10-17-2006, 07:20 AM
The schnauzerlands treat marriage as a reigious matter which has no legal status, but our laws treat all domestic partnerships as civil unions, without regard to the gender of the two partners, and which do have full legal status as to all matters and to which religious status is immaterial.
Persons from other nations who claim to be "married" may or may not be considered to have a legally enforceable civil union within the schnauzerlands, even though that "marriage" may be accepted and recognized within a religious community independent of the legal and social status among the schnauzervolk.
Under these circumstances, it is difficult to ascertain exactly what impact this proposal would have, and for now, I am likely to abstain.
edited to add: We've voted against the proposal because there is too much uncertainty for us as to the effect it would have within the schnauzerlands.
(I should note, btw that at least two RL religions have a religious marriage that is not affected by civil laws -- Judaism and Roman Catholicism, and there may be others. The schnauzerlands approach just takes it one step further totally separating religious and civil institutions, and I would point out that is consistent with the IDU's principle recognizing secular government.)
Persons from other nations who claim to be "married" may or may not be considered to have a legally enforceable civil union within the schnauzerlands, even though that "marriage" may be accepted and recognized within a religious community independent of the legal and social status among the schnauzervolk.
Under these circumstances, it is difficult to ascertain exactly what impact this proposal would have, and for now, I am likely to abstain.
edited to add: We've voted against the proposal because there is too much uncertainty for us as to the effect it would have within the schnauzerlands.
(I should note, btw that at least two RL religions have a religious marriage that is not affected by civil laws -- Judaism and Roman Catholicism, and there may be others. The schnauzerlands approach just takes it one step further totally separating religious and civil institutions, and I would point out that is consistent with the IDU's principle recognizing secular government.)