TrogL
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Wed Sep-24-03 05:00 PM
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All marriage is unconstitutional |
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http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~75~1641039,00.htmlThe debate about the definition of marriage is based on the states' long-standing power to license, conduct and regulate marriages. We know that power has always been presumed constitutional. But that may have ended 32 years ago without notice.
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But decades later, in Loving vs. Virginia (1967), the Supreme Court held that a Virginia law barring interracial marriage was unconstitutional. :bounce::bounce::bounce: We can all live in sin!!
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ewagner
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Wed Sep-24-03 05:01 PM
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1. Marriage is an institution |
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...and I have been a committed inmate in that institution for 29 years!
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Wed Sep-24-03 05:05 PM
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4. Me too, but for only 25 years |
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Am I living in sin???
Come, we go look.
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RobertSeattle
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Wed Sep-24-03 05:03 PM
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2. Just think if talk radio had been big 32 years ago... |
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"Allowing interracial marriage will harm the institution of marriage blah blah blah"
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CO Liberal
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Wed Sep-24-03 05:04 PM
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3. They Had a Form of Talk Radio 32 Years Ago |
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It was called KKK and John Birch Society meetings.
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opihimoimoi
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Wed Sep-24-03 05:08 PM
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5. They should come Hawaii. Interacial marriages occur more frequently |
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than anything else.
I got 3 blood lines, my wife 6. Many others have 6 or more. Its alright, we will survive, our kids look great.
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Nikia
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Wed Sep-24-03 05:09 PM
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6. Marriage is a legal contract |
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For that reason, it would be difficult to get the state out of marriage. I suppose that you could have a marriage type contract that could be made between any two adults. Individual religions have always had different requirements for marriage, however, and may refuse to marry anyone.
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Wed Sep-24-03 05:56 PM
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you could have a marriage contract enforcable in state courts, similar to prenup agreements. And, it would be the only contract recognized by the state for such things as benefits, survivors rights, etc.
Then should anyone want to, they could get married in the religious rite of their choice, but just being married by a clergy would not automatically be recognized by the state.
Confusion would reign supreme, but fat chance of it happening anyway.
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ewagner
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Thu Sep-25-03 12:19 AM
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8. Also my take on it n/t |
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Thu Sep-25-03 12:28 AM
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9. Well, if I had my way, |
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there wouldn't be any marriage. Families would be matriarchal with children living with their birth mother and grandmother and their brothers and uncles. Children would carry their mother's surname. There are societies that still do this successfully.
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Thu Sep-25-03 12:44 AM
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Marriage would be an alternative lifestyle.
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SharonAnn
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Thu Sep-25-03 12:41 AM
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10. In Latin American countries there is a distinction between |
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Edited on Thu Sep-25-03 12:42 AM by SharonAnn
the civil union or marriage and the religious ceremony and institution of marriage.
We're going to Chile at the end of October for our niece's wedding. The civil ceremony will be performed on Friday, October 24th. The religious ceremony will be on Sunday, October 26th.
The only legal ceremony is the civil union.
Why can't we do that here? The civil union is what everyone could get. The only legal ceremony is the civil union. The religious ceremony is up to the religion.
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Thu Sep-25-03 12:48 AM
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13. Sounds like a sensible way to do things. |
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We could do it here it, except I can imagine all the churches hollering about "what it could lead to".
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