same. The are not simply humans with irrelevant, interchangable reproduction (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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