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Originally Posted by gonefishin  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? |
I agree with you. The rub comes in deciding what the boundaries should be. Obviously, there's a point at which they are being extended too far.
As I used to say when Dan Quayle was trying to run for President:
"Although the vast majority of Americans have nothing but love and respect for mentally retarded people, we'd really rather not have one in the White House." If at first you don’t succeed – try, try again and then quit. There’s no sense in making a damned fool of yourself. – W.C. Fields
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