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From: rap@oliveb.UUCP (Robert A. Pease)
Newsgroups: net.philosophy,net.religion,net.singles
Subject: Re: Re: marriage = commitment
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Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 15:18:25 EDT
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> > 
> > Good point.  I know of a couple who decided not to get married, but to
> > just  live together.  They had children who kept getting hassled about
> > their last name.  It seems that the  school  board  decided  that  the
> > children couldn't use their father's last name because he didn't marry
> > their mother.  Well, to try and make things easier for their children,
> > they   finally   got  married.   That  was  the  end  of  a  beautiful
> > relationship.  The fights started and they basicly fell apart.
> > 
> 
> Why didn't the kids just use their mother's last name?  Seems if you're
> going to defy one tradition, you may as well go whole hog.
> 
> 	marie

Sigh, you missed the point.  To repeat;

>>Ok, the whole point to this story (and its a true one)  is  that  some
>>people  can  be  committed to each other without having to get married
>>and they know when they are  better  off.  DON'T  FORCE  SOMETHING  ON
>>SOMEONE THAT THEY FEEL IS NOT RIGHT.
-- 
					Robert A. Pease
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