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[EweSheep]

This is what I got from dictionary.com on those two terms for our readers to understand of the defination of Marriage and Civil Unions.


mar·riage

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noun

1.​

a.​

the social institution under which a man and womanestablish their decision to live as husband and wife bylegal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc.Antonyms: separation.​

b.​

a similar institution involving partners of the samegender: gay marriage. Antonyms: separation.​

2.​

the state, condition, or relationship of being married;wedlock: a happy marriage. Synonyms: matrimony.Antonyms: single life, bachelorhood, spinsterhood,singleness; separation.​

3.​

the legal or religious ceremony that formalizes the decision oftwo people to live as a married couple, including theaccompanying social festivities: to officiate at a marriage.Synonyms: nuptials, marriage ceremony, wedding.Antonyms: divorce, annulment.​

4.​

a relationship in which two people have pledged themselvesto each other in the manner of a husband and wife, withoutlegal sanction: trial marriage.​

5.​

any close or intimate association or union: the marriage ofwords and music in a hit song. Synonyms: blend, merger,unity, oneness; alliance, confederation. Antonyms:separation, division, disunion, schism.​

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civil union

 
noun
a relationship between a same-sex couple that is legally recognized by a state authority and has the rights and responsibilities of marriage.


So that is what it gets confusing of marriage of same sex couples and man/woman marriage. What would you call if both spouses have a sex gender change, would they classify as married or civil unions? They still fall in the same defination of marriage. Marriage was created by the CHURCH, not civil union authorities. Ions ago, we didn't have marriages, we had monogamous relationships, not polygamous relationships like some tribes (and religious groups such as Mormons) would do.

Common marriages are a fine line between the marriage and civil unions but they are a "couple" of a monogamous relationship and after a length of time, the commonwealth states (that allows common laws status)would consider them of "married couples" and they have the same rights and allowances as a legally married couple.



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[ChickensRDinos]

This is what I got from dictionary.com on those two terms for our readers to understand of the defination of Marriage and Civil Unions.


mar·riage

   [mar-ij] Show IPA
noun

1.​

a.​

the social institution under which a man and womanestablish their decision to live as husband and wife bylegal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc.Antonyms: separation.​

b.​

a similar institution involving partners of the samegender: gay marriage. Antonyms: separation.​

2.​

the state, condition, or relationship of being married;wedlock: a happy marriage. Synonyms: matrimony.Antonyms: single life, bachelorhood, spinsterhood,singleness; separation.​

3.​

the legal or religious ceremony that formalizes the decision oftwo people to live as a married couple, including theaccompanying social festivities: to officiate at a marriage.Synonyms: nuptials, marriage ceremony, wedding.Antonyms: divorce, annulment.​

4.​

a relationship in which two people have pledged themselvesto each other in the manner of a husband and wife, withoutlegal sanction: trial marriage.​

5.​

any close or intimate association or union: the marriage ofwords and music in a hit song. Synonyms: blend, merger,unity, oneness; alliance, confederation. Antonyms:separation, division, disunion, schism.​

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civil union

 
noun
a relationship between a same-sex couple that is legally recognized by a state authority and has the rights and responsibilities of marriage.


So that is what it gets confusing of marriage of same sex couples and man/woman marriage. What would you call if both spouses have a sex gender change, would they classify as married or civil unions? They still fall in the same defination of marriage. Marriage was created by the CHURCH, not civil union authorities. Ions ago, we didn't have marriages, we had monogamous relationships, not polygamous relationships like some tribes (and religious groups such as Mormons) would do.

Common marriages are a fine line between the marriage and civil unions but they are a "couple" of a monogamous relationship and after a length of time, the commonwealth states (that allows common laws status)would consider them of "married couples" and they have the same rights and allowances as a legally married couple.



