Marriage to be Broadened at the United States Federal Level by C
By BetaWolfinVA
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/585/415/318/
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Marriage is a civil matter that affects all of us, no matter where we live
in the united states, as such, what one state does affects all of us even
if we do not live in that state. It is time to end the prohibition on same
sex and multi participant marriage.
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It is especially egregious that religious multi-participant marriage increases
the burden on welfare simply because they are not permitted to be honest
with government about the amount of income in the family for second, third,
and more spouses past the first, legal one
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Whereas Marriage is a civil Contract that is only sacred if the officiant
is a Religious Leader and if the Religion Represented Recognizes the Marriage.
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Whereas The First and the Fourteenth Amendments prohibit State and Federal
Government from infringing upon the free exercise of Religion, as with
divorce and remarriage, interracial marriage, and interfaith marriage,
religion is neither required to perform nor recognize a marriage by mere
legality of marriage.
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Whereas Marriage is a civil Contract between only the involved parties,
the local, state and federal government, and any religion that CHOOSES
to recognize it, it is necessary that the involved parties be over the
legal age of consent to contracts, and any exceptions to this minimum marriage
age on the basis of parental consent be expunged from the all states that
have them.
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Whereas Marriage is between consenting adults, parties that cannot legally
consent to contracts may not be compelled to marriage, be they human or
otherwise.
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Whereas, where natural children are possible, it is necessary to avoid
genetic defects, therefore consanguinity nearer than the same great grandparent
is prohibited, in more common language, no one closer than second cousins
may marry. Some consideration should be given as to whither each prospective
breeding pair would have to have a separate license or if all participants
would be a party to the marriage with a listing of all breeding pairs included
for consanguinity purposes, that is, a brother and a sister marry into
an existing family but are not directly married to each other, then there
should be no consanguinity bar
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Whereas Marriage is a civil contract involving property transfer, care
of natural and adopted children of any or all participants in the marriage,
there are no requirements as to sex or gender of the participants, and
only requiring that there be more than one participant in the marriage
with no upper limit. There is no mandatory mix or limit of sexes involved
in the marriage.
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Whereas Bigamy is defined as the attempt to obtain a second marriage license
while the first marriage remains active without the full knowledge and
consent of government and any current and prospective spouses, Anti-Bigamy
statutes are to remain in effect. . Whereas Polygamy, Polyandry, Polygyny,
Polyfidelity, Polyamory, and Group Marriage are defined as being is being
entered into with the full faith and consent of all participants involved,
government, society and any religions that recognize any particular configuration
about the number, gender, and sex of the participants in the marriage,
none of these may be termed Bigamy.
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Whereas The only requirement as to fertility for heterosexual monogamous
marriage is that any bars to fertility of any or all participants that
is known to one prospective participant in the marriage be (on penalty
of annulment or grounds for divorce) known to the other participant in
the marriage before the marriage is enacted, this requirement that any
bars to fertility be made known to any prospective spouses is extended
to same sex or multi-participant marriage. (consider surrogacy or extreme
medical intervention in same sex marriage)
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