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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Raw Cadet: [QB] "Children already have less rights than adults." That was the point of the part of my post that you quoted. Ask almost any American if children have the same rights as adults, or if they are equal to adults, and he/she will respond in the negative, even though some (Omega, at least) interpret the 14th Amendment as technically putting adults and children on equal footing. Perhaps such an interpretation is possible, but culture, society, and state law operate on the notion that adults and children are not equal. The notion may not be technically "constitutional," but it certainly is "common law," if you will, and precedent setting. Thus, my point was, and you said, children have less rights than adults. That is why I find a new amendment that says as much unneccessary and probably just a tool to trump states that wish to give children more rights. Lastly, I would appreciate not being patronized. I posted that the family unit has survived nearly 150 years even though some believe the 14th Amendment does not allow parents to choose what rights and responsibilities their children have, though they have been doing so during that time. Thus, my comments that a law is not needed obviously pertained to that statement, and were not an assertation that no new laws are ever needed as long as society survives. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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