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Natoma said:You must have missed the next paragraph.![]()
Florin said:The article seems a reasonably summary. Hopefully at some point in the future we can look back and wonder how anyone could've ever seriously defended the culturally defined anachronism that is straight-only marriage.
ByteMe said:Natoma said:You must have missed the next paragraph.![]()
Nope.
Natoma said:50 years ago the Anti-Miscegenists in our society needed love and understanding too. Today we have to put that far-sighted foot forward for the Anti-Gays today. They'll come around eventually.![]()
A lawyer for a Utah man with five wives argued Monday that his bigamy convictions should be thrown out following a Supreme Court decision decriminalizing gay sex.
The nation's high court in June struck down a Texas sodomy law, ruling that what gay men and women do in the privacy of their homes is no business of government.
It's no different for polygamists, argued Tom Green's attorney, John Bucher, to the Utah Supreme Court.
Besides his five-year sentence, he faces up to life in prison after being convicted of child rape for having sex with one of his five wives when she was 13.
"He preys on young girls," assistant Utah Attorney General Laura Dupaix said. "This case is about a man who marries young girls and calls it religion."
epicstruggle said:"He preys on young girls," assistant Utah Attorney General Laura Dupaix said. "This case is about a man who marries young girls and calls it religion."
epicstruggle said:Im not going to start a new thread but, here is a news story in cnn:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/12/02/prosecuting.polygamy.ap/index.html
That shows one of the first consequences of the anti-sodomy supreme court ruling.
A lawyer for a Utah man with five wives argued Monday that his bigamy convictions should be thrown out following a Supreme Court decision decriminalizing gay sex.The nation's high court in June struck down a Texas sodomy law, ruling that what gay men and women do in the privacy of their homes is no business of government.
It's no different for polygamists, argued Tom Green's attorney, John Bucher, to the Utah Supreme Court.Besides his five-year sentence, he faces up to life in prison after being convicted of child rape for having sex with one of his five wives when she was 13.
"He preys on young girls," assistant Utah Attorney General Laura Dupaix said. "This case is about a man who marries young girls and calls it religion."
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london-boy said:epicstruggle said:"He preys on young girls," assistant Utah Attorney General Laura Dupaix said. "This case is about a man who marries young girls and calls it religion."
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RussSchultz said:Umm, he's trying to use the recent supreme court rulings on "sexual privacy" to achieve just that.
Sxotty said:It is strange in a way though, if you look at Italy what is the percentage of men that have affairs? I think it is like 85% or something, not much difference really.
RussSchultz said:Umm, he's trying to use the recent supreme court rulings on "sexual privacy" to achieve just that.
Florin said:- gays are not looking to redefine marriage to be anything more than what it is - a contract between *two* individuals of consensual age.
Websters said:the state of being married b : the mutual relation of husband and wife : WEDLOCK c : the institution whereby men and women are joined in a special kind of social and legal dependence for the purpose of founding and maintaining a family
Sxotty said:Florin said:- gays are not looking to redefine marriage to be anything more than what it is - a contract between *two* individuals of consensual age.
Marriage is a contract between two people of the opposite sex to many people. That is what I think of as marriage.
Sxotty said:Websters said:the state of being married b : the mutual relation of husband and wife : WEDLOCK c : the institution whereby men and women are joined in a special kind of social and legal dependence for the purpose of founding and maintaining a family
Changing the definition to two individuals, is not fundumentaly different than changing it to include multiple individuals.