On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 21:50:39 -0800, Mark Borgerson
 wrote:

>In article , dg411{at}FreeNet.Carleton.CA
>says...
>>
>> Mr. F. Le Mur (flemur13013{at}yahoo.com) writes:
>> > On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 17:23:02 -0800, "Society"
>> >  wrote:
>> >
>> >>"Casey"  wrote in message
>> >>news:d_yNd.10964$gA4.3928{at}edtnps89...
>> >
>> >>> let alone a social benefit which equals or exceeds
>> >>> the clear socially detrimental effects of perpetrating
>> >>> such a restrictive bias against a portion of the general
>> >>> population.
>> >>
>> >>What "clear socially detrimental effects" are you
>> >>yammering about, Casey?  Were they so "clear"
>> >>I'd see 'em at a glance but I don't.  However, the
>> >>"social benefit" of cultural, social and political
>> >>support for the majority heterosexual population
>> >>is obvious to anyone -- just look around you.
>> >
>> > I'll worry about the "bias" when children can get married.
>>
>> 
>>
>> >>Yeah, YOU were born too, but as my libertarian
>> >>friends say, "Utopia is not an option."  Heh heh heh.
>> >
>> > Sowell argues that marriage is not a "right," but
>> > a voluntary loss of rights, and that...
>>
>> Well, of course, marriage isn't a right. A matter that is a
>> right, you can, unilaterally, use your rights. You can vote,
>> and you don't need anyone to be a part of your vote, you
>> can move from one city to another, and you don't have to
>> convince anyone to make the move with you, and so on.
>
>Well, that's almost right---er correct.   The US Bill of
>Rights defines and preserves the"right of the people peaceably to
>assemble", but I'll be darned if I can figure out a way to
>assemble without getting someone else to agree to it!  ;-)
>>
>> Marriage, since it starts with someone agreeing to marry you,
>> cannot be a right, for you cannot partake of it, until you
>> can convince someone to do it with you.
>
>So if I call a political assembly,  it's not my right as
>a US citizen, since I have to convince someone to do it
>with me?   LOL!

Currently in the US, anyone (adults) can marry anyone else.
Getting the gov't to recognize or approve the marriage is
a different matter - does the gov't recognize your assembly?
Why is it important to some people that the gov't approve
of their private actions?




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