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Old 05-03-2004, 09:41 PM   #5
Troubleshooter
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast


...and a corrolary that follows is that if three or four consenting adults want to 'marry' all the others in the group, they should be free to do so also. If someone wants to marry an uncle and/or a sister, its nobody else's business, they're consenting adults. If they want to marry a doorknob, that's fine too. Pets can't consent so that's out.
As long as there is no governmental benefit, involvement or regulation then more power to them.

Whatever civil contracts they wish to involve themselves in is there business.

Marriage is a religious status and using my taxes to regulate it is problematic at best.
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