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Do you think the government should determine who marries as long as they are of legal age and consenting?
Well, the government doesnt stop anyone from getting married.... but if you want a marriage sponsored by the government, well then they have to regulate it somehow, dont they? I mean, what about making it between two people only? That is a restriction, isnt it?
anastasia: Marriage to me is a religious institution, anyone can have a religious based marriage ceremony, swap rings, do whatever they want to, the government doesnt really care.
But if the government is giving a legal document,IE a license to get married in the eyes of the government, of course they have the right to give rules and such.
There are some people who marry multiple partners, but the government will not sanction it. The government has always defined marriage as a whatever between 1 man and 1 woman, thats what marriage is, if its between 2 men or 2 women then it is not really marriage!
Then, you start to make changes to the actual definition of marriage, and you probably get into something more than you bargained for? If the courts rule that the definition can be changed to make same sex okay, then what would be your argument that the definition cannot be changed to make more than 2 people involved?????? What would stop the definition from including a woman and a dog? You think that is silly, but is silly a reason to not allow something???? You see where this is going, right?
Tuesday: But its the government giving a license!!! Who else should decide then????
Should we get to write our own definition when it comes to drivers licenses too??? I dont like the definition of "speeding" , should that make it okay for the definition of speeding to be changed as well?
Tuesday: "...so called freedom of expression we have supposedly given them."
I believe the "freedom of expression" would be more of freedom to think and speak what they wanted.
Throwing items at someone is a form of assault, which I believe is not even allowed in the US. (Even throwing something that will do no harm can still be considered an assault.)
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