X marrying Y <> Y marrying X?

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:08 AM -0400 9/11/07, Charles Doyle wrote:
>Of course, necrophilia is not unlawful if it's between consenting adults.
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>--Charlie

Does tacit consent count?

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