> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Grant [Modus IS] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 4:37 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: RE: the list > > Scott, how is it bigotry when it's defined as "between a man and a > woman." > Always has been. Check the oxford dictionary. This isn't a matter of me > interpreting it differently than its original intent. If we rewrite > marriage > to allow gay union, should we also rewrite it to accommodate polygamy?
Yes. > Should we also rewrite it allow for multiple couples in swinger > relationships to have a single union? You'll no doubt say that's > ridiculous, Nope - include it. Secular marriage is about commitment and responsibility - that's it and that's all it should be about. If straight men want to raise a child together "Three men and a Baby" style, let them get married. If Polygamists want to commit to that relationship, so be it. Limiting secular, legal unions on the religious rules of a few religions is utterly ridiculous in my opinion. There's no reason that a marriage of three is any more legally complex than a marriage of two. There's no legal reason that sex (and religion's obsession with sex) has to enter into marriage in any way. But no - you can't marry a donkey or an XBox. Neither of them can truly make the commitment. But after we create super-intelligent space-faring Donkeys - then sure. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:280931 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
