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To: Lane3 who wrote (93794)	1/5/2005 11:15:37 AM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) of 793738

Karen, Our laws protect the family pretty much the same whether that family has a marriage certificate in a drawer or not. Absolutely false. Marriage started as a religious event. It was adopted by the state over time at a point in history when women were servile and often taken advantage of and left destitute (with 'orphan' children). Laws governing marriage were adopted to protect women. Polygamous marriages were seen as coercive, even though some religions promoted or allowed them, and were banned outright. Legal marriage infers specific rights on spouses and duties with respect to children. Absent the certificate other legal arrangements can be made, but are not there by default. The concept of common law marriage is not invoked until several years have passed in co-habitation. Child support requires lawsuits and paternity tests in many other cases. With marriage the law recognizes any children born to be the fathers. Now in the 21st century in a modern country this might all seem anachronistic, but thats the history and the state of the law. John

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