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In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.960313103251.3019D-100000@spot.Colorado.EDU>,
Mike Mills  <mills@spot.Colorado.EDU> wrote:
>On 13 Mar 1996, Bob Cormack wrote:
>> It would make
>> more sense to modify the law to extend benefits for those couples 
>> (same sex or otherwise) who are really raising children than to extend 
>> the marriage laws to a degree not justified by any societal interest.
>
>Marriage is a very complex societal institution.  In one sense it 
>is a contract between two people that makes it easier for the state to 
>settle divorce disputes.  But by far the greatest purpose of marriage 
>seems to be symbolic.  People get married to declare their love and 
>commitment publicly with a societal sanction.  Some do it to adhere to 
>societal proscriptions on sexual intimacy without commitment.  
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I find it ironic beyond belief that the same people who revile 
homosexuals for "being promiscuous" also want to deny them the 
institution of marriage.

What nauseating hypocricy.

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