[lbo-talk] Re: arranged marriages (was surveys prove men dumb, women smart)

Kenneth Campbell kkc at sympatico.ca
Thu Dec 11 10:42:45 PST 2003


Michael Dawson wrote:

Some surprising comments.


>So, you'd force people wanting marriage into the arms
>of religion?

Marriage IS a religious institution.

There is no forcing. Pro-marriage folks are elbowing themselves through the crowd and into those arms without any forcing.

Then comes your catechism of questions that are really some kind of accusations.


>You think detailed behavioral contracts would help, not
>hurt? You think the divorce revolution is a bad thing?
>You talk about marriages and families as if they're
>self-contained and not part of a wider society and its
>immense problems? You say nothing at all about
>European-style family support programs?

Jeebus... Did this Woj guy really say all that?

I have to read the list more strictly. If he is against all those thing, WHAT A BASTARD! Do you have any "I hate Woj!" bumper stickers?


>You think gays demanding equal marital rights is a form of
>cultural pollution?

This is the worst part.

It may well be that I misread Woj's post (I didn't read all his other comments), but it would seem he is arguing that opposite of what you say.

Viz., marriage is a contract and people can do what they want, leave the word marriage to the religious freaks.

In that sense, fine by me.

Who needs to be a "husband" of a "wife"? Regardless the sexes, the roles are antiquated.

Ken.

-- Love is the exchange of two fantasies and the contact of two skins.

-- Nicholas Chamfort



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