[Arlo] > can you toss me some support that "inter-racial" marriage was
> accepted/standard/acknowledged "for thousands of years". There have been taboos/restrictions on marriage since its inception. But also inter-racial marriage. Typically, this occurred as a result of military campaigns, when soldiers either occupied foreign lands or returned home with “war brides”. Classic examples: Greeks into Persia ; Mongols west across Asia ; Islam west across Africa & east as far as India ; Spanish into Central & South America. Of course, the latter we don’t see today as inter-racial—we classify all decendents as Hispanic. But at the time there were no common ancestors of the Spanish & natives for tens of thousands of years. [Craig, previously] > Those who oppose gay or mixed-race marriage are also fearful that the > marriages will be strong, because that will encourage others. [Arlo] > This is kinda crazy, Craig. Do you expect opposition to gay or mixed-race marriage to be rational. [Arlo] > Should the state, in your opinion, dissolve that marriage [where one > party has changed gender]? Since I’m not against gay or mixed-race marriage the answer is easy. For others, I would point out that there are requirements for getting married but not for staying married. Craig Craig > Should the state, in your opinion, dissolve that marriage [where one > party has changed gender]? Since I’m not against gay or mixed-race marriage the answer is easy. For others, I would point out that there are requirements for getting married but not for staying married. Craig 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/
