Should the following be able to get legally married? Why or why not?

Question

1. Same sex couples
2. Couples who seek a term marriage (like a 1 year marriage)
3. Groups of 2 or more people
4. Faithless couples
5. Couples not able to reproduce
6. Felons
7. Sham husband-wife couples (where the husband or wife or both are are gay)
8. Mentally ill
9. Couples carrying genetic diseases
10. Mixed-race couples

By faithless I actually meant non-religious. However the question of unfaithful couples is just as good - feel free to answer both ways.

Answer 1

1. no, not the way God made marriage
2. no, marriage should be forever
3. no, not the way God made marriage
4. yes, still legal
5. yes, they have the right
6. yes, they have the right
7. yes, they have the right
8. YES, they most definetly have the right as long as they are mentally capable of understanding what the legal agreement is and what it means for them.
9. yes, it is legal
10. YES, they most dfinetly have the right

Answer 2

1. Same sex couples - yes, gays aren't threatening my marriage and neither are they reproducing.

2. Couples who seek a term marriage (like a 1 year marriage). As long as both people agree.

3. Groups of 2 or more people: No. The male/female ratios are pretty even until the age of 65 in which women outnumber the men. If men can't find a wife, it breeds unrest and societal violence. China and India are now facing a huge surplus of men due to gendercide. Both countries are very worried about their futures.

4. Faithless couples: Yep. I'm an atheist married to another atheist in a civil ceremony, we have 2 children, are active philanthropists and have the most stable relationship of our friends / co-workers all of whom are religious in one faith or another.

5. Couples not able to reproduce. Yep. Are you suggesting that infertile or childless by choice couples don't diserve love and happiness?


6. Felons: Yes. Not all felons are violent, crazed and dangerous. Marriage tends to settle people anyhow.

7. Sham husband-wife couples (where the husband or wife or both are are gay): As long as both people are fine with it, and aware that the other partner is gay, who am I to butt in their business.

8. Mentally ill. Grey area. Depending on how mentally ill they are, how willing the other partner is to take care of them, and if the illness is inheritible in which theymay want to go for sterilization - by choice of course.

9. Couples carrying genetic diseases - Of course they should be able to marry and depending on the severity of the disease, they might want to think of sterilization but not be forced to be sterilized.

10. Mixed-race couple: Yes - there is no conceivable reason why the shouldn't

Answer 3

1 . My church opposes same sex marriages, short -- term marriages, and group marriages . I don't know if a short -- term marriage exists . That defeats the whole purpose of marriage .

2 . A relationship is for two people, so a group marriage also defeats the whole purpose . If everybody's married to everybody else, what's the point of being married ?

3 . If you're not going to be faithful to the other person, what's the point ? For example, Bill Clinton might as well divorce Hillary .

4 . It's okay to get married if you can't have children . I'd be happy to marry a woman who can't have a baby .

5 . A criminal record shouldn't interfere with a person's right to get married .

6 . A mental illness shouldn't interfere with a person's right to get married . You can't get rid of mental illness by forbidding mentally ill people from getting married .

7 . Couples carrying genetic diseases, couples where at least one person is gay, and mixed -- race couples should think about marriage long and hard before they make that commitment

Answer 4

1 - No, it goes against my religious beliefs
2 - No, same reason, and also, if you aren't in it for the long haul, why even bother?
3 - No, If you can't be committed to one person, then why get married. Date instead.
4 - Yes, even if they don't believe in God. I don't really think being religious has as much to do with a successful marriage, as the commitment to stay together does.
5 - Yes, I also don't believe the sole purpose to marriage is having children. Even if you have kids, your spouse should still be your main priority.
6 - Yes, I don't think you can punish a person forever and condemn them to a life without a spouse, because they had an error in judgment.
7 - Depends. Are they trying to live their lives as a straight person, or are they just getting married for the insurance.
8 - Depends on the mental illness. That is too broad. I think most of the world has some form of mental illness, whether it's depression, or severe psychosis.
9 - Yes, Most of us don't know about the genetic diseases we carry.
10 - Yes. We are all humans. What matters is your devotion to each other, not your skin color.

