XPost: sci.psychology.psychotherapy, alt.consciousness, talk.origins   
   From: johnSPAM@wilkins.id.au   
      
   Raan  wrote:   
      
   ...   
   > I have a better idea... abolish marriage as a legal contract.   
      
   I *like* this. We could replace it with parental agreements and   
   partner's powers of attorney, inheritance registration as part of   
   will-making, and so forth.   
      
   Then, marriage could be purely a church affair, and non-church folk   
   could organise a (non-legal) ceremony for whatever they like...   
   --   
   John S. Wilkins john@wilkins.id.au   
   web: www.wilkins.id.au blog: evolvethought.blogspot.com   
      
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