[Craig, previously] > But there is also > the motive of preserving an already existing institution.
[Arlo] > the same argument could've been made (and > was made) against "inter-race marriage". But inter-racial marriage has existed for thousands of years throughout the world. Generally, gay marriage as an insitution is very recent. Also only particular combinations of races were prevented from marrying. [Arlo] > People argued that allowing mixed-race > marriages would destroy the institution of marriage. In fact, this was almost never the argument. The fear was that mixed-race children would be the result of the marriage. Those who oppose gay or mixed-race marriage are also fearful that the marriages will be strong, because that will encourage others. [Arlo] > Here's a strange case, and its always (for me) the oddities that define the > situation clearer than the un-odd. "Hard cases make bad law." [Arlo] > True story from Maury, a transgender's "wife" decides to stick by >"her"...Are they still married? Don't know, I missed the ending of that show. Craig Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
