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by kazagistar 2767 days ago
I'm not convinced. Who can marry who and substances you are allowed to make or put in your body are examples of American law poking it's nose into personal matters. Americans have a lot to say about what others should do, as long as it doesn't infringe on capital and property.
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friedman23 2767 days ago
> Who can marry who

Last time I checked people are free to marry whoever they please.

> substances you are allowed to make or put in your body

Marijuana is legal in the majority of states.

Sure these developments are recent but the reason they happened is because as the parent said, American's hate busy bodies.

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dragonwriter 2766 days ago
> Last time I checked people are free to marry whoever they please.

Untrue, though closer to true than it was five years ago. I mean, gender restrictions are gone, but consanguinity restrictions remain (most people may agree with them, but that doesn't mean they aren't restrictions beyond mutual consent of the parties.)

> Marijuana is legal in the majority of states.

While this is frequently stated, it is sloppy and inaccurate; marijuana is legal in zero states. Many states do not have additional state level criminalization of some subset of cultivation, sale, use, and possession of marijuana on top of the federal prohibition, but that doesn't make it legal in those states in th same way that states not having additional state-level criminalization of lying to a federal officer doesn't make that legal in those states.

(And, in any case, marijuana isn't the only substance prohibited to adults in the US.)

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ensignavenger 2766 days ago
Consanguinity isn't the only restriction on who can marry who- polyamorists still can't marry multiple partners in the US, thus they cannot marry whoever they please.
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jamescostian 2766 days ago
> people are free to marry whoever they please

Yes, as of 2015. What about before then? For all those years, "free to marry whoever" was not the law

> Marijuana is legal in the majority of states

Only 11 states actually have marijuana legal for recreational use. See http://www.governing.com/gov-data/safety-justice/state-marij...

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