LL> Hello Bob,   
      
    LL>>> Bob!  Listen up!  We have a CHILDREN'S COURT in Louisiana!   
    LL>>> Most Cajuns are Catholic.  And Catholic children are   
    LL>>> allowed to get married in children's court, as long as they   
    LL>>> have or get permission from their parents.  No priest need   
    LL>>> be consulted.  Children under ten years old are known to   
    LL>>> have gotten married this way.  I do not know how long those   
    LL>>> marriages have lasted, but it was legal.   
      
    BK>>> That makes no sense at all.   
      
    LL>>> Since when do children need a special dispensation to pump   
      
   BK>>The church does not recognize marriages outside the church for   
   BK>>any catholics. As to your courts, That's stupid.   
      
    LL> Are you saying or suggesting that the state is stupid?   
      
    Well, if you see it that way.   
      
    LL> Remember, while there is only one church, there are fifty   
    LL> states.  And each state gets to set its own institution of   
    LL> marriage.  Just like the church.  You see, here in America   
    LL> we have this system of "separate but not equal".   
      
    Allowing ten yr olds to marry is stupid. And child abuse.   
      
    LL> Republicans and conservatives, OTOH, believe in equality.   
    LL> What the church says, the state must follow.  Never the   
    LL> other way around.   
      
    True... more or less.   
      
    LL>>> a unit? (George Carlin called children who have babies   
    LL>>> pumping a unit) Anyway, today it seems that children have   
    LL>>> done away with children's court and are pumping out units   
    LL>>> left and right, with or without their parent's permission.   
      
   BK>>You need to check the stats. Children are having fewer babies,   
   BK>>not more. The big growth in unwed motherhood is among older   
   BK>>women, starting at 20 yrs old, going up at 25 yrs old, and   
   BK>>above.   
      
    ...   
      
   BK>>Those whose biological clock is ticking.   
      
    LL> With same sex marriage it makes no difference.   
    LL> For old folks, regardless of sex, it makes no difference.   
    LL> For children under age 9 it probably makes no difference.   
      
    LL>>> Yes, it is.  That is why Republicans want to keep and   
    LL>>> maintain the status quo.  Remember, even when the   
    LL>>> Republicans contolled the White House, both houses of   
    LL>>> Congress, and the Supreme Court, they chose not to make   
    LL>>> abortion illegal or to overturn Roe v. Wade.  Better to   
    LL>>> portray Democrats as evil baby killers ...   
      
   BK>>A point I have made many times.   
      
    LL> If you think their stance on abortion is something, just you   
    LL> wait until you find out what their stance is on mercy   
    LL> killing.   
      
    No thanks... as if that makes a difference.   
      
    LL>>> Wait a minute.  You just agreed with me ...   
      
   BK>>Get too enthusiastic and you miss little things like that.   
      
    LL> Abortion - parents murdering their babies.   
    LL> Euthanasia - children murdering their parents.   
      
    The balance of nature.   
      
   BK>>Birth rates for unmarried women,1961-2001.   
   BK>>Black:down 30.5% White:up 299%.   
      
    LL> Birth rates for same sex couples, beginning of time -   
    LL> present. Black: 0% White: 0% Yellow: 0% Brown: 0% Red: 0%   
    LL> Mixed: 0%   
      
    Technically, if two lesbians get married, and both get pregnant   
    by "cooperative" males, their birth rate is 100%. Hmmm...   
      
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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