Posted by JohnX on
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fschmidt wrote

Which part is consistent with modern marriage, social union or legal contract between people?

Both. The contract part even by your own description:

This license is neither a social union nor a legal contract.  It simply says that you will serve a lifetime of government enforced indentured servitude to the woman in return for absolutely nothing.

That sounds like a contract, just not a very good one.

I agree that there isn't much point arguing about semantics, but I personally don't like letting feminists define the meaning of the words I use.

Neither do I. And sometimes argue over definitions is worthwhile.

On another topic, what do you think of Exodus 22:16-17:

16 "When a man seduces a virgin who was not promised in marriage, and he has sexual relations with her, he must certainly pay the bridal price for her to be his wife. 17 If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he must pay an amount in silver equal to the bridal price for virgins.

Being required to marry the virgin you seduce (if the father consents) sounds fine. No particular opinion on being required to pay a bridal price upon marriage, but I'm in favor of having some kind of penalty (whether equal to the bridal price or not) in the case of seduction with no marriage.

That's in a proper society, I wouldn't for the most part live by those rules today, neither would most fathers of virgins.

And on a related topic, which women is it acceptable to seduce and which are off limits?

In today's society, the off limit ones would be something like these: women in serious relationships, women whose men I have good relations with, women I knew would seriously regret it.

In a proper society there would be further restrictions.

About these questions; it makes sense to screen potential members of course, but I also recall (if not mistaken) other to-be members not getting them, so I was wondering if I've set off any red flags or anything.