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To: thames_sider who wrote (479)8/3/2006 7:07:55 AM
From: Tom ClarkeRead Replies (3) | Respond to of 1695
 
The question really should be: Why is the State involved in marriage at all?



To: thames_sider who wrote (479)8/3/2006 9:47:31 AM
From: epicureRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 1695
 
The rules a majority (or oligarchy, or dictatorship, or whatever) decides to inflict on a minority are (imo) inherently coercive, but that's the price you pay for living with other people.

I don't think it much matters who inflicts the rules. Does it make a rule any less binding or coercive because it was inflicted on you by a majority of your neighbors, rather than a dictator? I think not. But that's me.


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