Is 'age of consent' the same as being able to enter into a contract? I am not talking about having sex. I am talking about being able to enter into a contract - which, in the eyes of the government, is really all that 'marriage' is.
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > 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:356843 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
