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Re: Gay Marriage
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 18 Jun 2004 14:14:59 GMT
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Good point! As long as no one is being harmed, they should go for it. The
real, and obvious, answer is that marriage is a social institution that
should have no role in government whatsoever.
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My feeling is that it is the responsibility of government to ensure our children
are provided with the best possible opportunities in childhood. It just so
happens that children who are cared for by parents who are in a stable
relationship tend to get a good start in life. I think government should take
reasonable steps to maximise that stability of families. If that means
“promoting” marriage, I’m not going to cry about it!
I have also to be convinced that MM or FF “parents” are not better than many MF
parents.
Scott A
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Any benefits that married
people receive over the non-married are abomination. Once marriage is
removed entirely from law, people can be free to associate through contract
in whatever arrangement they want. Or to not do so and just live. Whatever.
As long as no one is being harmed (as they are now through their relegation
to second-class citizenship) then I don’t care.
Chris
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| (...) Hopefully you mean "best possible within economic reason." Also, I'd like to see how the "stable relationship":"good start" metrics are compiled (you're reporting actual findings, right...not just opinion or impression?). Further, since I know (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Wait a minute...you said to go look it up. Did you mean in the Bible? I assumed you meant in the dictionary. (...) What?!? Encarta is the most widely used tool for elementary-school research in the United States. I thought you wanted us to (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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