tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post8570730553837371390..comments2023-11-05T03:48:31.411-05:00Comments on James Maxey - Jawbone of an Ass: Should Gays (and Atheists) Marry?James Maxeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post-4001362550970620942010-06-30T23:33:42.020-04:002010-06-30T23:33:42.020-04:00Loren, I did read the WSJ article. The only thing ...Loren, I did read the WSJ article. The only thing I truly agreed with is that I don't want the courts to redefine marriage. Plainly, the idea of two men or two women getting married wasn't on the minds of the people who originally wrote our marriage laws. But, we do have a process for changing old and outdated laws. I want our entire culture to expand the definition to include homosexual James Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post-53410575104587238152010-06-30T08:29:52.078-04:002010-06-30T08:29:52.078-04:00Hallo Gents!
Just a fast responses because I'...Hallo Gents!<br /><br />Just a fast responses because I've got a load of work to get done today. This has been quite an interesting conversation!<br /><br />Under point number four, George very clearly states that he believes marriage is "a comprehensive sharing of life," not merely bound up in sex. Of course, sex has to enter into the equasion because of the idea of consummation inLoren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post-57299068319754443572010-06-26T10:28:33.472-04:002010-06-26T10:28:33.472-04:00And, by "churchy" criteria, we can go ah...And, by "churchy" criteria, we can go ahead and say "mainstream protestant christian" criteria, which is built by cherry picking the bible for the passages supporting our current model of marriage while ignoring other passages. Jesus quite directly advocated lifelong celebacy without marriage as the best path to follow to live in obedience to god. He doesn't condemn James Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post-48421198111627279072010-06-25T23:55:13.368-04:002010-06-25T23:55:13.368-04:00"...and 6) "only this view can explain w...<i>"...and 6) "only this view can explain why the state should regulate marriage ... at all"</i><br /><br />But Mr. Eaton that's completely begging the question. And while I understand that splitting hairs is judicious, it remains splitting hairs. No matter what anyone thinks, the dry facts are if marriage is to have a civil definition, then it cannot be this. Right know, the Mr. Cavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634994342702518448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post-9475176396313101532010-06-25T17:46:22.714-04:002010-06-25T17:46:22.714-04:00Loren, I again think that the focus on even the po...Loren, I again think that the focus on even the possibility of procreation as the driving justification for marriage still leads to some morally problematic issues. I know that arguing the extremes isn't always fair, but suppose you were a male virgin soldier who went to war at age 19 and wound up stepping on a landmine and losing pretty much everything from the waist down. You return home James Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post-14648724772685829772010-06-25T08:54:48.498-04:002010-06-25T08:54:48.498-04:00James,
Been getting ready for a finance exam (yay...James,<br /><br />Been getting ready for a finance exam (yay, grad school, joy), so haven't been able to check back for a few days.<br /><br />I don't think George <i>entirely</i> founds his argument on the ability of couples to bear children. Otherwise, we'd end up in some of the sticky situations you mentioned (e.g. polygamy, divorcing the infertile). From my reading of the article,Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post-15245929374659915152010-06-21T12:20:47.741-04:002010-06-21T12:20:47.741-04:00I think that the weakness of trying to protect a l...I think that the weakness of trying to protect a link between marriage and procreation comes far more from heterosexuals than from homosexuals. If procreation is the overriding social good, then that would seem to encourage promiscuity or polygamy. A man can father far more children than a single woman can bear. In polygamous societies, the women band together to help raise children. Polygamy is James Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post-83980077501171964362010-06-21T11:19:01.410-04:002010-06-21T11:19:01.410-04:00We live in a land of laws, and we have an open pro...<i>We live in a land of laws, and we have an open process for changing those laws. Judges shouldn't be able to side step the normal legislative process.</i><br /><br />I agree 100%. Judicial activism is scary, no matter what side of the political fence you fall on.<br /><br />I wonder what you'd think about Robert George's <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.com