Tuesday, December 17, 2013

After same-sex marriage is approved, where do we go from there?

North Dakota to Let Man in Same-Sex Marriage Wed Woman, Too " North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem filed a legal opinion last week confirming that the state does not recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages, allowing a man married to another man to come to North Dakota and marry a woman without divorcing his husband."

Judge: Two cheers for polygamy
Kody Brown and his four wives
"Kody Brown and his four wives, stars in the hit TLC reality show Sister Wives, filed a lawsuit in July 2011 that claimed they were immune from any legal punishment for living as polygamists. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups agreed. He ruled that a Utah law intended to discourage the creation of polygamous households violates the Brown clan’s constitutional rights."
 
Woman Marries Herself to Prove She Doesn’t Need a Husband to Be Happy  
Self-marriage can be a confusing concept to those who don’t know what it’s all about. Nadine isn’t alone, however, many others have done it before. It was even portrayed on the popular TV show Glee, where ‘Sue Sylvester’ ties the knot with herself. These ceremonies are considered secular and purely symbolic. New Age websites such as Encouraging Priestess even share ideas on how to perform self-marriage ceremonies. The idea behind these marriages is to help a person realize that they do not need anybody else to feel complete.

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