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April 11, 2004

The Syllogism: Overview

The discussion over the syllogism mentioned here has continued with more discussion at MarriageDebate.com.  See these posts of Lucia Liljegren, Mary Catelli, David Barnes, and Ben Bateman.  At Mr. Bateman's suggestion I have decided to go through my syllogism in a series of three posts (not counting this one) which follow.  In those posts I carefully explain, clarify, and break down my position and why I hold it.  In the process I hope I have adressed everybody's concerns.  The primary issue raised by seemingly everyone was that "parent" could be interpreted so broad so as to include grandparents, nannies, whole communities, etc.  I have taken what is basically Lucia's advice and modified parent with the word "legal".  That eliminates nannies, roommates, lovers, and groups of three or more.  It eliminates stepparents unless the stepparent adopts, in the process terminating any other biological parent's legal status.  While I am aware of grandparent adoptions, they generally also terminate the biological parent's legal status.  I am not aware of any case in which a parent and grandparent are simultaenously legal parents to a child, but I do address that issue.  Finally I did not understand Ms. Catelli's point about me presupposing irresponsible heterosexual behavior.  While I do not encourage irresponsible behavior--and one can debate the ethics of sperm donation--the fact is some children do get put up for adoption for whatever reason.  I do not forsee this changing any time in the near future. 

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