tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23490549.post116190374771919070..comments2023-10-21T20:04:18.267-04:00Comments on TwoConservatives: Government's compelling interest in marriage.Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04551264439871137611noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23490549.post-1162150179662858532006-10-29T15:29:00.000-04:002006-10-29T15:29:00.000-04:00I concur, great post! The prime reason we need go...I concur, great post! The prime reason we need government is to protect people’s rights. In effect, all our necessary laws exist for just one reason, to protect people’s rights. <BR/><BR/>Consider why we have a police and a court system. Police necessary to discourage some people from harming others. Our courts allow us to determine who caused who harm and punish the guilty. Even in civil disputes, the object is to protect one party’s rights from being abused by another.<BR/><BR/>Some would ask: “but what about the fact the government provides services like building roads and public sewage systems”. Again, I say we have these things to protect people’s right. In olden times, one of the main reasons people lived by the sea was so they could trade with each other. Where they existed, bandits and "barons" charging “tolls” too often blocked roads. Hence, government acted to protect and provide a right of way. Similarly, the government acted to provide sewage treatment to protect people from being sickened by other people’s sewage.<BR/><BR/>Marriage laws are also about protecting people’s rights. As your post suggest, marriage protects the rights children, the people most in need of the protection of good laws. Marriage assigns parents the responsibility of raising children, and it provides an appropriate legal framework conducive to rearing children.Citizen Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10090607751638859650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23490549.post-1161906549826383142006-10-26T19:49:00.000-04:002006-10-26T19:49:00.000-04:00Great PostGreat PostCarl Kilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17091768015799533072noreply@blogger.com