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Define Marriage
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RE: Define Marriage
(April 20, 2015 at 12:56 pm)Mezmo! Wrote:  The problem I see with the current process of redefining marriage is that it brings into question all the objective preconditions. 

I don't see that as a problem, because it allows us to determine which of these objective preconditions are valid, which is especially necessary given these preconditions were applied when prejudices weren't recognized as such.

Does it frighten you that some of your previously conceived notions might be unsupportable?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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Define Marriage - by Neo-Scholastic - April 19, 2015 at 5:50 pm
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RE: Define Marriage - by Esquilax - April 20, 2015 at 12:33 am
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RE: Define Marriage - by Nope - April 19, 2015 at 6:47 pm
RE: Define Marriage - by Regina - April 19, 2015 at 6:50 pm
RE: Define Marriage - by *Deidre* - April 19, 2015 at 6:53 pm
RE: Define Marriage - by Esquilax - April 19, 2015 at 6:54 pm
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RE: Define Marriage - by Iroscato - April 19, 2015 at 7:01 pm
RE: Define Marriage - by Faith No More - April 19, 2015 at 7:03 pm
RE: Define Marriage - by Mr.wizard - April 19, 2015 at 7:07 pm
RE: Define Marriage - by *Deidre* - April 19, 2015 at 8:07 pm
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RE: Define Marriage - by robvalue - April 19, 2015 at 8:16 pm
RE: Define Marriage - by *Deidre* - April 19, 2015 at 9:08 pm
RE: Define Marriage - by Minimalist - April 19, 2015 at 10:01 pm
RE: Define Marriage - by Silver - April 19, 2015 at 10:05 pm
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RE: Define Marriage - by Minimalist - April 19, 2015 at 11:36 pm
RE: Define Marriage - by Longhorn - April 20, 2015 at 1:19 am
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RE: Define Marriage - by Neo-Scholastic - April 20, 2015 at 2:50 pm
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