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Joe Momma Donating Member (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-08-04 02:05 PM
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Let go for it...i need assistance
i am feeling motivated, and due to my adult ADD, this may pass at any time so:

i need help to draft a proposition to amend the arksansas constitution outlawing divorce except in the case of fornication (adultery). below is the text of the marriage amendment that passed here in this election with respect to same sex marriage. any help with the legalese would be appreciated in such a "divorce amendment". i need to gather 80k signatures, and i am sure i can get them. christ spoke directly on this subject, so...lets take action instead of talking. or not.

Chris Stewart, Executive Director
Arkansas Marriage Amendment
414 South Pulaski, Suite 3
Little Rock, AR 72201
501-975-7755
To the Honorable Charlie Daniels, Secretary of the State of Arkansas: We, the undersigned legal voters of the State of Arkansas, respectfully propose the following amendment to the Constitution of the State, to wit:
POPULAR NAME
AN AMENDMENT CONCERNING MARRIAGE
BALLOT TITLE
A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION PROVIDING
THAT MARRIAGE CONSISTS ONLY OF THE UNION OF ONE MAN AND ONE
WOMAN; THAT LEGAL STATUS FOR UNMARRIED PERSON WHICH IS
IDENTICAL OR SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO MARITAL STATUS SHALL NOT
BE VALID OR RECOGNIZED IN ARKANSAS, EXCEPT THAT THE
LEGISLATURE MAY RECOGNIZE A COMMON LAW MARRIAGE FROM
ANOTHER STATE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN; AND THAT THE
LEGISLATURE HAS THE POWER TO DETERMINE THE CAPACITY OF
PERSONS TO MARRY, SUBJECT TO THIS AMENDMENT, AND THE LEGAL
RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS, PRIVILEGES, AND IMMUNITIES OF MARRIAGE.
Be it enacted by the people of the State of Arkansas:
SECTION 1: Marriage
Marriage consists only of the union of one man and one woman.
SECTION 2: Martial Status
Legal status for unmarried persons which is identical or substantially similar to marital status shall not be valid or recognized in Arkansas, except that the Legislature may
recognize a common law marriage from another state between a man and a woman.
SECTION 3: Capacity, rights, obligations, privileges, and immunities.
The Legislature has the power to determine the capacity of persons to marry, subject to this amendment, and the legal rights, obligations, privileges, and immunities of marriage.
And by this, our petition, order that the same be submitted to the people of said State, to the end that the same may be adopted or rejected by the vote of legal voters of said State
at the regular general election to be held on the 2nd day of November, 2004, and each of us for himself says: I have personally signed this petition; I am a legal voter of the State
of Arkansas, and my printed name, date of birth, residence, city of town of residence, and date of signing this petition are correctly written after by signature.

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