Sorry for not responding... bishop375 answered the question pretty much as I would have, so I left it alone.
Originally posted by Davo:Would you then agree that Medicare and welfare are discriminatory programs? I can't get Medicare unless I'm old and I can't get welfare unless I'm a poor single mother. Seems like they're treating and considering based on categories rather than merit in these cases. Do you support that?
If two twelve year-olds from Texas want to marry, can they? If you don't let them marry, isn't that discrimination, since you're saying they can only marry if they're of age?
You're ignoring the "treatment or consideration" part of the posted definition. Whether the treatment or consideration is helpful or harmful to society is what we're discussing. If Medicare and welfare are morally offensive to you, you're welcome to vote for a leader who pledges to ban them. Same goes for your underage marriage example.
