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To: ConstantSkeptic

Marriage law needed reform, anyway. Now we have an opportunity to set marriage law straight (no pun intended).

If people could choose from a series of contracts, instead of a one-size-fits-all marriage agreement, then, for example, one couple might prefer a contract agreeing to share all financial debt, whereas another might want a contract agreeing that each spouse shouldn’t be held responsible for the other spouse’s debt. Sort of like prenuptial agreements for everyone.


15 posted on 06/29/2015 11:15:45 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Tired of Taxes
"They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law," Kennedy wrote of same-sex couples in the case. "The Constitution grants them that right."

SCOTUS has deemed marriage a "right". You don't need a contract, a license or any other sort of documentation to exercise a "right" (refer to the Bill of Rights). Those types of vehicles are used for "privileges".

I look forward to seeing how the courts rule on cases of couples saying they are exercising their right to be married, documentation be d**med.

31 posted on 06/30/2015 5:56:22 AM PDT by randita (...Our First Lady is a congenital liar - William Safire, 1996)
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