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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
who's been arguing that?
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Go back and read Bilmore's posts.
I am just stating the facts about the historical/traditional benefits of marriage because Bilmore brought up historical/traditional benefits of a marriage as a rationale for allowing gay marriage because it was some sort of abuse of state power to deny those benefits to gays.
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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
If you're justifying marriage as species propogation, surely you realize you can save a lot of money by banning the impotent and infertile too.
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I brought up this issue only because you (or some other person, you all look the same to me) said why not ban all marriages. I gave a reason why all marriages should not be banned. It is a social institution that was created to facilitate breeding. There you go. There is a reason not to ban all marriages.
However, if you read my post you would realize that I personally don't have any interest in enabling the breeding. That is what other people want. They just happen to be in the majority.
Regarding impotent and infertile, historically, that was grounds for a divorce. Again, this is because historically/traditionally, facilitating breeding was the function of marriage. I am not advocating that this be a justification for marriage. I am just stating the facts because Bilmore brought up historical/traditional benefits of a marriage as a rationale for allowing gay marriage because it was some sort of abuse of state power to deny those benefits to gays.
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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
But you've yet to answer my initial question-answer: how is the equal protection argument insufficient to distinguish polygamy?
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Provide a link to which post you are talking about so I will know. TIA.
