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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	In the US there are laws and definitions of marriage agreed upon by state law. Here are a few examples from Cornell Law school: [url]http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/table_marriage[/url] [url]http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/marriage[/url] Reading through these few examples I did not see your definition in there at all. I saw many restrictions and regulations upon who can marry. Each of these restrictions is wrestled over in court and in legislature and finally agreed upon by representatives in the government. A few of the definitions included same-sex marriage. Others did not. The point is that each time the definition changes (which they do often), there is a new defintion. Where do we as a people want this definition to go? [btw] According to law, children under the age of 18 are not of legal age to marry (in most states) [i]unless[/i] they have parental consent. Then it is okay. [/btw] Unfortunately, an open definition does not "put to rest" everything which can come up. The government must draw lines and must make distinctions unless we will get those problems of 40 person families who want a divorce. (You yourself put restrictions in your short definition of marriage) How do we come up with those distinctions? The people elect representatives, then those representatives make laws based on the interests of those they represent. That is how government works in America. America is a democratic republic. Not an oligarchy. Not a democracy. You are right that we have such documents like the Constitution and the Bill of Rights to protect our rights. But "we the people" also have been given the power to change those laws when we need to. Who are [b]you[/b] to say what is right and wrong? What makes [b]you[/b] the judge of morality and equality in our country? That power belongs to the people. side note: [quote] [b]WebShaman said:[/b] As has been said - substitute the word "Gay" for any other and see if you can still retain your position. [/quote] Polygamist, communist, socialist, alcoholic, pedophile, prostitute. I can go on if you would like. [disclaimer: I personally am not against the first three, but I know that others in this country are, so I submit to the country when I live here.] Loading...
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