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julieandrewsI was going to just post this on facebook, but though the buffer limit is larger than twitter, it wasn't large enough for the full quote. This is from the New Hampshire marriage bill:
"457:4 Marriageable. No male below the age of 14 years and no female below the age of 13 years shall be capable of contracting a valid marriage that is entered into by one male and one female, and all marriages contracted by such persons shall be null and void. No male below the age of 18 and no female below the age of 18 shall be capable of contracting a valid marriage between persons of the same gender, and all marriages contracted by such persons shall be null and void."
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HB0436.html
It's probably not the only state with stupid stuff like that. Seriously, what decade is this? No 13-year old should be getting married. And there should be no gender or orientation disparity in the ages. Everyone should be 18, or everyone should be 16, or at least everyone should be 15. I think younger than 15 is just insane.
If a 13, 14, 15, 16, or 17 year old had sex with someone of the same age (or younger), they'd be on the sex offender list right quick. But it's okay if they get married to do it?
I'm okay with Lynch not signing this thing until they've fixed it better. :P
There was also some stupidity regarding religions in there: "The issue the Senate dealt with involved an oversight that allowed only “ministers of the gospel” to perform marriage rites. The Senate amendment adds rabbis and Quakers to those qualified to officiate." (Union Leader)
I don't know where that leaves Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and others. I'm thinking out in the cold somewhere.
"457:4 Marriageable. No male below the age of 14 years and no female below the age of 13 years shall be capable of contracting a valid marriage that is entered into by one male and one female, and all marriages contracted by such persons shall be null and void. No male below the age of 18 and no female below the age of 18 shall be capable of contracting a valid marriage between persons of the same gender, and all marriages contracted by such persons shall be null and void."
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HB0436.html
It's probably not the only state with stupid stuff like that. Seriously, what decade is this? No 13-year old should be getting married. And there should be no gender or orientation disparity in the ages. Everyone should be 18, or everyone should be 16, or at least everyone should be 15. I think younger than 15 is just insane.
If a 13, 14, 15, 16, or 17 year old had sex with someone of the same age (or younger), they'd be on the sex offender list right quick. But it's okay if they get married to do it?
I'm okay with Lynch not signing this thing until they've fixed it better. :P
There was also some stupidity regarding religions in there: "The issue the Senate dealt with involved an oversight that allowed only “ministers of the gospel” to perform marriage rites. The Senate amendment adds rabbis and Quakers to those qualified to officiate." (Union Leader)
I don't know where that leaves Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and others. I'm thinking out in the cold somewhere.
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Date: 2009-05-07 07:21 pm (UTC)I thought they were just going to repeal the part in the list of people you can't marry (your aunt, your uncle, your nephew, etc.) that it said you can't marry someone of the same sex. This is incredibly convoluted and stupid!