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To: anotherview; little jeremiah; scripter; DirtyHarryY2K; metmom; xzins; P-Marlowe
I will point out that many libertarians, generally considered to be conservatives,

Actual conservatives don't consider libertarians to be conservatives.

If marriage is a holy sacrament, is that really the business of government?

Marriage licensing has been a function of government in England (where nearly all American common law derives from) for nearly 800 years. NOBODY was suggesting otherwise until the libertarians decided to side with militant homosexuals a few years back.

49 posted on 03/09/2010 1:22:51 PM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

“Marriage licensing has been a function of government in England (where nearly all American common law derives from) for nearly 800 years. NOBODY was suggesting otherwise until the libertarians decided to side with militant homosexuals a few years back.”

Gubberment involvement in marriage, at least in modern times, has been awful for the institution, it has taught people that gubberment defines marriage and that it’s just another lousy gubberment contract that can be broken and resumed as long as gubberments says so. Well, there’s a reason folks don’t respect their welfare checks too.

But the gays WANT gubberment involvement, because to most people gubberment really does define marriage, and can force people to treat their “marriages” as legit. But in reality two people of the same sex who say they are married and two people who have a piece of paper from the gubberment saying they are married are equally married, which is to say not at all.

Freegards


166 posted on 03/09/2010 3:57:33 PM PST by Ransomed (Son of Ransomed Says Keep the Faith!)
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