The Government Should Not be Involved in Marriage
For the Motion
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Against the Motion
Side Score: 5
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Hello x: It should NOT be.. It's the government trying to achieve social goals using the tax code.. That ISN'T the way to do that.. Not only does it NOT work, it discriminates against the unmarried.. IF the government weren't involved, Christians could DENY gays the right to marriage in there church, and nobody would care.. As a side note, if you're gay, and your church HATES you, I'd find a different church. excon Side: For the Motion
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I considered saying yes I'd accept that so long as government was also not involved in restricting marriage. If government is out of it it's out of it. No more banning gays, etc. But the problem then is other necessary societal restrictions also could not apply. Adults could marry babies, or animals, or have harems, or their own mothers. And the necessary married or not designations for taxes, insurance, property, etc, would be blurred or nonexistent. And I'm sure there are variations in which abuse could not be stopped. The government should be involved because marriage is not just a religious or social issue but also an economic and legal one. Side: Against the Motion
I don't have a philosohical objection to harems, I just suspect more often than not it gets abused by either the super wealthy or by religious nuts. After you say to men "yes you can" then some of them go ahead and use their resources and powers to stop the women they entrap by saying later "no you can't" to them. Side: For the Motion
The government should enforce that the law of the land is our Constitution. It calls for religious freedom and a rule of law not guided by anyone's religious mantra, but by the majority rule. Some are trying to make U.S. an authoritarian state run by ONE religion. The first people to settle here were running FROM that kind of religious persecution and control. The Constitution was written to PREVENT that from happening again! The separation of church and state was intended to prevent religious control of our government. Let it BE! Side: Against the Motion
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