Finished an Exam, and More Homework

[felipemcguire]

Just finished my Trust and Estates exam.
That's 2 down, 1 and 2 halves to go...

My advice? Don't try to do a 3 hour law exam on 3+ hours sleep...no es bueno.
Soon, I will nap.

But first, more homework:

As many of you know, I recently asked LJ a question about people's thoughts on polygamous marriage. I asked that question hereThis question

Comments

[queencity]

okay well first i will admit to not reading your whole entry, because i'm short on time. and second, i haven't pondered it much, for the same reason.

but... from your question, what i have to say quickly is this: separation of church and state. why WOULDN'T we allow poly marriages, if it wasn't for some hangup of the church? or at least civil unions? if we are all entitled to the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, what if a poly civil union is the only thing that would make me happy?

i'm sure this is simplistic, but who the fuck cares, if people are happy and healthy? maybe you can use that in law school- the "who the fuck cares?" argument? :P or is that getting too libertarian (i'm not one, in case you were wondering!)

[queencity]

oh, and i realize that if this stood up in the court of law we could also have gay marriages.

[felipemcguire]

Well...yeah...really, gay marriage would have to stand up first, I think. Believe it or not, we're way closer on that than on this.

[lemurkitten]

I thought about this some, but I really don't see that finding social or moral reasons are going to help from a lawyerly perspective. Isn't dealing with logistics and the hard facts of money, property and parental rights what laws are for? Philosophy, IMO, shouldn't be in the hands of law.

[felipemcguire]

The law must deal with philosophy. Else, killing and stealing would not be illegal.

The notion that one is not legally permitted to commit fraud and profit by it is a philosophical ideal...