in. I mean, I'm not rapidly opposed to the idea, I can just see
situations where it might be put to bad use.
Soemthing strikes me as odd when two guys could watch the Red Sox play a
1:00 game, get wasted on Schlitz, and end up at a county courthouse
later that day with the full legal right to get married. That's not
catholic guilt, that's a joke people were telling back in the 50s.
Or a fraternity could use it as a hazing ritual, getting all the plebes
married off to one another. I have seen this done in mock fashion, and I
know people who would have made kids go all the way (and kids who would
have).
Or a gang thing where you have to prove how hardcore you are.
Imagine if downtrodden men were marrying themselves off to help
immigrants get citizenship. Panhandlers will beat themselves up with
sticks for a $20, why not marriage?
It just strikes me as running counter to the stated aims of the
instituion of marriage, to bring social and financial stablity to a
country. People could easily abuse this for short-term gain, amusement,
status, etc. The bar would need to be set fairly high in order to avoid
the problems that go along with it.
M
-----Original Message-----
From: Heald, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:05 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: You People
>I blame the Liberals on this list for derailing my train of thought.
>Nobody ever talk about same sex marriage again, it gives me the
willies.
That's just your catholic guilt reflex kicking in man. You'll get over
it
:)
Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:05 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: You People
I had something important I was going to respond to, where someone asked
a question and didn't get a response. I had it all thought out and was
getting ready to put it to email, when someone asked me something about
stylesheets here in the office. I helped him out, then that thread about
Massachusetts came up and I had to post something dumb.
Now I can't remember what I was going to say, or who I was going to
respond to. I looked through all the messages (handily sorted by
Microsoft Outlook 2003, the best email editor there is or ever will be)
and realized I cannot find what I was going to respond to.
...
I blame the Liberals on this list for derailing my train of thought.
Nobody ever talk about same sex marriage again, it gives me the willies.
M
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