a civil marriage right now in many states is limited to the male female pairings. What the recent set of decisions in Utah, Virginia etc., is that that limitation via state constitution violates the 14th amendment according to the SCOTUS rulings in United States v. Windsor.
This ruling has nothing to do with the religious ritual known as Holy Matrimony. On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 3:17 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:369734 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
