I suppose I really should mention...

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... that I suggested to caseopaya that we get a civil union in accordance with Victorian law.

She said yes.

(I "blame", in part, airiefairie's excellent proposal for ending state-sanctioned marriage in favour of civil unions for all, and beagl and kimeros for cutting a similar path. Thanks for the inspiration.)

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was actually discussion that with friends the other day.

the evolution of the modern marriage and how marriage as gone from an arrangement or forced thing (shotgun weddings and such)to the notion that love is some how ivolved in it (original discussion was over the young labour trying to get legal recognition for gay marriages).

one idea was that civil unions may become more common because of divorce and some marriages may end up being a business contract where certain conditions and material must be provided by both parties or it dissolved and things are owed.

all pretty interesting if you think about what may happen and what has come before. :)

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Evolution indeed. I think Heinlein explored the idea of the 'civil union contract' (with time limits no less!) on Stranger in a Strange Land.

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I haven't read that yet but that was the basic idea.

as well as arranged (either by government, religion or corporations) unions with certain goals for the marriage, such as to have a certain number of children or provide certain things in exchange, all to be reached within a a time frame and limit.

makes fertile grounds for Speculative Fiction and Sci/Fi.