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To: Neeka who wrote (13519)10/23/2003 2:45:23 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) of 793575
 
But it can be asked; what business is it of government to get involved in this issue?

I personally think it is time for government to define marriage

I'm having trouble reconciling those two statements.

I think your question is the most salient one re this matter. What business, indeed? While I recognize that my approach is not feasible politically, I do think it would be best all around if government got out of the marriage business altogether.

As for it being time for the government to define marriage, it already has. Each state has laws governing it. Has had from the beginning.

There's a lot of strange stuff going on right now in government, stuff that challenges some pretty basic understandings of the roles of government and its various branches. We have direct democracy being tried in California, challenging representative government. We have the Florida legislature stepping in to trump judicial due process. We have Congress defying the Constitution when it passes laws. We live in interesting times.
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