Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-31 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 04:31 PM 7/31/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: --- Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snippage ...my thinking has gone off on a bit of a tangent: In Texas, (and I have to assume that things are done in a similar fashion in the rest of the US) when there is a divorce, a

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-31 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:42 PM 7/31/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: Russell Chapman wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: Just thought of a scenario not handled by this: Woman man marry Woman man have baby Woman man get divorced Woman gets custody Woman marries another man Woman is killed in an accident when

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 07:42 PM 7/31/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: Is there some age at which children of divorced parents can have a say in where they live? Various states in the US have that, and the age varies from state to state. It's 14 *somewhere*. Don't know anything

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-31 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:51 PM 7/31/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 07:42 PM 7/31/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: Is there some age at which children of divorced parents can have a say in where they live? Various states in the US have that, and the age varies from state to state.

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-31 Thread Steve Sloan II
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: One factor which might (or might should -- who knows what the courts would do) have some bearing is what the child's age was when the divorce occurred. If the child was very young at the time of the divorce, the only Dad s/he may have ever known is the stepfather.

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-31 Thread Russell Chapman
Steve Sloan II wrote: It's not *exactly* the same scenario, but I doubt a step-parent has much more pull than an adoptive parent. Less - an adoption creates a legal relationship between the parent and the child, and diminishes (remember when it used to sever?) the legal relationship between the

RE: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-29 Thread Ritu
Julia Thompson wrote: BTW, my sister once told me that I'm not terribly good at being subtle. I've been working on it since. Do I succeed at times? Yes. Whenever you have unobservant audience. ;) Ritu GSV Ms. Subtlety ___

RE: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-29 Thread Horn, John
From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Brown v. Board was a completely different example, involving an amendment that had been passed relatively recently in history, and in the Supreme Court overturning its previous interpretation. In the case of gay marriage, the USSC has

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:56 PM 7/28/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: Doug Pensinger wrote: I know, I know, but we've got a lot of smart people here and I'm guessing that most of them are aware of Erik's libertarian views, not to mention his tendency to use sarcasm (especially when dealing with intolerance), so

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-28 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 03:22:20PM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:56 PM 7/28/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: And I'm a horrible person and egg him on when he goes into that sort of mode. :) How does that make you a horrible person? Sounds like you and I are cut from the same cloth

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:56 PM 7/28/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: And I'm a horrible person and egg him on when he goes into that sort of mode. :) How does that make you a horrible person? Sounds like you and I are cut from the same cloth (more warp than weft, one presumes) . .

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 03:22:20PM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:56 PM 7/28/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: And I'm a horrible person and egg him on when he goes into that sort of mode. :) How does that make you a horrible person? Sounds like you and I

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 05:13 PM 7/28/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 03:22:20PM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:56 PM 7/28/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: And I'm a horrible person and egg him on when he goes into that sort of mode. :) How does that make you a horrible person? Sounds

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-28 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 04:41:27PM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 05:13 PM 7/28/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: I think she was joking. I know I was. That makes 3 of us (or 2.5, depending on Julia's vagueness)! -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 04:41:27PM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 05:13 PM 7/28/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: I think she was joking. I know I was. That makes 3 of us (or 2.5, depending on Julia's vagueness)! Considering the contents of my belly, go for any