Dana
>The basic physiological and mental differences between men and women
>prevent this from happening. It's like asking why women want a huge
>wedding when they get married and men want to elope. Have you ever
>seen a man call a woman an "asshole" as a joke? I do that with my
>buddies all the time. When was the last time you saw a woman ask a
>man to "pull my finger"? The differences prevent these sorts of
>things from happening, most of the time.
>
>- Matt Small
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Robyn Follen
>To: CF-Community
>Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:32 AM
>Subject: RE: You People
>
>
>What's stopping people from abusing heterosexual marriage for the
>same
>purposes?
>
>
>-Robyn
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:24 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: RE: You People
>
>I'm not sure this is guilt some much as my stupid-people sense
>kicking
>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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