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- From: gsmith@lauren.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de (Gene W. Smith)
- Subject: Re: Gay marriage (was: The Difference Between Cs and Ls)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.143225.5928@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>
- Keywords: marriage relationships gay rights
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- Organization: IWR, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 14:32:25 GMT
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- In article <1133@bug.UUCP> stevef@bug.UUCP (Steven R Fordyce) writes:
-
- ><If you really think that marriages are for the sake of children, then
- ><shouldn't you be for *ANY* relationship, be it straight or gay?
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- >It isn't a matter of being for or against, but rather a question of what
- >the government has an interest in promoting.
-
- I've heard evidence that single parent situations are not ideal for
- children. I know of none which suggest that the typical nuclear
- family is best, or even better than gay, lesbian or polygamous family
- structures. Do you? Or is this supposed to be self-evident?
-
- What strikes me as much closer to self-evidence is the idea that a
- child raised in a nontraditional family will be better off if the
- parents are not discriminated against by the government. So, some
- positive evidence that these should be discouraged would be nice. As
- it is, it looks like another situation where traditional religious
- beliefs have formed the basis for civil law.
-
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- Gene Ward Smith/Brahms Gang/IWR/Ruprecht-Karls University
- gsmith@kalliope.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de
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