Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Still, regardless of whether the state of Utah recognizes a marriage, >> that is surely a different question from whether the marriage has, in >> fact, occurred. > > Making that distinction is, IMO, cracking open a very large barrel > of very nasty monkeys.
Not really. Suppose we have two seventeen-year-olds, whose parents are opposed to their marriage. In Utah, you can only get married without parental consent if you are eighteen. But these happy folks of seventeen are in Mississippi, where their marriage is legal even without parental consent. Then, they move to Utah, and enroll in BYU. Would BYU say "ah, in Utah, you cannot be married until you are eighteen, so, sorry, no, you are expelled"?! Of course not. BYU would say, "While you cannot marry in Utah at your age, you can in Mississippi, and you did, and God bless, you are married." So the rule BYU would invoke would not be "we only recognize marriages that would be legal under the laws of Utah". The rule would be "we recognize different-sex marriages no matter where performed, provided they are legal under the local laws where performed, and same sex marriages, never, no matter what." Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
