There probably should be some government-sanctioned ability for a woman to leave a marriage contract, but if such an action is made too easy then the institution of marriage becomes null and void, the family disintegrates and the state grows. I do not regard this as a libertarian solution.
For life, liberty, justice and peace, David Macko ----- Original Message ----- From: Cory Nott To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:22 PM Subject: RE: Contracts, Marital and Otherwise was Re: [Libertarian] Re: The Fallacy of Open I I am not equating marriage and slavery. I am equating your idea of contracts with slavery. Your suggest is that marriage is a contract, and by getting married, the woman (you never said man) can be punished by the force of government for exercising her freedom of association. In other words, she is alienated from control of her mind and body through force. One cannot voluntarilyy alienate ones self from ones inalienable rights. One can make promises that one will behave in a certain way, but the legal use of coercion to enforce that promise is akin to slavery. Let's try another case. Let's say your brother makes an agreement with your best friend to be his servant for the rest of his life, to follow all orders and conditions. There is nothing to prevent this agreement, but what should be the legally enforced punishment for violation of the agreement? This is no different from your idea of a marriage contract. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Macko Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 9:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Contracts, Marital and Otherwise was Re: [Libertarian] Re: The Fallacy of Open I I do not believe that anyone should be punished if the parties have perverted contracts allowing adultery by the woman. To equate marriage and slavery is a Marxist and female libber fallacy. For life, liberty, justice and peace, David Macko . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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/
