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Re: Preaching to the Choir
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Date: 
Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:57:23 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Laswell wrote:

There's also the fact that marriage generally promotes monogamy,

I'm wondering how commonly held this view is.  It doesn't strike me as true but
I don't have any specific information with which to refute it.  I guess there
was a big study based on a survey in which sixty-some percent of married men
admitted to infidelity (and one presumes there were those who would not, even on
an anonymous survey), but I'm not sure that's exactly refutation either.

Chris



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  Re: Preaching to the Choir
 
(...) Or wishful thinking about it turned into inflated claims of actuality? People DO brag... (sorry, couldn't resist) (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Preaching to the Choir
 
"Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message news:I2AHnn.17AB@lugnet.com... (...) true but (...) there (...) men (...) even on (...) Well, one could still argue it promotes monogamy, even if not very successfully. Frank (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) No, marriage is often used as a way to avoid deportation, which would be a non-issue if only citizens could get married. I don't believe either party has to be a citizen/national, so that a Canadian and a Mexican could meet up in Vegas on (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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