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To: Torie
Civilly, marriage is contract law no? Other than marriage, what contract agreed to by 2 adults over the age of 18 is illegal only due to the gender of the participants, but would otherwise be legal.

Obviously, a contract to ship drugs to one another is illegal on it's face, but for example a law that stated same sex people can not engage in a contract to sell ice cream to one another would be struck down without blushing.

I do believe there does need to be a constitutional amendment on this one.

Let's just forget the ceremony. If two guys or two gals write a contract that states, I agree to reside with you forever. I agree to provide for you no matter what circumstances befall you. If you or I engage in sexual relations with somebody other than within this contract, we both have the option to void this contract. We are also free to void this contract at a penalty of 50% of the joint assets that we have amassed since it's date of existence if we so choose.

Ok, these two gals sign this contract. One with better legal and stylistic language of course. One of these gals hits the lottery, and decides, hey I don't want to share, the country doesn't recognize our relationship, so I will take a skate here.

The other partner petitions the court for the terms of this agreement to be upheld, the defendent uses the argument that since they are lesbians and this is a quasi marriage contract, it is void because of the illegality of gay marriage.

That is how it is going to be decided by the courts I believe. Something along these lines will bring it to the Supremes. Legally, I don't see how they can uphold the Unequal treatment. It is all fine and good to say that this country has moral values, and history in that regard, so you can skip gay marriage, but this is a contract, entered in good faith at the time it was signed.

324 posted on 06/28/2003 12:14:18 PM PDT by dogbyte12
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To: dogbyte12
Well something called civil unions will be adopted in a host of states very soon. If so, perhaps SCOTUS won't feel the need to take on whether the failure to label it "marriage," is a denial of essential humanity. But maybe in due time, after this law becomes common, they will deem it time to slap down the calcitrant states; you know, the usual suspects: Utah, Mississippi, South Carolina, etc. Moreover, if the usual suspects refuse to honor civil unions consummated in the precincts of enlightenment, that is no doubt a denial of the fundmental right to travel as well. All things have their season, when they ripen and bloom.
334 posted on 06/28/2003 12:24:37 PM PDT by Torie
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