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To: epicure who wrote (406)	8/2/2006 10:59:01 AM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1695

If marriage (gay or straight) were a "right," you would not need a license for it (in all 50 states). Driving a car is not a "right" either, but rather a privilege. As a hetero, I do NOT have the right to marry the person I love. I loved my mother, but I couldn't marry her. First cousins. The mentally-impaired. I can't marry the twelve-year-old next door (A problem for some polygamous groups). Most states used to require a blood test and some still do. Originally this was to prevent the spread of STDs. In some states I couldn't marry the one I love if she has syphilis. While STDs are no longer much of a problem for heteros (because of effective treatment) they remain a big problem among gay young-men, AIDS, etc, and, in the public interest, this restriction would have to be re-evaluated for gay marriage. The point is, marriage itself is NOT an absolute or fundamental right. Not for any of us. So long as you keep insisting that it IS, you derail rational discussion to emotional rants and hinder debate of what public policy should be.