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Monday, 3 July 2017
quote [ Alejandro Rodriguez, Manuel Bermudez and Victor Hugo Prada plan ceremony to celebrate notary signing paperwork
The ceremony, planned for Colombia in the coming months, will celebrate the first legalised union of three men in the country – and possibly the world. “We want to make what’s intimate, public,” says Prada, at 23 the youngest of the three. “We have no reason to hide it. We are just helping people realise that there are different types of love and different types of family.” ]
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maximumtodd said @ 10:51pm GMT on 3rd Jul
[Score:1 Insightful]
Marriage is a failed institution.
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foobar said @ 11:49pm GMT on 3rd Jul
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You're a failed institution.
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1234 said @ 12:49am GMT on 4th Jul
[Score:-4 Boring]
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HoZay said @ 11:50pm GMT on 3rd Jul
For you, maybe. I take it case by case. I've had one failed, one spectacularly successful.
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papango said @ 5:21am GMT on 4th Jul
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Relationships and commitment are different to marriage. Marriage is a state thing, concerned with property, taxes and legal issues. The idea that the best person to decide whether or not to terminate life support must also be the person you're fucking is a bit outdated.
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HoZay said @ 6:56am GMT on 4th Jul
Marriage is an easy to understand box in which to put all that legal commitment. Certainly not the only way to go, but people sure seem to resent being denied the option. If you want to stipulate someone else to pull your plug, you'll still need a legal document of some kind.
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papango said @ 7:57am GMT on 4th Jul
I think everyone should have the right to have their relationships legally recognised. I'm one hundred percent in favour of full marriage equality. But I do think that marriage as a legal entity needs to be re-assessed. For most people your spouse (or spouses) is the right person, if my husband doesn't know what I want (or hasn't earned the right to do what he wants) then nobody does. But I have at least two close friends who will never marry (by choice) or have romantic relationships and their legal arrangements need to be respected as well.
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HoZay said @ 8:28am GMT on 4th Jul
I hope your friends get it in writing. We just recently found ourselves in the decision-making position for a long-time friend. Having Power of Attorney keeps you from being locked out by hospitals, etc.
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papango said @ 7:45am GMT on 5th Jul
Yeah, they've got it all locked down. I'm the guardian of her cat. Her good sister is covering everything else.
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cb361 said @ 10:46pm GMT on 3rd Jul
The RR have really got a thing for horses.
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Dienes said @ 2:48am GMT on 4th Jul
[Score:5 Funsightful]
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ooo[......7 said @ 11:09pm GMT on 3rd Jul
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1234 said[2] @ 11:14pm GMT on 3rd Jul
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Bruceski said @ 3:41am GMT on 4th Jul
A poetic error
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mechanical contrivance said @ 12:32am GMT on 4th Jul
Some religious people already practice polyamory.
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Hugh E. said @ 5:43am GMT on 4th Jul
Yeah, but not the cool kind.
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HoZay said @ 6:58am GMT on 4th Jul
US freedom of religion has some hard limits.
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foobar said @ 5:08am GMT on 5th Jul
Like wearing a colander for your driver's license photo.
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HoZay said @ 5:16am GMT on 5th Jul
Ain't easy, but can be done.
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This will no doubt become an example for the RR to point to, with "why not marry a horse?", etc.