For some reason, society has decided marriage is something for us to regulate, but not personal behavior. We decide who can have the label "marriage" and the rights that it comes with
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I think that's what we call hitting the nail on the hammer. If the government gives entities the power to create legally binding contracts to delineate most legal aspects of couplehood (Let's say all consolidated under a Marriage Contract), then there seems to be an issue in the government having the authority to delegitimize the essence of the contract based on a institutional definition. And that's what I think this is about - an institutional definition of couplehood that is highly subjective, deeply coloured and dependent on historical context. I don't know if I told you C., but I don't personally have an issue with reserving the term marriage for opposite-sex couples, as long as it's understood as a religious or cultural instrument and not as an exclusive legal term. Let the JudeoChristian tradition keep the term marriage, but not at the expense of depriving polygamists and same sex couples, all consenting adults in consenting relationships, of the same rights, recognition and responsibilities before the
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I think that's what we call hitting the nail on the hammer. If the government gives entities the power to create legally binding contracts to delineate most legal aspects of couplehood (Let's say all consolidated under a Marriage Contract), then there seems to be an issue in the government having the authority to delegitimize the essence of the contract based on a institutional definition. And that's what I think this is about - an institutional definition of couplehood that is highly subjective, deeply coloured and dependent on historical context.
I don't know if I told you C., but I don't personally have an issue with reserving the term marriage for opposite-sex couples, as long as it's understood as a religious or cultural instrument and not as an exclusive legal term. Let the JudeoChristian tradition keep the term marriage, but not at the expense of depriving polygamists and same sex couples, all consenting adults in consenting relationships, of the same rights, recognition and responsibilities before the
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(ouvrir... I might have some further thoughts but I'm presently unable to communicate them without them sounding more odd than they are. We'll talk.)
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