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Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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Originally posted by square_peg View PostA number of reasons:
1) As I mentioned earlier, many same-sex couples who request permission to marry do so because they wish to form a family with each other, to graft two family trees together.
In case it needs further refuting:
1) The usual "marriage equality" argument is rather that people should be equally free to marry the person they love. (This is the typical response to the question "Why isn't it "equal" that everyone is "equally" able to marry someone of the opposite sex?").
2) To grant special legal privileges to those who want to graft two family trees together is a violation of equality of marriage laws. It (unequally) denies the legal privileges to those who do not wish to graft two family trees together. It therefore must be considered a violation of marriage equality.
2) As other posters have noted, incestuous relationships (especially those of a parent and child) tend to carry the risk of power imbalances and raise consent problems
In addition to responses others have given, I would add that I'm pretty sure fathers and daughters are not generally prohibited from entering into contracts. A contract may be void due to duress, but I think that has a higher bar (requires there be an unlawful threat made). Such a thing would have to be determined on a case-by-case basis (and be applied equally to all requests for a marriage license), and not a sweeping law treating an entire class of relationships unequally. Right?
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Originally posted by KingsGambit View PostAgain, a number of reasons have been provided why this sort of thing could reasonably be opposed by anybody, even those out there who support gay marriage... I just don't feel like they're being taken very seriously.
I explained one possibility from genetics.
square_peg provided another reason based on psychology and abuse and seer's only response was "are you making this up?" That doesn't sound like an attempt for serious dialogue."As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths." Isaiah 3:12
There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.
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