Paul, Oh, OK. Sorry. I thought, because he had not yet answered my rebuttal, that we were still on his non-libertarian advocacy of interracial marriage prohibition.
-Mark +++++++++++++++++ He was answering my question about using the government to make laws enforcing religious morality (specifically laws pertaining to fidelity ) because he stated that he'd support the freedom of "unmarried/unengaged" women to have any sex they wanted if they were over the age of 18 which is a disturbing and extremely non-libertarian viewpoint. --- In [email protected], "ma ni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > David, > > What does that have to do with your advocacy of state-prohibited > interracial marriage? As you can see, there is great doubt about > what exactly you do believe. > > -Mark > > ++++++++++++++++ > > I believe that the only legitimate purposes of government are > to > protect the lives, liberty and property of innocent persons. > The purpose > of government is not to prevent sins which do not harm innocent > third > parties without their consent. Sins which harm innocent third > parties > without their consent, such as murder, rape, robbery or fraud, > should be > punished by a legitimate government. It is a proper purpose of > government, > derived from protection of property, to uphold voluntarily > arranged > contracts among adults. Without the sanctity of contracts no > free > society could survive. > If a woman voluntarily agrees to faithfully, lovingly and > obediently > serve the pleasure of a husband, she would be in violation of > that > contract and committing fraud if she served the pleasure of > another > man for money, i.e. as a harlot, whore, prostitute etc. or for > fun > i.e. as a slut, loose woman, promiscuous woman, tramp etc. Due > to sexual diseases, > the fraud could have deadly consequences for her husband or > fiancé > or cause him great financial loss if she conceived a bastard > and her husband > falsely believed that it was his child and provided the child > with food, > clothing, shelter, health care and education until adulthood. > Therefore, such fraud violation should be punishable in a > libertarian > society. Other possible limiting contracts might include > teaching at a Christian > school, but marriage, including engagement to be married, is > obviously the most important. > > For life, liberty, justice and peace, > David Macko > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
