On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 04:24:18 +0000 (UTC), mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net
brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

>Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
>> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
>>> Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>>>The fact that you do not understand something does not validate your
>>>>>opinion. Marriage is, like a good many things, a civil right.
>>>>By no definition of the term is it a civil right, or a right at all. How 
>
>>>>many rights can you name that are predicated on a license granted by the 
>>>>state?
>
>>> Voting, among others.
>
>> Wrong. The right to vote in an inherent right.
>
>Sorry, it's a civil right, and you must register to be allowed to vote
>legally.

As opposed to the way Democrats go about it, Kevin.
>
>Similarly, marriage is a civil right, and you must register your
>marriage in order for it to be recognized by the state.

Even common-law marriages? I never knew that.





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