Difference between revisions of "Marriage"

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Civil marriage is a legal [[contract]] between two or more adults.  It gives each member certain rights and obligations.  Most commonly, these include [[power of attorney]], [[inheritance]] rights, and rights in relation to any children they may have.
 
Civil marriage is a legal [[contract]] between two or more adults.  It gives each member certain rights and obligations.  Most commonly, these include [[power of attorney]], [[inheritance]] rights, and rights in relation to any children they may have.
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==Government Licenses==
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Every state in the union issues "marriage licenses," the requirements for which vary between each state. The existence of such licenses implies that the state, not God, is responsible for determining the validity of a particular union. This is one of the most glaring examples of a breakdown between the separation of church and state required by the United States constitution.
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The government has no basis for issuing such licenses and certainly has no basis for denying them. Marriage is a religious and cultural institution and its practice must be free of tyranny, as the founding fathers intended.
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The argument for such licenses stems from the many legal benefits (see Civil Marriage, above) desired by couples. However, many countries have recognized that these legal benefits should apply to any individuals living communally. This is often referred to as common law marriage. Widows that live together to help raise their children, brothers who have never married and live together for convenience, or even close friends who wish to engage in such a contract, are all examples of legal unions that emulate state-sanctioned marriage.
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Whether such couples should be considered "married," culturally, is irrelevant to the fact that, constitutionally, they are guaranteed the right to make such contracts.

Revision as of 21:47, March 14, 2007

Marriage is a form of interpersonal relationship. Most often, it takes the form of a union between a man and a woman, however, other forms, such as polygyny (one man and more than one woman), polyandry (one woman and more than one man), and group marriage (any number of men, any number of women) exist. In the civilized Western world marriage as an institution between one man and one woman has been a cornerstone of community for many hundreds of years. Recently there has been a push by liberals for "same-sex marriage" however this supposed form of "marriage" has no basis in scripture, common law, the constitution, biology, or American social tradition.

Christianity

In most branches of Christianity, marriage is a life-long religious union between a man and a woman.

Mormonism

Historically, Mormonism has practiced polygyny. It stopped being a part of mainstream Mormonism in 1890, but some fringe groups still practice it.

Civil marriage

Civil marriage is a legal contract between two or more adults. It gives each member certain rights and obligations. Most commonly, these include power of attorney, inheritance rights, and rights in relation to any children they may have.

Government Licenses

Every state in the union issues "marriage licenses," the requirements for which vary between each state. The existence of such licenses implies that the state, not God, is responsible for determining the validity of a particular union. This is one of the most glaring examples of a breakdown between the separation of church and state required by the United States constitution.

The government has no basis for issuing such licenses and certainly has no basis for denying them. Marriage is a religious and cultural institution and its practice must be free of tyranny, as the founding fathers intended.

The argument for such licenses stems from the many legal benefits (see Civil Marriage, above) desired by couples. However, many countries have recognized that these legal benefits should apply to any individuals living communally. This is often referred to as common law marriage. Widows that live together to help raise their children, brothers who have never married and live together for convenience, or even close friends who wish to engage in such a contract, are all examples of legal unions that emulate state-sanctioned marriage.

Whether such couples should be considered "married," culturally, is irrelevant to the fact that, constitutionally, they are guaranteed the right to make such contracts.