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To: A. Goodwin; TonyRo76

AG: Do you have a problem with the concept of square circles? If not, then your position on "gay" "marriage" is consistent, if nothing else.


153 posted on 11/16/2005 2:25:41 PM PST by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline of the Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Club)
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To: BlackElk

I guess that's clever and all - your geometric analogy is meant to say that gay marriage is an oxymoron because marriage by definition must be heterosexual. That logic may work in math class but it's fallacious here - marriage is a civil relationship defined by society (through government) which affords certain rights and privileges. There is nothing in the definition of marriage that precludes gay unions. (Note that I am only talking about the civil, secular expression of marriage - that recognized and ratified by the state - not personal or religious rites which may be more meaningful to the individual but are no business of the state.)


155 posted on 11/16/2005 2:41:49 PM PST by A. Goodwin
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