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Old 04-16-2008, 15:36   #54
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Originally Posted by mdb23 View Post
Personally, I draw the line at consenting adults. Bringing children into the equation is a straw man argument, IMHO.

I only brought it up to demonstrate that if we were really concerned about the "sanctity" of marriage, and the survival of the family model, then we should be for more concerned about our astronomical divorce rate than we are about the small percentage of our population that wishes to have a same sex marriage.

The former is much more destructive to the traditional family, and affects far more families, than the latter.

However, I don't wish to hijick the thread with what was, admittedly, a rant. If you want to debate it any more, feel free to PM me.
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In the case of the polygamous sect, what do you think? Remove anyone that is underage. Should the head dude be able to marry 16 women? Why not? Should 17 people be married? There is a line, and that line is one man and one woman. Change that, and you MUST allow polygamous marriages, or admit your hypocrisy.
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