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To: SoothingDave

my point is, marriage is a religious establishment. government shouldn't regulate it, the church should.


74 posted on 10/20/2006 7:44:16 AM PDT by absolootezer0 ("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
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To: absolootezer0
my point is, marriage is a religious establishment. government shouldn't regulate it, the church should.

The Church does, but it also operates under the auspices of the state.

Marriage serves a secular function as well, and I don't just mean paying different tax rates.

Children born in marriage are better achievers in all types of socially-desireable ways, from attending college to avoiding drug abuse. Likewise marriage settles in law paternity of chidren and provides social boundaries (you don't mess with someone's wife) which promotes social order.

So it is religious, but there is also a secular social interest in marriage.

SD

77 posted on 10/20/2006 7:48:38 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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