On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote:
> Personally I'd like to see the two completely divorced. You can get > married without the Religious ceremony (without the dubious benefits > of the ritual). You could also engage in Religious Matrimony without > the legal marriage (although you get none of the contractual or other > government benefits). > You can already do the first. A civil marriage can be performed by a Justice of the Peace or a ship's captain (I believe). For the latter, my memory of pagan ceremonial rites are but I remember something about handfastings being breakable without civil implication for the first year. Someone more familiar with the practice would have to correct me on that one. But you're right in your assertion, my problem is not with the concept of same sex couples nor is it with the tax and legal implications that sprout from recognizing those couples in a civil (legal) union. It breaks my heart that there have been instances (on this list?) where a long-term partner has been denied access because they didn't "go through it." It is with the application of the religious connotation of marriage to those couples. I understand that there are many non-religious and anti-religious folks on this list and I'm not going to spend time trying to prosthelytize to any of them nor am I going to try to "convert" them to understanding my emotional stance. Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some smelting to find it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369731 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
