<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)">If only people would understand that marriage, for hundreds of years, was about property settlements in cases of death, divorce, etc.  (And bride prices, of course).  That's why I support gay marriage, even between homosexuals!  And they can get access to the partner's room at the hospital ICU.  bill w<br>

</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 2:54 PM, spike <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net" target="_blank">spike66@att.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>

<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tara Maya<br>

<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 05, 2014 12:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list</span></p><div class=""><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] dna ethics question<u></u><u></u></div><p></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">>…</span> Basically every society's oppression of women, every religious hang up about sex, and probably even rape, all derive from paternity uncertainty.<u></u><u></u></p>

</div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Tara Maya<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Odd comment indeed Tara.  Religious hangups about rape are likely rooted in an uncertainty about being murdered.  The notion of paternity uncertainty is nearly trivial compared to the much more fundamental issue of joint property.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></span></p>

<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">spike<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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