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If there were no qualifications, no benefits and no privileges and anyone could get a government marriage certificate for the asking, it would have become a hollow document of no currency.
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It would have no governmental significance, and that is the point.
Life is a banquet -- and most poor suckers are starving to death -- Auntie Mame
You are born naked and everything else is drag - RuPaul
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If there were no qualifications, no benefits and no privileges and anyone could get a government marriage certificate for the asking, it would have become a hollow document of no currency. Indeed it would, CM, indeed. And so, we come full circle, with the recognition that there are many benefits and privileges, that the qualifications do not include that the couple procreate, engage in "intimacy", or even have any sort of personal relationship whatsoever, but in most States including California the qualifications do include that the couple must consist of a man and a woman. So it is not a hollow document at all. It is a document fraught with injustices.
Steve Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love,
to respect and be kind to one another,
so that we may grow with peace in mind.
(Native American prayer)
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If there were NO qualifications, i.e. siblings, same sex couples, mail order brides, three roommates, then there is no status to having a marriage certificate. What does it certify?
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Carpal Tunnel
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Sorry, could you rephrase the question?
Steve Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love,
to respect and be kind to one another,
so that we may grow with peace in mind.
(Native American prayer)
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Without requirements, qualifications or benefits, what is the value of a government marriage certificate?
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Carpal Tunnel
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Well that's exactly the point, CM, as Phil posted above. If there were no requirements, qualifications or benefits, they wouldn't bother with it.
Steve Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love,
to respect and be kind to one another,
so that we may grow with peace in mind.
(Native American prayer)
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It seems we are all in agreement. What's the next issue we can solve?
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Perhaps what needs to be licensed is parenthood rather than partnerhood.
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We just need the technology for reversible sterilization.
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