{"id":40835,"date":"2014-01-20T21:21:02","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T04:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/20\/marriage-101.html"},"modified":"2014-11-06T07:25:38","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T14:25:38","slug":"marriage-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/20\/marriage-101.html","title":{"rendered":"Marriage 101"},"content":{"rendered":"
I'm sympathetic to the idea, truly, but even if it were the most effective and useful education in the world, I'm not thrilled about setting a legal precedent to the state adding further requirements before people can marry.<\/p>\n

I do like the idea of providing incentives<\/i> for doing so, but as a mandatory requirement? Nah.<\/p>\n

Also, not sure why civil unions would be exempted.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +The Denver Post<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

As if getting married wasn't complicated enough, a proposed ballot initiative would require mandatory pre-wedding education before couples could say "I do." The proposed Colorado Marriage Education Act calls for 10 hours of pre-wedding marriage education for first-timers, 20 hours for those marrying a second time and 30 hours for those going for their third try. The law would not apply to civil unions.\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Colorado ballot measure proposes education classes to marry<\/a>
\n As if getting married wasn’t complicated enough, a proposed ballot initiative would require mandatory pre-wedding education before couples could say “I do.\n <\/p>\n

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I'm sympathetic to the idea, truly, but even if it were the most effective and useful education in the world, I'm not thrilled about setting a legal precedent to the state adding further requirements before people can marry. I do like the idea of providing incentives for doing so, but as a mandatory requirement? 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