Posted by fschmidt on
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JohnX wrote

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.

A contract is an agreement between parties which specifies what each party will do for the other.  By this definition, a marriage license is not a contract.  There is no signed agreement.  There is no obligation on the part of the wife which violates the concept of "consideration".

It also isn't really a social union since we now have men and women living together outside of marriage who are just as united as those in marriage.  The modern marriage license doesn't change the nature of this union in a social sense.

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.

I don't know much about Happy Bachelors, where you are from.  So more than giving you a hard time, I am just curious how how you think.  I don't mind at all if people disagree with me as long they don't resort to insults.  I don't see any reason why you shouldn't be a member of CoAlpha.