'Serenity'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Or as a ship's captain!
It's much easier to justify a ship's captain as a temporary agent of the state, since the concept comes from an era when a ship would be at sea for weeks and the captain was the highest authority. That's not a commingling of state and religious authority.
See, I'm of the radical thought that all marriages between same sex, different sex, box turtle and vulcan etc etc should be made into domestic partnerships in the eyes of the government. If folks want some kind of religious or spiritual wedding beyond that, then it is their deal, and it's between them and their church, or synagogue, or spaghetti monster, or whatever....As an atheist it bugs the crap out of me that religion gets into the middle of a legal partnership.
ayup! This!! Of course, I look at the history of marriage, and know, it is a legal contract to pass along things to heirs. Used to unite in peace warring families/towns/kingdoms. Days of the dowry have slipped away in 1st world countries (afaik). And slowly marriage has turned into a thing of love, not property. So, if that's the case, let evolve. If you want division/joining of property, bam, you have civil ceremony. If you want something "in the eyes of god", you have the religious ceremony. If you want to profess your ever love for someone, than throw a party and have at it. If you want to do all 3. Awesome. But now, it's an all or nothing element. And you have people all about the 3rd thing (I love ___, we should get married), and then fast forward, and they are no longer in love, and divorce happens. Maybe it should be a progressive thing. First the love ceremony. Then the optional "in the eyes of god" ceremony. And then the joining of assets ceremony. Of course, the divorce attorney lobby will never let that fly.
At my wedding we (the bride and groom) paid for most things, the groom's parents paid for some things and my Dad picked up the enormous bar tab.Laga, I say this with love. I've partied with your family. They can drink! (and that was only Christmas!!) I can only imagine how big that tab was!
ION. The deed is done. Ass!Hat ass't is gone. Today was his last day. We had a low key "exit interview". It was a fairly mutual thing of: I don't want him back/he doesn't think coming back is a good idea. Whew. Now starts the summer of going through the old building, cleaning up things, sorting through old equipment, and chucking crap. Then move into the new theater in September!!! First, I need to food shop. Then I'll start that, ok?
Oops. Sorry. I killed the thread.
And the assistant.
(but I don't think you did)
Of course, you can get that ability (depending on the state) by signing up for it with no religious specification at all.
We had a retired economist marry us, as a Vermont Justice of the Peace. I love Vermont. I recommend Vermont elopements for all.
I am not a fan of the theory of having a wedding to recoup the costs of attending others' weddings. I think that is actually kinda crass and epitomizes the commercialization and scorekeeping that people sometimes do. (er, no offense to your friend Toddson, but I feel pretty strongly about it.)
Laga, I say this with love. I've partied with your family. They can drink! (and that was only Christmas!!)
Only Christmas? That's one of the biggest drinking holidays of the year! Mmmmm mimosas.
I sent SLNRLBF back to Vermont today.
I didn't want to and the weather almost got us a chance to stay together another day but although his plane out of here was seriously delayed he got on it and the plane in Atlanta wasn't even there yet so I'm going to assume (since I haven't heard from him yet) that he made the plane and is heading back.
We had a wonderful, if too short, of a time. And I've been stirring around tonight trying to figure out what to do with myself.
We also talked about our future and some plans that although do not include a Vermont elopement, does include me moving to Vermont and us getting married on the beach here in Florida at some point.
us getting married
bears repeating
us getting married
... and again
us getting married
!!!
We're not engaged or anything official. But we know what we want.
That's so sweet.