On 9/9/05, Ben Doom wrote: > > People made the same argument about civil rights for Blacks in the 60's > and woman's sufferage in the '20s. Sorry, but I'm not buying it. The > American culture will never be "ready" for it -- they will get used to it. >
You're comparing the use of the term marriage to the inequality of blacks. There's no comparison. > Okay, I'm going to take a bit of offense here. You're right, bad example. How about polygamy? Why can't I have multiple spouses? If they all agree don't we have the right? > If the clerk asked you if you wanted a marriage or civil union, you have > a choice. Having the choice taken away from you is what's hurtful. Having choices are nice but not always an option. Sometimes I want to use the ladies room but I'm not allowed. > Marriages, again esp. among nobles, were often to link houses or for > other sociopolitical reasons, not for love or anything fun like that. > That's my point, society dictates marriage as a bond between man and women even back then. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:173586 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
