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(1,408 posts) Thu Sep 19, 2013, 04:09 AM Sep 2013

State of Michigan Incredibly Claims It Has The Right To ‘Regulate Sexual Relationships’ [View all]

Are the republicans having a contest to see who can 'out-crazy' who?

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/09/18/michigan-claims-right-regulate-sexual-relationships/

“One of the paramount purposes of marriage in Michigan — and at least 37 other states that define marriage as a union between a man and a woman — is, and has always been, to regulate sexual relationships between men and women so that the unique procreative capacity of such relationships benefits rather than harms society.”

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State of Michigan Incredibly Claims It Has The Right To ‘Regulate Sexual Relationships’ [View all] bearssoapbox Sep 2013 OP

Fascists. And no organized Opposition Party to fight the crazies. blkmusclmachine Sep 2013 #1

. blkmusclmachine Sep 2013 #2

Shouldn't they allow a deregulated free-market decide? Make7 Sep 2013 #3

Agreed. Government should get out of the way of the (blow) job creators. bulloney Sep 2013 #5

What wording! Take it at face value and think about the quote DFW Sep 2013 #4

You might want to reconsider what you just posted theHandpuppet Sep 2013 #17

I did DFW Sep 2013 #25

They also thereby disrespect seniors and infertile couples. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2013 #6

"so that the unique procreative capacity of such relationships benefits rather than harms society.” michigandem58 Sep 2013 #7

Right...because there is NO ADDITIONAL "procreative capicty" associated with marraige... Volaris Sep 2013 #12

And then they want to penalize "welfare queens" for their procreative capacity DFW Sep 2013 #26

Sounds extremely unconstitutional to me. AngryOldDem Sep 2013 #8

States DO, in fact, have the inherent right to regulate marriage. Laelth Sep 2013 #9

Of course State's have the right to regulate it, Volaris Sep 2013 #13

So tell me when 'sexual relationships' and 'marriage' became synonyms. Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #15

You make an important distinction. Laelth Sep 2013 #16

You simply substitued the word 'marriage' into a comment about sexual relationships Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #24

The authority to regulate something is implicit quaker bill Sep 2013 #10

I had to reread the OP after reading your comment... uriel1972 Sep 2013 #20

I am confused about your confusion quaker bill Sep 2013 #31

If it had stopped at the "Right to regulate"... uriel1972 Sep 2013 #32

It isn't. quaker bill Sep 2013 #38

I thought about moving to MI. DiverDave Sep 2013 #11

Not to Say That They Should Do It, On the Road Sep 2013 #14

There are a lot of idiots in charge of our state now. gollygee Sep 2013 #18

Amen to that! We need to clean house in Lansing. knitter4democracy Sep 2013 #37

Get government regulation out of the bedroom... uriel1972 Sep 2013 #19

Sorta like large animal Vets? Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #21

Snort! Jeff In Milwaukee Sep 2013 #23

If they want to benefit society they should tax the rich and fund social programs Motown_Johnny Sep 2013 #22

Ha! gollygee Sep 2013 #30

SCOTUS has ruled that there is a right to privacy Gothmog Sep 2013 #27

Self-Regulation -- as in Go-Fuck-Yourself-Regulation Blue Owl Sep 2013 #28

Boink. Scurrilous Sep 2013 #29

Some sexual acts, even by a consenting adult on themselves in private, SHOULD be regulated Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #33

At least as long as they are doing that bearssoapbox Sep 2013 #34

So, when will the fertility tests begin? justiceischeap Sep 2013 #35

In that case, shouldn't the attorney general be forcibly marrying men and women who are having sex? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2013 #36