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Same-Sex Marriage: Three Points.

Hi,1) Marriage is not a product of religion (let alone any specific religion) and thus not exclusively prescribed by religious doctrine/s. Marriage is in fact a social institution which happens to be...

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not all "tradition" couples, ie man/woman have children.should their marriage be annulled or voided, as well as their "benefits"?

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Perticelli, In principle, perhaps, but in practice, it'd be too much work and create too much beaurecacy to even begin to enforce that. Best as we can do is be assured they've started out with the...

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Daoist,Quote:"So, then, what is the purpose of marriage? Why do we have it?"The purpose of marriage, in the sense you are asking, can be whatever a society wants it to be, but I'll offer a "purpose"...

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oswy, well done, well done indeed.mad,since when does effort of work and the standing staus quo become legitimate reasons for compromising your principles, especially ones held as close as these...

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Oswy, Quote:The purpose of marriage, in the sense you are asking, can be whatever a society wants it to be,This implies there is no categorical privelege to gay marriage, of course. Quote: I'd say...

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Daoist,Quote:"This implies there is no categorical privelege to gay marriage, of course."Or to same-sex marriage; that kind of talk works both ways, and we've already established that society can...

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Tax breaks for procreation is one of the most ludicrous and unfairly discriminatory practices on the books today, but too many people reap the rewards for it to ever go away. First of all, it's not as...

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Oswy, Quote:Society is a socio-cultural phenomenon, surprisingly enough.True. I don't see why the goverment should be involved in something which is strictly a social-cultural matter, though....

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Daoist,Quote:"On the contrary, the goverment recognizing marriages which are capable of procreation makes perfect sense to me."Ok, so you're saying that the government should only give legal sanction...

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Oswy, Quote: So, you oppose the legal (i.e. government) recognition of the marriage of heterosexual couples where that couple are either incapable or unwilling to bear offspring?In principal, but not...

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Quote:April HurstTax changes for marital status, dependency status, etc. are in general unfair and dumb. The government would save a lot of money by abolishing all that BS entirely and just flat...

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Daoist,Quote:"In principal, but not in practice. It would be far too hard to enforce and regulate, and be a hideous imposition on privacy."Well, you could introduce a provisional marriage licence...

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Quote:Poorness is quite subjective. A married couple can pull in enough combined income to put them in an appreciable tax bracket, but if they have five kids, (or as my parents did, three from a...

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Same-Sex marriage is an oxiymoron.It is like a magnet having only positive charge.Just not possible in reality.Can a man and a man have a child?Can a woman and a woman have a child?Like a magnet with...

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Can an infertile male-female couple have a child?

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(Haha! That's a great point Sam!) The only thing that is an "oxymoron" is that you are probably all for family values but somehow when two loving gay people get together to start a family it is a...

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Honestly, what would be the point of same-sex marriage? You may gain certain legal and social titles, but really what would be the point? I am not anti-homosexual nor am I pro heterosexual, but I do...

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Also, it is not a terrible thing when a "loving gay couple" gets together to start a family. It is a fundamental right that is given up when a union of two people only provides them with one type of...

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Re: Same-Sex Marriage: Three Points.

So you would deny children soly on the basis that they cannot, by nature have children? But you would allow those that are also unable to have children but have the correct interconnecting parts to...

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