FReep this Poll: Should marriage be legally defined as only a union between a man and a woman?

CNN.com ^ | 8-03-03 | CNN

[Salvation]

Should marriage be legally defined as only a union between a man and a woman?
Yes		31%	264817 votes
No		69%	598953 votes
Total: 863770 votes

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[Salvation]

Click to vote!

[basil]

Looks like this one is being "Queered" by someone else--LOL!

[jocon307]

Poll needs freeping bump!

[Jay D. Dyson]

Give it up already. The Gay Jihad has hijacked the poll and are crashing it into the Twin Towers of reason and morality.

-Jay

[jdontom]

"This QuickVote is not scientific and reflects the opinions of only Homo's...

[FReepaholic]

Why should people be required to get a LICENSE from the GOVERNMENT to marry, anyway??

[Nucluside]

I'll Freep the thing, but there are a lot more queers than there are FReepers.

[PokeyJoe]

You don't.

Ever hear of "common law" marriage?

[Nucluside]

"Why should people be required to get a LICENSE from the GOVERNMENT to marry, anyway??"

That's a good point.

[Maria S]

Once homosexuals are given the right to "marry", then will Mormons be given the right to legally have more than one wife? Or could two "married" homosexuals be given the right to marry a woman, thus affording them a way to have children? Or, could...

Ah, forget it! What a bunch of nonsense this whole thing is!!!

[FReepaholic]

>>...Ever hear of "common law" marriage?...<<

Yes. But not all state's Governments "recognize" common law marriages.

[Salvation]

**The Gay Jihad has hijacked the poll and are crashing it into the Twin Towers of reason and morality.**

But that is no reason for us to give up!

[El Laton Caliente]

Give up CNN polls are rigged!

[TaxRelief]

No, the deviants are just louder...

Freeped and bumped.

[Salvation]

Action Ping!

[PokeyJoe]

Of the 50 states, 40 no longer allow such marriages to be contracted within their borders. Nevertheless, most states will recognize a marriage that was valid in the state of the parties' residence at the time of marriage. See 1 Homer H. Clark, The Law of Domestic Relations in the United States 2.4 (2d ed. 1987); Annotation, Common Law Marriage, 92 A.L.R.2d 1102 (1963). This fact, combined with the mobility of modern society, continues to force courts in all states to confront common law marriage issues.

So move to Texas, shack up for a year, refer to each other as husband and wife in name and letter - and wala. =)

[Salvation]

Can you ping your lists?

I hate CNN, but this does not deserve to stand.

[gitmo]

They don't. God instituted marriage.

[Jay D. Dyson]

Why should people be required to get a LICENSE from the GOVERNMENT to marry, anyway??

Three simple reasons:

1. Legal record for inheritance and family involvement in related affairs.
   (I sure don't want Jagoff Jones claiming inheritance on my estate without sufficient documentation.)
2. Legal record to inhibit and prosecute bigamy.
   (Of course, bigamy has its own built-in punishment: two mothers-in-law.)
3. Legal record to assert paternal responsibility.
   (So the rest of society doesn't get socked because some jackass can't keep it in his pants. Remember that the institution of marriage far predates blood and DNA tests.)

That's why the government issues marriage licenses.

-Jay