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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (12735)	2/24/2004 2:44:08 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

<<The gov't opened a pandora's box when they decided to endorse a religious institution...that being marriage.>> Maybe. But that was done long ago Jorj. Since then it has served many societies well and become part of the culture. To strike it down now opens the door for a multitude of problems that we aren't prepared to handle. <<And we aren't talking interspecies stuff here.>> If marriage is just a legal partnership I don't see how government could prevent such a union. Either there's a line in the sand or there isn't. As crazy as that might sound I assure you that the minute the door is open it will be tested and kicked in. <<The ramifications of a gay marriage are a boogeyman. It will happen, it is inevitable and we will all just go on living our lives.>> Probably. Although we said that when we allowed women to vote and in 1992 the boogeyman came true by way of Bill Clinton....largely due to women voters <g> Just kidding gals :-)