[FrankR]

"Traditional marriage has 3 elements:
1) It is permanent (no divorce)
2) It is sexually exclusive (adultery is a felony) >br> 3) It is between a man and at least one woman."

Well, young people are already shying away from "traditional" marriage in droves...you elements will run them into caves.

Permanent marriage? A woman marries a guy who beats her and won't support the kids, and she has no way out? A man marries a gal who turns out to be a floozie, and he has no way out? I don't think so.
However, I do agree that it should take at least 6 months of paperwork, licenses, and waiting periods, so the interested parties will be sure they WANT to get married.

Adultry, a felony? Aren't the prisons full enough for you now? While I'm sure this "law" would slow down the adultry rate in this country, it just might make them that much more careful to not get caught.

Between a man and at least one woman? So, I suppose that it would be ok to have a harem? With all of your other proposed amendment, having more than one woman would be awful.
Say you had one wife...well, through the normal channels of courtship, you would probably commit adultry on wife #1 while you are courting wife #2...therefore you could never marry wife #2 because you would be in prison.
If wife #1 decided to cheat on you, and you had 2 other wives, you could not divorce wife #1 therefore you would have to continue to support her, and her new honey, for the rest of her life.

I think I'll pass on your set of amendments....

[Jim Noble]

Permanent marriage? A woman marries a guy who beats her and won't support the kids, and she has no way out? A man marries a gal who turns out to be a floozie, and he has no way out? I don't think so. However, I do agree that it should take at least 6 months of paperwork, licenses, and waiting periods, so the interested parties will be sure they WANT to get married. Adultry, a felony? Aren't the prisons full enough for you now? While I'm sure this "law" would slow down the adultry rate in this country, it just might make them that much more careful to not get caught.

Well, since you are such an effective advocate for abolishing traditional marriage, why not go all the way?