10-25-2006, 03:34 PM
KedalfaxOct 20 2006, 12:58 AM Bears ArmedOct 18 2006, 08:41 AMThe definition's inadequate.
Quote: DEFINING a marriage, for the purpose of this resolution, as a legal bond between two or more people.[/quote] would cover all legal contracts that were between people rather than organisations...[/quote]
Yeah, I realised that. (My DSL died right after I posted, so I couldn't edit it to ask for a better one) I couldn't come up with a good one that wouldn't accidentaly ban polygamy or gay marriage.
Please do give ideas for a different deffinition. [/quote]
H'mm. Not really a topic that I've thought about much, more a case of "I know it when I see it"... One could possibly mention an intention for cohabitation, a sexual relationship and/or the production & raising of offspring, but then there are types of marriage for which it isn't all three of those that apply and there might even be types for which none of them do.
To be honest, a proposal along these lines would be fairly low on my list of priorities as I tend to favour more of a NatSov-friendly approach in most matters. Would you be interested in working on shifting to work on one about the much more important idea (in my opinion, anyway) of giving people the right to leave the control of abusive governments instead? I've seen some previous attempts at drafting proposals along those lines, and one of them (produced by an IDU member?) might have reached the General Assembly but then been voted down, but there's still room for such a resolution on the books...
Quote: DEFINING a marriage, for the purpose of this resolution, as a legal bond between two or more people.[/quote] would cover all legal contracts that were between people rather than organisations...[/quote]
Yeah, I realised that. (My DSL died right after I posted, so I couldn't edit it to ask for a better one) I couldn't come up with a good one that wouldn't accidentaly ban polygamy or gay marriage.
Please do give ideas for a different deffinition. [/quote]
H'mm. Not really a topic that I've thought about much, more a case of "I know it when I see it"... One could possibly mention an intention for cohabitation, a sexual relationship and/or the production & raising of offspring, but then there are types of marriage for which it isn't all three of those that apply and there might even be types for which none of them do.
To be honest, a proposal along these lines would be fairly low on my list of priorities as I tend to favour more of a NatSov-friendly approach in most matters. Would you be interested in working on shifting to work on one about the much more important idea (in my opinion, anyway) of giving people the right to leave the control of abusive governments instead? I've seen some previous attempts at drafting proposals along those lines, and one of them (produced by an IDU member?) might have reached the General Assembly but then been voted down, but there's still room for such a resolution on the books...