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Re:Brains on Drugs: How tinkering with consciousness became ... by GenericPoster on Thursday June 22, 2023 @11:55AM (#36434131)
What? No one is being forced into gay marriage. And as long as they're consenting adults they can have whatever non traditional arrangements they want.

I'm having trouble understanding where this slippery slope is coming from. It's one thing if you were talking about assisted suicide, I can see the argument there, but eugenics is something that is forced upon the population. And no, having to watch two people of the same gender kiss on TV is not forced.

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Re:Brains on Drugs: How tinkering with consciousness became ... by MichaelZuo on Thursday June 22, 2023 @09:27PM (#36441655)
> And as long as they're consenting adults they can have whatever non traditional arrangements they want.

An extremely large proportion of the US population would not agree with this if you include polygamy in "whatever non traditional arrangements they want".

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Re:Brains on Drugs: How tinkering with consciousness became ... by GenericPoster on Friday June 23, 2023 @02:28AM (#36443534)
Why? Are they being forced to marry the polygamists?
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Re:Brains on Drugs: How tinkering with consciousness became ... by MichaelZuo on Friday June 23, 2023 @08:02AM (#36445667)
Considering I'm not presently a US citizen you probably shouldn't be asking me.
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