Answer 5

To the person who said that divorce rates were skyrocketing-you are very incorrect, it's actually gone down recently because more couples are choosing to cohabitate than get married. Or cohabitate before they get married, and then choose not to get married, or some variety of this concept.

And marriage is:
1. the social institution under which a man and woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc.
2. the state, condition, or relationship of being married; wedlock: a happy marriage.
3. the legal or religious ceremony that formalizes the decision of a man and woman to live as husband and wife, including the accompanying social festivities: to officiate at a marriage.
4. a relationship in which two people have pledged themselves to each other in the manner of a husband and wife, without legal sanction: trial marriage; homosexual marriage.
5. any close or intimate association or union: the marriage of words and music in a hit song.
6. a formal agreement between two companies or enterprises to combine operations, resources, etc., for mutual benefit; merger.

As for everything you listed above, as being a member of the #4, yeah I think anyone who wants to, should be able to get married. They are the ones who will have to suffer the repercussions if it doesn't work. Society at large is not someone who should dictate what individuals can and can't do.

Answer 6

1) No its no biblical and it says its wrong it goes as far as to say men who lie with men will not inherit gods kingdom
2) No marriage is suppose to be for a life time until one of you die. Not a 1 year trial basis
3) No it demeaning and sick one man and one woman. that may have bin done back in the later time in history but that's not what traditionally is done now
4) If your going to be faithless to your husband or wife then why get married if all your going to do is defile the marriage bed and not take the vows you just said to the person you supposedly "love".
5) Why would that not be OK so you have something wrong with you to wear your not able to have kids but that doest mean that you can still enjoy married life.
6)so you made a mistake why should that hold you back from being married?
7) No read #1,4 and you will have your answer
8) it depends on the circumstances because there are different degrees of mentally ill but I don't see why not
9)Yes just lets hope that they are smart enough to not have kids but if they do its their choice
10)Yes who care if they are mixed race marriages. the color of someones skin shouldn't determine weather or not you should marry them.

Answer 7

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Yes
6. Yes (unfortunately)
7. How would you tell before hand?
8. Depends on the definition and degree, but by and large yes.
9. Yes
10. Yes

Actually, since marriage is just a formalized version of a contract, all of the above can get "married" now, they just cannot call it a marriage, but they can sign a legal document that gives them the same rights and obligations of married couples.

I know what some of you are thinking, "what about insurance?"

Couple based insurance is an industry standard, but it is not guaranteed by law. If my insurance company does not want to cover my spouse, they do not have to. This may vary from state to state, but by and large the insurance issue is a company issue, not a law issue.

Answer 8

1 - yes
2 - yes
3 - yes, if they can figure out equitable division of property and taxation (I don't believe that polygamous relationships should get more tax breaks than monogamous relationships)
4 - yes
5 - yes
6 - yes
7 - yes
8 - yes, if they have the mental capacity to enter into a legally binding contract and understand what it means
9 - yes, with recommended genetic counselling so they understand the possibility of passing problems on if they decide to have children
10 - yes

To Wizard: "all of the above can get "married" now, they just cannot call it a marriage, but they can sign a legal document that gives them the same rights and obligations of married couples."

Wrong. There are some 1,000+ government benefits that are available to legal spouses but not to any other form of relationship.

Answer 9

Yes, to all, except: 2 and 3.

I had to look up short term marriage, becasue I didn't fully understad what it was. After reading the answers, I realized that many of you do not understand what short term marriage is either. In some places, "the legal age of marriage for women is 13. Combined with another law that allows for short term marriage contracts (Siqueh), it is possible to circumvent the illegal act of prostitution." I didn't know that was prostitutuion was basically another word for short-term marriage.

Answer 10

1,2,3,4,5,7,10: Yes. It's a free country.
6. Yes, after they have served their time.
8. Yes, If both the individuals have the capacity to understand what they are doing.
9. Yes, whether or not they should choose to reproduce is another question.

Answer 11

1. Yes
2. No whats the point if you want to end it so soon?
3. If they're all informed, consenting adults sure
4. yes
5. Most definately
6. Yes
7. No
8. Only if they can understand what they are doing
9. Yes
10. Yes