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Subject:	Re: Santorum Fails In His Effort To Pervert The Constitution
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:14:00 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Leonard Hoffman wrote:

sisters and horses, etc?

If we follow the logic that marriage is a legal two-party contract -

This is exactly my point-- by what reasoning do you choose to define marriage soley between 2 parties? On what basis do you make this discrimination? I have chosen to define it as 1 man and 1 woman. You choose “two-party”. Someone else might say 1 man and N women. Who is to say which is better? The people. Let the people decide.

JOHN

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		Re: Santorum Fails In His Effort To Pervert The Constitution
(...) Are you feeling ok, John? This is precisely what I've been arguing all along. Let the parties to the contract (or the private contracting/sanctioning organization) define who can participate. Keep the state out of interfering with the right of (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Santorum Fails In His Effort To Pervert The Constitution
(...) If we follow the logic that marriage is a legal two-party contract - then union of woman and horse is disallowed because horses can't engage in legal contracts. Neither can dogs, turtles, mice, or chimpanzees. If this groups of animals were to (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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