No matter how many people you kill, you have a right to marry your loved one while serving time in prison. On the other hand, if you are gay, even if you are a wonderful exemplary citizen who has never been arrested, you CAN NOT marry your loved one. Is that OK?
2007-03-13 11:24:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Anyone should be allowed to marry, inlcuding prisoners and gay people.
2007-03-13 11:42:25 · answer #1 · answered by fast_fingers_mcgee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religious marriage? Absolutely. In fact, the governemnt has no authority to interfere with such religious proceedings.
State marriage? That's a different matter. Theoretically, a state could make it part of the sentence that the person is not allowed to have any of the legal benefits of a state-registered marriage. But that would have to be done before the person committed the crime, because of ex-post-facto laws.
Remember that religious marriage and state/secular marriage are entirely independent. One deals with your relationship in the eyes of the church, and the other incurs specific legal benefits and requirements.
2007-03-13 20:03:50 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The U.S. government should never decide who can and can not marry because marriage is a religious sacrament. We haven't quite separated church from State but hopefully that'll happen. So yes, depending on your religion, you should marry whomever you choose, including a killer or including someone of the same gender - it depends on the religion that you belong to.
2007-03-13 18:32:10 · answer #3 · answered by Rae 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes as long as prisoners cant gay marry.
a marriage is a union between a man and a women.
Sodomy is wrong!
2007-03-13 18:32:37 · answer #4 · answered by perfectnpink_17 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes!!
2007-03-13 18:32:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