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Question: Which is more immoral?
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a 20 year old of one gender marrying a 70 year old of the other gender
 
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two people the same age of the same gender marrying each other
 
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« on: July 22, 2005, 11:44:25 AM »

I say option 1, definately, although both should be legal.
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« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2005, 11:46:00 AM »

Considering both involve consenting adults, I don't see either as immoral at all.
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« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2005, 11:47:22 AM »

As far as my perspective is concerned, neither is immoral. And, furthermore, as far as my perspective is concerned, something is either moral or not -- it cannot be more immoral than something else.
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« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2005, 11:48:36 AM »

In my Religion option #2 is a Sin, option one is gross, but #2 is much worse.
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« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2005, 11:53:39 AM »

Considering both involve consenting adults, I don't see either as immoral at all.

The gay one said the "same age" Nowhere does it imply that they're "consenting adults".
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« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2005, 12:01:12 PM »

Considering both involve consenting adults, I don't see either as immoral at all.

The gay one said the "same age" Nowhere does it imply that they're "consenting adults".

I made an assumption considering that minors can't get married. You can argue that gays can't either, but the question implied they could. Anyways, I don't think it was meant to be implied that they could be children.
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« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2005, 12:03:01 PM »

Correction. I should've said "Two adults of the same gender and age", but it's also kind of common sense.
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« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2005, 02:23:50 PM »

Neither are immoral, just considered unusual by today's social-norm.
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« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2005, 07:28:57 PM »

Obviously neither is 'immoral' in any way.
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« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2005, 07:44:17 PM »

Obviously neither is 'immoral' in any way.
Only if opebo is involved in either of tose.
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« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2005, 10:43:32 PM »

In general, neither are immoral.
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« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2005, 10:45:49 PM »

Considering both involve consenting adults, I don't see either as immoral at all.
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« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2005, 11:34:24 PM »

Both should be legal.  There is nothing wrong with option 2, option 1 is a bit weird so I voted for that.
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« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2005, 11:56:30 PM »

Both should be legal.  There is nothing wrong with option 2, option 1 is a bit weird so I voted for that.
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« Reply #14 on: July 23, 2005, 03:13:13 AM »

neither is immoral at all
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« Reply #15 on: July 23, 2005, 03:21:43 AM »

Option one is the only immoral one of these choices. That, and it should be illegal. Number two is perfectly acceptable.
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« Reply #16 on: July 23, 2005, 03:53:30 AM »

Both should be legal. There is nothing wrong with option 2, option 1 is a bit weird so I voted for that.
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« Reply #17 on: July 23, 2005, 03:55:30 AM »

Option 1 easily.
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« Reply #18 on: July 23, 2005, 07:03:30 AM »

Option one is the only immoral one of these choices. That, and it should be illegal. Number two is perfectly acceptable.

Is there any reason it should be illegal, except "I don't like it and I'm a control freak?"
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« Reply #19 on: July 23, 2005, 08:28:12 AM »

Neither.

However, in practice, option 1 is often motivated by greed more than by love. So long as both people are aware of this and ok with it, however, it's not immoral.
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« Reply #20 on: July 23, 2005, 02:33:12 PM »

Option one is the only immoral one of these choices. That, and it should be illegal. Number two is perfectly acceptable.

Is there any reason it should be illegal, except "I don't like it and I'm a control freak?"

Yes, it's anti-equality. Marriage is about the equality of two partners, such things cannot happen with a gross age discrepancy as the one suggested.
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« Reply #21 on: July 23, 2005, 02:47:38 PM »

Yes, it's anti-equality. Marriage is about the equality of two partners, such things cannot happen with a gross age discrepancy as the one suggested.
How do you decide what the maximum moral age difference is? A difference of twenty years (or whatever else) is moral, but twenty years and one day is not?
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« Reply #22 on: July 23, 2005, 03:33:15 PM »

Yes, it's anti-equality. Marriage is about the equality of two partners, such things cannot happen with a gross age discrepancy as the one suggested.
How do you decide what the maximum moral age difference is? A difference of twenty years (or whatever else) is moral, but twenty years and one day is not?

It's a %, not an age of course. An 80 year old has a lot more in common with a 100 year old than an 20 year old and a 40 year old. The former is acceptable, while the ladder is not.
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« Reply #23 on: July 23, 2005, 03:37:54 PM »

Yes, it's anti-equality. Marriage is about the equality of two partners, such things cannot happen with a gross age discrepancy as the one suggested.
How do you decide what the maximum moral age difference is? A difference of twenty years (or whatever else) is moral, but twenty years and one day is not?

It's a %, not an age of course. An 80 year old has a lot more in common with a 100 year old than an 20 year old and a 40 year old. The former is acceptable, while the ladder is not.
Okay, so a 50% age difference (or whatever else) is acceptable, but 50.1% is not?
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« Reply #24 on: July 23, 2005, 03:40:14 PM »

i dont think you should be able to stop anyone from getting married if they love eachother. noone has to live with any consequences but them.
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