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Re: trespasses against persons is subjective. Cannoli Send a noteboard - 09/01/2010 11:12:57 PM
the idiots who argue for same-sex marriage based on "it will ruin the sanctity of marriage" are trying that exact line of thought. It trespasses against their marriages and their ideologies to a degree they proclaim is unconstitutional.

It's total bollocks, but my point is that there is more to trespass against a person than trespass against their body...and so then we eventually enter that gray fuzzy area...

I don't disagree, but unfortunately, things are rarely so simple :(
Actually, the real problem with same-sex marriage is forcing other people to recognize it. THAT is a trespass against one's person & property rights (i.e. forcing an employer to extend remuneration to a party because of a relationship that violates the employer's beliefs, etc). Marriage only has legal privileges and protections because of a long history of practice within society and near-universal acknowledgement of the institution and its meaning. The laws about marriage came about in recognition of the reality. There is no such history or grounding for same sex marriage, but laws for it will not simply codify traditional practices, they will force people to recognize and support a practice that is new and alien to them. The inability of brainless Christians to properly articulate this principle does not invalidate it.
Cannoli
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