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I am not really sure what you are trying to say here. Polyamorous and homosexual relationship have existed throughout history and in numerous different cultures. Neither are modern nor exclusive to "tribes" or Mormons. Marriage started out as an agreement between two men in which one sold his daughter to the other as property. This has clearly changed. Marriage is a constantly evolving institution. People can not claim to want to preserve the "tradition" of something that was already morphed into something new.

At present only one state in the US (Iowa) will recognize common-law marriage between same-sex couples. DOMA states that the US government will not recognise ANY relationship between two persons of the same sex including common-law.

 

[mom'sfolly]

Interestingly enough, DOMA keeps getting shot down in the courts. The Supreme Court will be deciding this one.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justic...ns-DOMA-stepping-up-pressure-on-Supreme-Court

 

[ChickensRDinos]

For sure. It is just a matter of time now before it goes to the Supreme Court and I think they are going to have a really hard time upholding it.

 

[Joe Jordan]

Good thing too. The wife is constantly complaining about the amount of work she has to do around here. Thinking about gettin' her a couple sister wives.

 

[sezjasper]

 

[oldrooster]

Good thing too. The wife is constantly complaining about the amount of work she has to do around here. Thinking about gettin' her a couple sister wives.

I'm sure if you share this thought she'll tell you we'll go to the singles club for some brother husbands for the stuff you complain about too....

 

[chickened]

Civil unions are a legal contract. Animals cannot enter a legal contract, nor can inanimate objects.

If the government separates the legal and religious aspects of marriage than civil union are the only legal marriage.

Utter nonsense, complete hogwash, etc. that marriage equality would lead to marriage to children or animals or bacon.

Animals are allowed legal representation in court.
Long accustomed themselves to direct democracy, citizens of Switzerland have taken up an interesting question: Do animals have legal rights? Not only that, do they have the right to legal representation? Those who turned out to vote on the second matter decided not, and by a very large majority, an outcome that the BBC explains thus: “Voters were almost certainly swayed by worries about how much such a system might cost taxpayers, and by objections from Switzerland’s farmers already struggling with reduced subsidies and falling milk prices.”
Reassuringly, the BBC report adds that Switzerland has strict animal welfare laws on the books, some of the toughest in the world, requiring that some kinds of social animals not be left alone and mandating regular exercise and owner education for many companion and working animals. Yet, in Zürich, one lawyer, Antoine F. Goetschel, is appointed by the cantonal court to represent animals there, and he has been vigorous in doing so. Explaining why he prosecuted a fisherman for torture for taking ten minutes to kill a pike, reports the New York Times, Goetschel replies, “Itâ€

s the same reason why a prosecutor goes after a murderer: to make sure that people are suitably punished for their crimes.”

 

[hemet dennis]

Marriage is federally recognized. If you are married in one state you are married everywhere and it has local and federal legal consequences. That is the way marriage works and if it is going to be equal then it ultimately has to be all or nothing. If I am married in CA or TX or DE then I am married in the US. period. Marriage effects federal taxes, federal college financial aid, social secruity and if you are a federal employee or in the military it affects your pension, etc.

If I take a domestic vacation and am in an accident or injured do I really need to worry that my wife and children will not be able to be with me in the hospital or that my power of attorney will be contested because, though I am married in my home state and am still in the country in which I am a citizen and work and pay taxes, I happen to not be married on the street some car hit me? It can not work that way.

Sorry but just because you're married in one state doesn't mean every other state has to recognize the marriage. Read DOMA.

 

[mom'sfolly]

Comity between states has been long practiced on marriage rules; even when they violated the rules of sister states. This has meant that first cousins that marry in states where it is allowed are still married if they move to a state that doesn't allow it, or if someone was married in state A at a legal age of 15, they are still married if they move to a state where the legal age is 17. The interesting thing about DOMA is that it hasn't been challenged on this issue. It will be.

Again, even if there are attorneys appointed to represent animal rights, it does not mean that animals have the rights of people. It does not in any way imply that animals can enter into a legal agreement. It just doesn't happen. This argument is completely invalid. It is nonsense!