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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (543656)	2/21/2004 8:56:20 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Respond to of 769670

All but one state, Mississippi, seem to have similar age requirements for marriage, 18. If you're younger you need permission. In Miss. you must be 21, contrary to what you might have guessed. Arizona allows cousins to marry if they are over 65. Other rules involve blood tests. It seems from cursory examination states have fairly wide discretion over these rules. Some specifically mention civil union and even reach out to those in this category to give them the legal status of married couples.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (543656)	2/22/2004 12:05:24 AM
From: SecularBull	Respond to of 769670

State laws govern such matters, which is why SF is out of line. ~SB~

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (543656)	2/22/2004 12:07:50 AM
From: SecularBull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Anyone wonder what legal standing San Francisco has to file suit against the state on this matter? If I was a taxpayer in SF, I'd be hot that my tax dollars were being spent on something outside the bounds of the city's authority. This is an abuse of office by the SF mayor, and at taxpayer expense. ~SB~

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (543656)	2/22/2004 8:45:01 AM
From: Johannes Pilch	Respond to of 769670

If it is allowed by the agreed upon laws governing the state and country, I have no problem with it, as long as I am not forced to support it. I don't even care if the entire country wishes to support it. I now am at a point where I only wish the vote to take place. I wish to know concretely how far America has sunk.