X marrying Y <> Y marrying X?

Charles Doyle cdoyle at UGA.EDU
Tue Sep 11 15:08:43 UTC 2007


Of course, necrophilia is not unlawful if it's between consenting adults.

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:59:59 -0400
>From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>

>But as President Clinton taught us, "have sex with"--in at least one sodomy-relevant context--is not a symmetric predicate even if "marry" is.  After all, he explained, Monica Lewinsky had sex with him, but not vice versa.  (Not to mention the case of necrophilia.)
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>LH

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