06-20-2003, 01:36 PM
It's not even strictly about increasing/decreasing liberty.
The fact of the matter is, the laws of a society are ordered for the betterment of that society. A pedophile has rights, just like you or I. However, if it were legal for anyone to just go around raping, or even having consesual sex with, children, it would have a tremendously adverse affect on society.
As of now in the United States, it is illegal to discriminate based on age/gender/ethnicity/sexual orientation, etc etc etc.
Gays can't marry because currently because it was that way first and no one's been able to change it yet. However, now we see a big, gaping loophole: To not honor the Canadian marriage contract of a gay couple while simoultaneously honoring that of a straight couple is discrimination based on sexual orientation. While we're at it, we might as well say that black marriages in Canada don't have to be honored here[the US].
So as I've said before, we have to choose one or the other. Choose not to honor it, and you've got to deal with those Canadian marriages currently in the US. Choose to honor it, and you've got a huge push for similar legislation in the US.
The fact of the matter is, the laws of a society are ordered for the betterment of that society. A pedophile has rights, just like you or I. However, if it were legal for anyone to just go around raping, or even having consesual sex with, children, it would have a tremendously adverse affect on society.
As of now in the United States, it is illegal to discriminate based on age/gender/ethnicity/sexual orientation, etc etc etc.
Gays can't marry because currently because it was that way first and no one's been able to change it yet. However, now we see a big, gaping loophole: To not honor the Canadian marriage contract of a gay couple while simoultaneously honoring that of a straight couple is discrimination based on sexual orientation. While we're at it, we might as well say that black marriages in Canada don't have to be honored here[the US].
So as I've said before, we have to choose one or the other. Choose not to honor it, and you've got to deal with those Canadian marriages currently in the US. Choose to honor it, and you've got a huge push for similar legislation in the US.
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