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To: Lane3 who wrote (28454)2/11/2004 2:37:25 AM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (1) of 793843
 
I asked why I should be able to pass my pension along to a man in a sham marriage and not to a woman. That's legal now. Why are sham marriages for financial gain legal while some loving couples with children cannot legally marry? Just how does drawing the line between them defend marriage?

Why can't I marry my mother, Karen? Your arguments and the arguments of the gay marriage lobby can be equally applied to the "injustice" of not being able to marry close-relations. There is a reason - social mores and historical legal tradition. We aren't talking about a custom like dress formality, we're talking about a bedrock, historical institution that is as old as civilization itself. And changing it in ways that have no precedent. And in ways which we have no way of foreseeing potential harm.

Derek
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