You can marry at 13 in the US, it doesn't happen often, however it can happen. In Iowa the age of consent is 14 for non-married and 12 for married.
Like I said before, many see homosexuality as a non-human characteristic, they might as well be chimpanzees to these people, much was the same when dealing with segregation, non-white people were considered lesser people, and therefore not guaranteed the rights put forth in the constitution. That is going on today, just not with the same terms. > -----Original Message----- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > They exist because alot of the leaders and alot of society still think > the government should be allowed to control what people do based on > their own personal morals and religious viewpoints. It's all about > social norms and it doesn't really matter what shapes those norms, > whether it be religion or other forces. > > For example, legal age of consent is a fairly recent law. In many > societies in the recent past (and present actually), it was/is > perfectly acceptable for someone to be married at the age of 13. I > don't think that's ok in the USA, and you likely don't either, but > that's because it's an overwhelmingly prevalent social norm. WAY > moreso than drinking, homosexuality, an so many other issues. > > Gay marriage really isn't black and white at all when so much of the > nation thinks it's wrong. It's about changing people's viewpoints > over time and not about legislating it. You can make it legal all you > want, but until people are convinced it's not the downfall of western > civilization, it's going to be an issue and going to be a battle, > legal or not. > > -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199761 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
