tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post1339485309851496861..comments2023-10-08T12:11:52.993+13:00Comments on New Zealand Conservative: Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry?Lucia Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485990994973953860noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-29449540052748637272011-07-18T12:10:50.332+12:002011-07-18T12:10:50.332+12:00PM,
This is what my man Farrow says on what right...PM,<br /><br />This is what my man Farrow says on what right the State has to define marriage when he talks about the natural family unit - ie, no right at all.<br /><br /><b>The natural family unit confronts the state as an entity that claims rights not granted by the state but brought to it—rights the lawful state is obliged to recognize and respect.</b><br /><br /><i>In any case, a guy who'd like contraception and divorce banned isn't really in a position to complain about the state getting involved in marriage...</i><br /><br />Au contraire, PM. Contraception increases divorce which increases the breakdown of marriage and family, all of which the State is legalising and encouraging. The State is actively interfering in the family, rather than supporting it, and in doing so will in the next couple of generations (short of divine intervention) ensure it's own demise.<br /><br />Any person who sees a state as necessary is conscience bound to speak up, even if most people don't want to hear because it will interfere with how they want to live their lives.Lucia Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485990994973953860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-27912224122862457292011-07-18T10:25:32.400+12:002011-07-18T10:25:32.400+12:00Still applies. The state is as entitled to define...Still applies. The state is as entitled to define marriage as it is to define citizenship. In any case, your man Farrow isn't arguing that the state should have no place in defining marriage, he just wants it to endorse only his definition. <br /><br />In any case, a guy who'd like contraception and divorce banned isn't really in a position to complain about the state getting involved in marriage - he's merely annoyed that it's not getting involved in the way he'd like.Psycho Milthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00779500926576047736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-69451247705978851522011-07-18T08:30:59.830+12:002011-07-18T08:30:59.830+12:00PM,
That's not what my post says. Swap your ...PM,<br /><br />That's not what my post says. Swap your "non-church wedding" with "same-sex marriage" and then go read the Audacity of the State link.Lucia Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485990994973953860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-10959303543373088832011-07-18T06:23:43.573+12:002011-07-18T06:23:43.573+12:00If you think merely having a non-church marriage m...If you think merely having a non-church marriage makes people "chattels of the state," I'd be interested to hear how you view your birth certificate, passport and IRD number.Psycho Milthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00779500926576047736noreply@blogger.com