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To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (1069)	8/20/2006 3:52:12 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) of 1695

Marriage is like graduation. Everyone does it because everyone does it. I got married because of my parents, and because it was just easier financially. It's what people do, and since gays are people, I think they should be able to do it too. When I say marriage is debased, I am speaking about that wrt the idea that marriage is somehow too sanctified an institution to let gays in to. What marriage is to most people is a practical way of ordering things between people who live together which the government and employers recognize and give goodies out for. I think gays should get those goodies too, and you don't. I think your arguments are hopelessly flawed- since as we already know, they stem at heart from the "Because I say so" model. I don't want to keep anyone out- so I don't have to say "because I say so". I say let people be included unless there is a good reason to keep them out- and it should be a better reason than "it's the way we've always done it", or "it's not holy", "it makes me uncomfortable" or "because I say so."

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