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    • 31 Aug 05
    • 5:43 am

    In the mean time, the only thing worse than a muslim extremist is a christian extremist. IMO, christianity is a disease state, a mental disorder, a cancer on humanity. And G.W. Bush is a malignant tumor who needs to be chemically disintigrated. Posted by Leftist Dude, it's maybe no wonder that they've been less than keen to have you post (no offence)... though I agree with you that, if that is the casem they should have the stones to tell you, or better to suggest you tone down a bit. Have to say I disagree with what you say (in the …

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    • 31 Aug 05
    • 3:05 pm

    wolf re your questions. Some of the issues you raise I believe are down to convention. You ask yourself whether the state should involve iself in marriage. If it doesn't then marriage becomes, in many senses, meaningless. It would be purely ornamental. From a legal point of view, matrimony binds two people together legally (and financially), the philospohy behind which is that it is a legal recognition fo binds that are already there - ie two people whose lives are inseparable. Most people get married because it is a commitment, in a very real sense. The symbolism is very important too, …

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