Obama czar: Abolish marriage!?

[jfrog]

So how would divorce work with no marriage law?

[coadie]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Is this a rational line of thought? Really?

Won't this free churches from potentially being required to perform a religious ceremony for a gay couple? The lack of state regulation could be a VERY good thing.

DOMAwatch.org is designed to inform legislators and attorneys about current laws and litigation involving Defense of Marriage Acts.

The Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) defines marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman for purposes of all federal laws, and provides that states need not recognize a marriage from another state if it is between persons of the same sex. 37 states have their own Defense of Marriage Acts (DOMAs), while 2 more states have strong language that defines marriage as one man and one woman. There are 30 states that have constitutional amendments protecting traditional marriage, including the three states (Arizona, California, and Florida) that passed constitutional amendments in November 2008.

http://www.domawatch.org/index.php

CNSNews.com) - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs confirmed on Friday that, as promised on the campaign trail, President Obama “would” work to repeal a Clinton-era law called the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which protects states from being forced to recognize same-sex marriages contracted in other states.


States have laws and ammendments to their constitutions. Obama wants to get rid of them

[Baron1710]

Originally Posted by jfrog

So how would divorce work with no marriage law?

It would depend on how the states decided to handle it. It could be some sort of prenuptial agreement, like a contract, that would divide the property in the event of a divorce.

[coadie]

Originally Posted by jfrog

So how would divorce work with no marriage law?

Ask the evolutionists You can do whatever you are big enough to do. survival of the fittest.

It willl dry up as a lucrative industry.

[Baron1710]

Originally Posted by coadie

DOMAwatch.org is designed to inform legislators and attorneys about current laws and litigation involving Defense of Marriage Acts.

The Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) defines marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman for purposes of all federal laws, and provides that states need not recognize a marriage from another state if it is between persons of the same sex. 37 states have their own Defense of Marriage Acts (DOMAs), while 2 more states have strong language that defines marriage as one man and one woman. There are 30 states that have constitutional amendments protecting traditional marriage, including the three states (Arizona, California, and Florida) that passed constitutional amendments in November 2008.

http://www.domawatch.org/index.php

CNSNews.com) - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs confirmed on Friday that, as promised on the campaign trail, President Obama “would” work to repeal a Clinton-era law called the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which protects states from being forced to recognize same-sex marriages contracted in other states.


States have laws and ammendments to their constitutions. Obama wants to get rid of them

Do you have anything to back up your assertion here? Anything?

[jfrog]

Originally Posted by Baron1710

It would depend on how the states decided to handle it. It could be some sort of prenuptial agreement, like a contract, that would divide the property in the event of a divorce.

But I mean who would decide what counted as grounds for a divorce. The church or the government?

EDIT: Nevermind, I guess the prenuptual agreement could include what would be grounds for separation.

[Baron1710]

Originally Posted by jfrog

But I mean who would decide what counted as grounds for a divorce. The church or the government?

Well if the church was the one doing the marriages then the church would, but then you could always go to a different church if you don't like the ruling. Marriage really isn't the issue in a divorce, the issue is always children or property.

[jfrog]

Originally Posted by Baron1710

Well if the church was the one doing the marriages then the church would, but then you could always go to a different church if you don't like the ruling. Marriage really isn't the issue in a divorce, the issue is always children or property.

True, but I can see to many issues arising just from questions about how divorce would work for the government to ever get out of marriage.

[coadie]

Originally Posted by Baron1710

Well if the church was the one doing the marriages then the church would, but then you could always go to a different church if you don't like the ruling. Marriage really isn't the issue in a divorce, the issue is always children or property.

mARRIAGE IS THE ISSUE. Marriage is a covenant as described in most vows. The world treats it like a change of batteries. Yopu describe a very ungodly veiw toward marriage.



Don't ever let lawyers minimize it. They put money before God's plan. .

[jfrog]

Originally Posted by coadie

mARRIAGE IS THE ISSUE. Marriage is a covenant as described in most vows. The world treats it like a change of batteries. Yopu describe a very ungodly veiw toward marriage.



Don't ever let lawyers minimize it. They put money before God's plan. .

I describe a very realistic and human view of marriage.