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Re: Family values?
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Fri, 5 Jan 2001 19:04:52 GMT
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Your case is not relevant - your mother and step-father obviously understood you
were not "his". There was no fraud involved.
Bill Farkas wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Maggie Cambron writes:
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> > Maybe he shouldn't plant the seed if he can't tend the garden. No really,...
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> But isn't this precisely the crux of the matter. This is why sex outside of
> marriage is morally wrong. Because it causes all manner of hurt and
> confusion on so many levels (as illustrated in the article). It is not
> considered wrong because some want to limit the pleasure of others - it's
> wrong because innocent people get hurt, sometimes devastatingly and
> irreparably so. If one is not prepared or willing to be responsible for the
> end result of an action - is it right for them to enjoy the pleasures of the
> action. Everyone in this country knows that sex is reproductive - the fact
> that it is pleasurable is an extra added benefit and not the point. Such
> intimacy should be shared by two responsible, mature individuals willing to
> be committed to the life which may result. Some will take my comments as
> endorsement of a "pleasure police" or propagation of some sort of agenda -
> not so. I am the child of a single mother (35 years ago it was a bigger deal
> than it is today) - my mom married my stepdad when I was almost eight. He is
> my "father". The sperm donor (whom I know nothing about) is not worthy of
> this title. I'm sure I'm not the only one here with these circumstances, so
> others may be able to identify with the emotional roller-coaster that
> results from such a situation. My only motivation behind the remarks above
> is to illustrate why extra-marital sex is deemed immoral - because it hurts
> people. Period. Sex is far more than physical and should be respected as such.
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> P.S. Maggie, these remarks are not directed at you per se, I was just using
> your comment as a jumping off point.
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> Bill
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| (...) But isn't this precisely the crux of the matter. This is why sex outside of marriage is morally wrong. Because it causes all manner of hurt and confusion on so many levels (as illustrated in the article). It is not considered wrong because (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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