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Puzzledtraveller

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15. and between two participants

Tue Jun 18, 2013, 11:06 AM

Jun 2013

that would end the stupid calls for making polygamy legal, which is usually teabagger attempts to marginalize the issue of marriage equality as it pertains to homosexuals who at present are largely denied the benefit of marriage as it is presently extended to heterosexual couples comprised of two willing participants.

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should living together be equal to a marraige? [View all] srican69 Jun 2013 OP

on the other hand it strikes me that would make a lot of couples that do live together uncomfortable el_bryanto Jun 2013 #1

How about making it an opt-in opt-out arrangement, voluntary? NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #5

America at least has that MattBaggins Jun 2013 #33

Yep WovenGems Jun 2013 #2

Common Law marriages are recognized in fewer states than recognize Same-Sex marriages MNBrewer Jun 2013 #4

I agree!! WovenGems Jun 2013 #8

I think it should be the law of the land ..it will provide the benefits of srican69 Jun 2013 #10

It also provides the complications, which many couples seek to avoid. GreenStormCloud Jun 2013 #32

Which is all just make believe MattBaggins Jun 2013 #34

Thanks for the link. SheilaT Jun 2013 #30

Legally, there ARE protections that unwed couples can have. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #31

You need hours of time with a lawyer and 100s on pages of documents MattBaggins Jun 2013 #35

Not true. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #37

Yes true MattBaggins Jun 2013 #41

I see what you did there... dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #43

If you only want to be a jerk I'm sorry MattBaggins Jun 2013 #45

I keep on hearing stories of SheilaT Jun 2013 #47

Absolutely so. Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #3

but that piece of paper is a legally binding contract. So while marriage is "more than the paper", KittyWampus Jun 2013 #6

+1 JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #12

and between two participants Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #15

Exactly. Legal marriage is a legal contract which both parties enter into. A social or religious uppityperson Jun 2013 #28

Marriage is a contract about property. lumberjack_jeff Jun 2013 #7

Really? dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #44

Yes. And did you know that ....... oldhippie Jun 2013 #46

No. bike man Jun 2013 #9

No JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #11

No Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #13

Sure, why not? As long as it applies to same sex people living together as well 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 #14

see edit ...has to be full relationship ... roomies dont count srican69 Jun 2013 #22

Years ago Common Law marriage after a certain number of years allowed for legal recognition. We had jwirr Jun 2013 #16

Common Law marriages like that were far, far less common than most people think. SheilaT Jun 2013 #48

Sure, as long as the government does away with the laws dumbcat Jun 2013 #17

No. HappyMe Jun 2013 #18

Not as simple as it seems.... dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #19

2 people live together, love each other, and do not have a sexual relationship? hughee99 Jun 2013 #23

Interestingly, consummation is the key definition of common law marriage. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #26

I think both parties have to explicitly consent to the contract. sibelian Jun 2013 #20

No dlwickham Jun 2013 #21

So if Sex = Marriage, then Cheating = Polygamy One_Life_To_Give Jun 2013 #24

Living together confers the need for divorce before one of parties marries someone else? muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #25

It would be a step backwards -- written contracts are a better idea than verbal or common law FarCenter Jun 2013 #27

No it is not .. I am not asking to do away with written contracts - but to put some srican69 Jun 2013 #39

What evidence would you use to establish that a "marriage" began at some point in time? FarCenter Jun 2013 #40

Absolutely not. Sheldon Cooper Jun 2013 #29

No - many widows/widowers would lose benefits if they became defacto "married" IdaBriggs Jun 2013 #36

Ridiculous eissa Jun 2013 #38

Common law marriage has nothing to do with time limits. Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2013 #42