[Cboldt]

He's partly correct. The government as a whole is a danger to liberty. That Congress allows judges to remain on the bench, when said judges are making things up out of whole cloth, is a symptom too. Congress doesn't mind the judges stepping out of line, it takes the heat off Congress.

None of the institutions deserves respect, other than kind of respect the mafia deserves.

[nonliberal]

Why should the government be involved in marriage?

[alloysteel]

What is popular or a fad at the moment is not always right, nor even in any way of long-term benefit, unless it be held up as a “horrible example”.

After all, who sits on flag poles or swallows goldfish any more? Who dances to disco or uses CB radios any more? And whatever happened to Cabbage Patch dolls, with their “birth certificates” and “adoption papers”?