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To: Lane3 who wrote (28748)	2/10/2004 8:37:36 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

..why a couple who gets married advances civilization over a couple that is shacked up but pretends to be married. americanvalues.org

To: Lane3 who wrote (28748)	2/10/2004 4:14:00 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 793955

People sometimes fail to see social institutions as mere tools- they get attached to them in a strange way. When the car was invented, after the initial shock, people didn't say- we must defend the horse and buggy, it's our tradition (and of course it WAS our tradition). The car was obviously useful, and in no time at all it was adopted. I'm sure there are still some folks who wax nostalgic for the horse and buggy, but they shouldn't really be driving the system. Same can be said of a new kind of contract between people who want a stable arrangement in their cohabitation. I see no reason to worry about a new tool like this- especially when it is designed to establish FAMILIES, which I always thought of as positive. I don't think it really matters who you live and love with, as long as you find someone, and don't hurt anyone else. I'm sorry I can't mount a defense for the antiquated religious concept of marriage. I don't mind if the church defends it, but our government certainly shouldn't, and legal benefits should not rest upon old and unfair notions- no matter how enshrined the old and unfair notions are. A long history does not make something just.