Spiritual vs Civil Union (United States)

[angersson]

I've been giving this a lot of thought.  And it comes down  to this, for me:

Separation of Church and State.

Really,  the government should have absolutely no say  in who can and cannot enter into a Spiritual Union before their Gods.  Heck, the government trying to tell anyone who can and cannot be married before a Supreme Being is like China trying

Comments

[thegreenyear]

now, how about civil unions between more than one person...

[memphispagan]

I agree with him. When the government interferes with the progression and joining of consenting adults in the pursuit of love, then we have already lost.

Someday it may change...I just hope that it is in my lifetime.

[angersson]

I think that would require a more complex contract, but is still do-able.

[popelizbet]

psst. Llamas give milk; lamas give enlightenment. ;p

I agree with you. The problem is....and you know that I think marriage rights ought to be extended to all consenting adult parties...is that the marriage law impacts so many other areas of law that it would cut the feet out from under a bucket of caselaw unrelated to divorce or family...estates, for one. People resist change. Which is not to say that it shouldn't be done...but there's more momentum to the problem than just "bigotry", is all I'm trying to say.

Would you mind re-posting or cross-posting your thoughts at shangy_feminism?

[angersson]

Fixed for Lama Drama... :P

Enlighten me on how estate law would change if two men or two women could undertake a civil union (what is now termed a legal marriage).

Have never joined this shangy_feminism.

Will check it out.

[popelizbet]

Estate law wouldn't change with civil unions if the law for civil unions contained a provision that made them equal to marriages - basically, a provision that draws a clear parallel between the two to not allow any wiggle room with older laws that specifically reference marriage

[angersson]

There. Now you're gettin' into all the legal technicalities, which is what I want you on staff for, like, for when I rule the world, or thegreenyear starts a city.

You have the knowin' and the doin' of a lot of things.