Because "gay marriage" apparently gives "marriage" a bad name...
2007-10-21 02:15:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If by 'sanctity of marriage', you mean the samctity of the definition that you hold, then I suppose you could be right. However, if you open to the idea that 'marriage' could mean simply the "joining of two entities", then the dissolution of a marriage isn't always a bad thing. People grow and change throughout their lives, and sometimes two people in a marriage become different enough that they feel it is impossible for them to be happy together. They then seperate, and find happiness either alone, or with a new partner. I see nothing wrong with that. And I think that it is possible that a prenuptial agreement could protect both parties in all kinds of divorce situations. If the marriage is sacred, if it is meant to last forever, then the fact that a paper exists with a structure for the seperation isn't going to change that.
2007-10-21 15:28:28 · answer #1 · answered by Katie Short, Atheati Princess 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think so. But then I was a legal secretary for many years, and my boss specialized in trusts and estates. What it amounts to is an understanding that the more property you have, the more likely there will be disagreements over who owns what, who gets what from the estate, etc. A prenuptial agreement is still important evidence if they stay happily married until one dies, especially if the one who dies has family hostile to the union. It can be important if the will is ambiguous, or if someone dies intestate. Although generally the will and the prenuptial are written at the same time.
Also, I can't see how gay marriage gives the very word "marriage" a bad name. Two (or more, for that matter) people pledge to love, honor and cherish for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, to death do them part. What part of that is necessarily gender-related or, as I say, limited to only two?
2007-10-21 02:31:31 · answer #2 · answered by auntb93 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would agree that pre-nups are a much bigger slap in the face of marriage. They imply that you know it won't last.
2007-10-21 02:20:26 · answer #3 · answered by in a handbasket 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
what does prenups have to do with
gay marriage??
straights have them to.
most of us are to poor to fool with all
those agreements
2007-10-21 02:20:58 · answer #4 · answered by sioux † 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