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Subject:	Re: Santorum Fails In His Effort To Pervert The Constitution
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Thu, 22 Jul 2004 00:36:44 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Allister McLaren wrote:

Shameless diversion aside, I agree. Let’s get back to biblical principles. How many wives and concubines did Soloman have again?

Relevance? (as if polygamy was a “biblical principle”).

JOHN

Well, you seem to have a problem with the term ‘marraige’ being redefined. The point is that marraige has been redefined many times in the past and has many different definitions today. The point is that marraige is defined by whatever the conventions and traditions of the day require, and just as conventions and traditions change over time, so does marraige. I’m kind of baffled why you think this is such a problem.

Allister

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		Re: Santorum Fails In His Effort To Pervert The Constitution
(...) EUREKA! Really, is it that obscure what I'm arguing? (...) I don't know what you mean. Provide examples, if you please. (...) I don't think marriage, until rather recently, has ever been defined as anything other than the union of 1 man and 1 (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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		Re: Santorum Fails In His Effort To Pervert The Constitution
(...) Relevance? (as if polygamy was a "biblical principle"). JOHN (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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