Stephen Elliott
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Joined: Oct. 2005
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| Quote (thordaddy @ June 07 2006,17:46) | Spike,
You are correct. Once the criteria of gender becomes irrelevant to marriage then ALL criteria for marriage become irrelevant. This is why traditional marriage must remain between one man and one woman or we will cease to have an institution at all. |
My apologies to everybody else for responding to T-D again. But...
T-Daddy, for my part I desire for 2 consenting adults to be able to choose each other to enter into marriage.
I consider the consent thing important here. I consider them being adults important. I would limit it for 2 simply because of the legal quagmire of permitting marriage to groups of 3+.
There is good reason for preventing fertile sibling marriages. These do not aply to homosexuals. Wether homosexual sibblings are allowed or prevented from marrying, I care not.
Yes, yes T-Daddy, I realise this makes me much more bigotted than you.
EDIT: Sorry T-D I forgot to adress your most excelent point on how all criteria becomes irelevant.
In the UK gays have been alowed to "marry" for a little while now (it is actualy called a civil union). Straight couples are still marrying. Weird hey? Maybe slippery slopes are less steep or have more friction here than USA slippery slopes.
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