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To: LindyBill who wrote (21107)12/23/2003 4:57:12 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 793856
 
That was a good analytical approach to the gay marriage issue, I thought. I take issue with his conclusion, though.

<<Yet that small stipulation seems to have succeeded, for the most part, in keeping marriage from becoming a mere contractual convenience. >>

It may seem that way to the half of the population that sees marriage as a religious matter. It doesn't work for those who see it as a legal matter. There are lots and lots of marriages that are basically contractual conveniences. They are just not that conspicuous, particularly in traditional circles. I think the writer brushes it off too lightly.

What the analysis does support, seems to me, is the solution of making "marriage" a religious construct and having an independent legal construct.
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