Reply #30: Marriage is a state licensed contract between adults

[Erika]

When a couple marries, it also is a contractual agreement with the state. The husband and wife become one for legal purposes. The parents did not enter into that contract.
The debts of one will be assumed by the other. Children will be under the custody of the parents. I think of it a legal promise made by the parties to each other and sanctioned by the state.

Terri's parent have no right to void this legal promise between the two married adults. By marriage, they gave each other the legal right to speak for the other.

Jeb is out of line by a country mile. His religious beliefs are just that. As much as the Republicans want to make this country a theocracy, they are not going to be able to. Terri's parents became rich as poster children for the ultra right wing pro-lifers. They've never had more money in their whole lives than under this scheme.