Another reason why government should stay out of marriages

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Saw that earlier today...definitely with you on the "government out of marriage" argument, though cases like this aren't the first reason I usually bring up.
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That's terrible! He may as well stop marrying folks altogether because they might have a disabled child who won't "fit in" :roll:
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Well then...looks like I won't be getting married in Louisiana. Shucks. I guess Vegas will have to do.
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Re: Another reason why government should stay out of marriages

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Well, it's a good thing to have a discussion about attitudes towards race and marriage, but as a government official it's not really your place to use the machinery of government like that. I could see why he'd think "welp, somebody gotta do it" but all he's doing is fucking with peoples' lives really.
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"I try to treat everyone equally," he said.
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Re: Another reason why government should stay out of marriages

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Davey wrote:
"I try to treat everyone equally," he said.
Dadgum it, not everybody's the same color!

(kind of a cheapshot given what the guy's actual stated concern was, but had to be said :mrgreen: )
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Re: Another reason why government should stay out of marriages

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Yeah, normally I don't like to take quotes out of context, but the irony was just too good to pass up.

I just read the first half of the article to my girlfriend. She thought I was reading The Onion when I got to that part.
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I'm just happy to live in a country where the word "interracial marriage" does not exist.
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you dont need to be marreid to have kids. You dont even need a licence to have kids :lol:
So the refusal point in entirley invalid. :roll:
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Dragoforce wrote:I'm just happy to live in a country where the word "interracial marriage" does not exist.
because there's only one race there? :mrgreen:
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Being german and reading this words came to my mind :

" Drittes Reich, 1935, Nürnberger Rassengesetze " .


But thinking of marriages between brother and sister, father and daughter,
Mom and son, forced marriages and marriages with children - in this cases
governments should do something. I have no problem with marriages of
people with the same sex - in short words .... it doesn´t hurt anyone.

Furthermore: surely "interracial problems" won´t be solved by not allowing
people to marry someone with another colour. Surely the couple might face
problems ... but that´s life and time might change the opinions of a society.


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antron wrote:
Dragoforce wrote:I'm just happy to live in a country where the word "interracial marriage" does not exist.
because there's only one race there? :mrgreen:
I don't think so. It's just not deemed unusual enough to warrant attaching a specific term to it, I guess.
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antron wrote:
Dragoforce wrote:I'm just happy to live in a country where the word "interracial marriage" does not exist.
because there's only one race there? :mrgreen:
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Dragoforce wrote:
antron wrote:
Dragoforce wrote:I'm just happy to live in a country where the word "interracial marriage" does not exist.
because there's only one race there? :mrgreen:
Yup, we're all humans ;)
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Lordstar wrote:you dont need to be marreid to have kids. You dont even need a licence to have kids :lol:
So the refusal point in entirley invalid. :roll:
So I guess I can forget about buying that pretty white gown you said you liked, huh?
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antron wrote:because there's only one race there? :mrgreen:
Dragoforce wrote:Yup, we're all humans ;)
antron wrote:Redd Foxx joke: People ask me, "How come you married outside of your race?" I say, "What'd I marry? A duck?"
Never heard of him, spot on though :)
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I wonder what duck taste like?
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Domino wrote:I wonder what duck taste like?
eat one and find out :lol:
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jonny5 wrote:
Domino wrote:I wonder what duck taste like?
eat one and find out :lol:
Too cheap to get one, I want a pet duck. :mrgreen:
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go to china town....you should be able to get any number of dishes with duck in it
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It's better than turkey, I can tell ya that.
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Government should only issue unions.

Now the question of whether bi-species unions should be issued is another matter... :mrgreen:

Edit: You see, I'm worried that bi-species unions never last long, and what situation does that put the kid in?
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CMoon wrote:what situation does that put the kid in?
I HERD U LIEK GOATS.
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Ed Oscuro wrote:
CMoon wrote:what situation does that put the kid in?
I HERD U LIEK GOATS.
You know, you build a bridge with your own bare hands and no one calls you Cmoon the bridgemaker...

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A bridge you say

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Never_Scurred wrote:
Lordstar wrote:you dont need to be marreid to have kids. You dont even need a licence to have kids :lol:
So the refusal point in entirley invalid. :roll:
So I guess I can forget about buying that pretty white gown you said you liked, huh?
only if your going to wear it for me :P
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One race...human.

Lame story is lame. Lame judge is lame.
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He said on the local news he told them to get married elsewhere, so they did and are now a happy couple.

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Happy end when he gets another job...we'll be hearing about this one a while longer.
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