New provisional 2-year marriages

[MadImmortalMan]

Mexico City

Mexico City Considers Temporary Marriage Licenses

'Til death do us part ... for two years? Mexico City lawmakers are proposing legislation that would allow newlyweds to apply for temporary marriage licenses, instead of making the plunge into wedded life a lifetime commitment.

The legislation's proponents argue that the hassle of divorce could be avoided by making these licenses an option, according to Reuters. The change to civil code was proposed this week and would allow couples to decide the length of the commitment, with two years as the minimum.

If couples are still enjoying wedded bliss when the contract ends, then they would be able to renew the license. And if they're unhappy, the contract expires and they are both free without going through a divorce.

"The proposal is, when the two-year period is up, if the relationship is not stable or harmonious, the contract simply ends," Leonoel Luna, the Mexico City assemblyman who co-authored the bill, told Reuters. "You wouldn't have to go through the torturous process of divorce."

The legislation has proved to be controversial in Mexico, the country with the second largest Catholic population in world, after Brazil.

"The reform is absurd. It contradicts the nature of marriage," Hugo Valdemar, spokesman for the Mexican archdiocese, told Reuters. "It's another one of these electoral theatrics the assembly tends to do that are irresponsible and immoral."

A vote is expected on the proposed legislation by the end of the year.

Mmmkay. 

I wonder how they split the assets at expiration time.

[garbon]

Yeah it seems like they are missing why it is that divorces can end up so torturous.

[derspiess]

Works for Iran.

[Viking]

Is this only for gays? Because this does fuck up the institution of marriage.

[Admiral Yi]

Is this only for gays? Because this does fuck up the institution of marriage.

I don't see how.  It's a way for horny kids to shack up with a figleaf of respectability.

[derspiess]

Is this only for gays? Because this does fuck up the institution of marriage.

I don't see how.  It's a way for horny kids to shack up with a figleaf of respectability.

See: my post about Iran.  That's precisely how it's used there.  IIRC you can get marriage contract that lasts as little as a couple of hours

[MadImmortalMan]

See: my post about Iran.  That's precisely how it's used there.  IIRC you can get marriage contract that lasts as little as a couple of hours

That's just for whoring. 

[Ed Anger]

I want legal polygamy.

[derspiess]

I want legal polygamy.

More people to nag you, more mothers in law.  No thanks.

[The Brain]

I want legal polygamy.

More people to nag you, more mothers in law.  No thanks.

I think you misunderstood.

[Viking]

I want legal polygamy.

One of my Omani Operators told me I should become a muslim. I asked him why. He told me it was the best religion. I asked him if it was true. He said that wasn't important, in islam you can have many wives. I told him I didn't have one, why did I need permission for a second? He said I could have a second one later only if the first one is a muslim. He told me he was going to marry his second wife. I asked him how he liked having two mothers in law.

[garbon]

I want legal polygamy.

More people to nag you, more mothers in law.  No thanks.

That's easy enough to get around. Marry women whose mothers are dead or no longer in their lives.

[CountDeMoney]

Marry women whose mothers are dead or no longer in their lives.

That's a whole other set of Jerry Springer Show problems.

[Sheilbh]

Is this only for gays? Because this does fuck up the institution of marriage.

Agreed