[lbo-talk] Ambivalence on Schiavo

ThatRogersWoman debburz at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 30 08:57:03 PST 2005


--- tully <tully at bellsouth.net> wrote:

A spouse should never own its partner and
> legal
> divorce can render such a relationship entirely void. There is no
> way, legal or otherwise to void the relationship between parent and
> child. Such ties are indelible.

Quite untrue. There are legal remedies, e.g., declarations of emancipated minors, children who have "divorced" their parents, adoptions, court terminations.


> IMO, parental ties should
> supercede
> those of any spouse, yet the law (or at least precedent) states
> just
> the opposite. That law is wrong IMO, especially when tied to
> matters
> of life and death.

So if it's against your opinion to have a spouse "own" their spouse, it's perfectly ok in your opinion for parents to "own" their children past the age of majority?

Frightening, indeed.

- Deborah



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