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Originally Posted by mytmouse57  What about two mentally retarded people who want to get married? I've heard of it happening... although in most cases one, the other or both were sterile, so children weren't even an issue. | If they are considered of sound enough mind to enter into the marriage contract, they should be allowed.as an aside, do any of you realize that the very definition and concept of "citizen" has changed throughout history? in ancient Greece a citizen was only a male over the age of 21 with a certain amount of property or money. slowly citizen came to mean all men. but not women for quite a very long, long time.Before 1866 in the U.S.A. blacks were not citizens. it would have been considered unnatural to grant blacks the right to vote. or females, for much longer than that even.I am glad that concepts change, that definitions change. that institutions themselves change.who would not be happy about that? As the song says, it was a love T.K.O. |