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To: abraxas_sandiego; Travis McGee
Pure Bravo Sierra. Such simplistic arguements as you make, abraxas_sandiego, would then allow for a legal basis for any number of adults, irrespective of sex, orientation, etc. to consumate a marriage. Sixteen hereosexual males, five homosexual males, thrirteen lesbians and ten normal women could all come together and demand a marriage license for the whole according to your logic.

What you are ignoring, and what the entire gay agenda would have everyone ignore, but what has guided this nation since its inception in such matters is common sense and an underlying moral foundation.

The principle definition of marriage (the act which weds) and matrimony (the state which is entered as a result of marriage)is as follows:

marriage: the state, act or right of being married, a relation between a husband and wife.
matrimony: the state of being husband and wife

There is no historical precedence in this nation for anything else and what is happening now is a pure wresting and perversion of our institutions in a vain attempt to satisfy the hedonistic cravings of those pursuing alternate lifestyles in order to force them to be acceptable.

That dog don't hunt...that dog CAN'T hunt.

John Adams addressed this type of issue best with the following words:

"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other."- John Adams, Oct. 11, 1798
As we lose that defining principle...we lose our republic and all it is based upon. That is what is really happening here.

54 posted on 02/20/2004 8:58:04 AM PST by Jeff Head
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To: Jeff Head
Look, here's my point: all you hand-wringers who come up with stupid ideas like arresting Newsom are wasting your time, and would get blown out of the water in court based on your legal arguments. The BOTTOM LINE is that ONLY a constitutional amendment will resolve this issue...that's where you should be placing your energy.
69 posted on 02/20/2004 10:36:01 AM PST by abraxas_sandiego
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To: Jeff Head
The ultimate target is naturally what is left of the family unit. Nietzche imagined atomized Man; individuals completely disassociated from one another. The one remaining non state grouping with life long legal standing is the family. If they can destroy the uniqueness of Holy Matrimony, then the family is next.
158 posted on 02/20/2004 8:30:52 PM PST by GOP_1900AD (Un-PC even to "Conservatives!" - Right makes right)
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