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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
> Scott A wrote:
> >
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Eric Joslin writes:
> > >
> > > > First of all, what state is forcing morality on anyone?
> > >
> > > When a state says that a contract between a man and a woman has more
> > > standing or more importance, that is, that it is recognised as a special
> > > kind of contract, when compared to a contract between a man and a man or a
> > > man and two women (like i could afford THAT)... that state is expressing a
> > > moral preference for one kind of contract compared to the other.
> > >
> > > That is not a force, but is a preference. It can be a VERY strong preference
> > > when one considers all the tax/benefit/custody, etc etc, ramifications...
> > >
> > > I'm against states expressing a preference one way or the other.
> > >
> > > ++Lar
> >
> > State? I think you mean society.
>
> No, I'm sure he means State/Government. If you distil "society" (as
> you're referring to it here) down, it amounts to two forces:
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> - market (in that if "society" frowns upon certain activities, there
> will be influence on cost/benefit analysis which will tend to reduce the
> level of those activities)
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> - government (in that government, by using "force", the use of taxes,
> law enforcement, and the courts, can constrain certain activities)
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> Market forces are ok, and can and should act on anything they want to.
> Government forces should be constrained to the smallest subset of
> "force" required to make sure that the market is free to do what it will
> (which requires that all individuals rights be respected - if individual
> rights are not being respected, you don't have a free market).
Well, in the society I am part of polyamory and polygamy are not socially
acceptable.
Scott A
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