According to our current laws, they cannot. However, that is a topic for a different debate.
******** Actually Scott...some states go as low as 14... ------------------------------------ Three Ravens Consulting Eric Roberts Owner/Developer ow...@threeravensconsulting.com tel: 630-486-5255 fax: 630-310-8531 http://www.threeravensconsulting.com ------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 11:40 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: You have to wonder about those against same sex marriage On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "I think the slippery slope is imaginary in this case. Marriage, in > the eyes of the government is nothing more than a civil contract. " > > Then why in the hell aren't people protesting for civl contracts? > Marriage is different is some manner. Maybe a purely psychological perception. People are protesting for civil contracts - the name of those contracts, according to the government, is 'marriage' > > "Minors cannot legally enter into contracts, therefore the NAMBLA > argument is moot." > > Not so fast. Adults with an IQ of 80 can enter into contracts. Is it > right that a minor of 17 with a 120 IQ can't enter in a contract? According to our current laws, they cannot. However, that is a topic for a different debate. > > > "Let's melt that slippery slope, though - 'marriage', in the eyes of > the government, should be a contract between 2 consenting adults. " > > Sure. And if it were called a civil union, this shit would have been > over with a long time ago. Agreed. I think 'marriage' should be left to religious institutions. All couples would need to file paperwork for the 'civil contract' - outside of the religious ceremony. > > > "Simple, really." > > Yes, it should be simple in the eyes of the government. > > > What is not simple is how to deal with people's perceptions of gay > marriage. By what standard are you measuring the standard they have. > State after state have shot down gay marriage. The standard then at > this point is against gay marriage. That makes support of gay > marriage a minority view. > > How is support for gay marriage right? By what standard? > > You don't think that is tricky? There was a time, not too long ago, when people felt the same way about inter-racial marriage as they do now about gay marriage. It was wrong then. It is wrong now. -- Scott Stroz --------------- You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris http://xkcd.com/386/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:356772 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
