MSU law professors say e-marriages expand couple's rights

[Bozita]

Source: Detroit News

Last Updated: December 06. 2009 11:46AM
MSU law professors say e-marriages expand couple's rights


East Lansing -- A Boston couple wanting to wed under Louisiana's covenant marriage law, or two New Orleans women seeking to wed in Massachusetts should be able to do so without leaving home, two law professors say.

Michigan State University's Adam Candeub and Mae Kuykendall have started the Legal E-Marriage Project, a clearinghouse for legislative proposals to establish "e-marriages."

"According to the team, the proposal refutes suggestions the state should get out of the marriage business and has the potential to alter the landscape of marriage culture wars," Michigan State law schoolspokeswoman Katie Gallagher wrote on the school's Web site.

Candeub and Kuykendall said states should let couples marry under the laws of whatever place they chose.

Read more: http://www.detnews.com/article/20091206/NATION/912060318/1361/MSU-law-professors-say-e-marriages-expand-couple-s-rights

[eShirl]

1. if Klinger can get married by radio from Korea

why not?

[Delphinus]

2. I don't see how it would expand rights.

A couple's home state would not necessarily have to recognize the marriage. (from the article)

[boppers]

5. Inter-family marriages in states that refuse them...

Age of consent laws...
Same sex laws....

So, two people could get married under MA law, and move to MA, and still be married, even if their home state refused to recognize it.

[Delphinus]

10. What??!!

There are states that can refuse inter-faith marriages???!!! I had no idea!

[boppers]

11. Inter-family.

Different states have different laws about cousins (for example) marrying...

See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage#History_and_current_status_in_the_United_States

[COLGATE4]

3. Silly proprosal

from profs at a third-tier law school.

[Piewhacket]

4. tier envy is unbecoming, colgate. the proposal is innovative..

and like most innovation, there are some unresolved problems.
Setting aside the same sex issues, what's the problem?

The rich marry where they choose, with pre-nups to shape the
property rights if they choose. Courts/lawyers handle multiple legal
jurisdictions all the time in divorces. Couple married in PA moves
to CA.

Anyway, what "tier" were you looking to fill?

[sakabatou]

6. If e-marriages do get underway

This would help long-distance relationships.

[marshall]

7. What about registering for domestic partnerships under other states?

That would be in-roads into helping lots of families.

[Occulus]

8. Not just no, but FUCK THAT NOISE.

I can't get married in all but a handful of states, period, and even then my marriage isn't federally recognized, but these lazy asses want to do it electronically?

No. Fuck it, I don't care. HELL no. Not until I can get married in the first place.

edit: where did these two fall when Michigan's Amendment banning gay marriage was passed? Does anyone know?

[No Elephants]

9. Next up: e-divorce

e-divorce will follow e-marriage, as night follows day. Which is why I doubt any state will recognize e-marriage.