Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] Re: The county clerk Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:33:31 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong The primal , ancient and unalienable essence of Marriage IS as a Contract covering the responsibilities for the welfare of any offspring of the union . The essential element is to enforce the responsibility of paternity . All else is blah blah blah . On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:01:27 -0700, James Lesczynski wrote: >=A0The government shouldn't be granting privileges with marriage.= Pretty much any of the legal benefits of marriage - such as= joint property, inheritance, child custody - can contracted= for. --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Newsletter : http://cosy.com/K/CoSy/NL200305.htm Computing Environment : =A0http://cosy.com/K/CoSy.htm=A0 A WTC vision : http://cosy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Liberty : http://cosy.com/Liberty.htm =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/07/31 1:23:43 PM