Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net 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.

It's normally called a "registration".

>> Sorry, but even a lawyer could be expected to know that.

> No, 

Figures.

Mike