Which is interesting in the context that Loving v Virginia was the landmark case pivotal in the legalization of interracial marriage (1967). The decision overturned Virgina's Racial Integrity Act (1924), which formally criminalized marriage between whites and "non-whites"...
--ryan Sent from my iPod Touch On Nov 12, 2008, at 10:11, "David P. Henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 12 Nov 2008, at 06:35, Roger Howard wrote: > >> The problem is, I think, that if people want to >> call that marriage, well I'm sure they will, and that's where I'm >> afraid the issue will breakdown - if it looks like marriage, smells >> like marriage, people will use the language of marriage, and then >> we're back to our current predicament. I fear it's just playing the >> same word games that we're playing now. > > > You are absolutely correct. The Commonwealth of Virginia went so far > as to not only legislate that marriage is only between a man and a > woman but to also rewrite laws regarding the area of contract law to > prevent same sex couples from creating contracts with one another > that would grant them the equivalent legal protections which are > automatically granted by the civil marriage license. > > Dave > -- > "It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from > falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the > Government from falling into error" > -- Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954), U.S. Judge > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] > http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters > List hosted at http://cat5.org/ _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
