At 09:57 PM 2/20/2004 -0000 Jan Coffey wrote: >It is amazing to me that in a country claiming to be free that these >types of conversations even still happen. Who or who-all, one decides >to fall in love with, raise a family with, bond for life with, should >be absolutly no concern of the state.
Well, as I argued in my sadly fairly-ignored "Federal Marriage Amendment" piece, there are good reasons for the government to incentivise heterosexual marriages, and less compelling reasons for the government to provide incentives for other such relationships. JDG _______________________________________________________ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity." - George W. Bush 1/29/03 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l