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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:41 PM Original message |
Would $100 marriage-license fee help prevent divorce? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Um, no |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's deluded. |
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Daxxie (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. Guy isn't wrapped real tight..... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. yeah, the state of Florida is so good at everything else it does |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 05:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
36. When I wanted to get married |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. Only among poor people |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. You've got an old fashioned idea divorce is something that lasts forever... |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. No - and I shudder to imagine what he thinks would be appropriate |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. Idiot |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. Ermmm, no, it wouldn't. Too many pay a fortune for the wedding |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. my sister's getting married next month |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. See, what's a $100 license fee gonna do - it won't stop folks. |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. go smack your sister upside the head. |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I don't see that happening |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Your parents don't have to accept the bill. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 06:04 AM Response to Reply #23 |
39. well if they've got theirs, then they can pay for it. geesh. i guess that's the american way. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 06:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
38. that's very nice of your sister. I think your mom should tell your sister |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Screw the experts and their tacky wedding shit... |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. definitely!!! we were 'married' before any piece of paper came about. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 06:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
41. Return the bill "no longer at this address" nt |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
46. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!! |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. no, but a million dollar divorce filing fee would |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. Moron.... we should tax church attndance.... a pew tax $5 a sitting and to be fair we |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. I generally vote absentee... |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. A pole tax? |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. I was making either a delightful play on words or a spelling mistake... |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 01:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
35. Would catholics have to pay an alcohol tax on top of the pew tax? j/k |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. Why not charge $1000 for a license? This idiot's really only going to add to the number of |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
15. $100? Not a chance. nt |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. Why does divorce cost so much? |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. Well, he has a point. |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. This is more about the premarital counseling |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Religious angle? Of course it does: |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. Oh sure |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
24. I doubt it, the one thing about a divorce, no matter what it costs... it is worth it |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. It would not |
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Pharlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. Seems to me, making it harder to get married and/or divorced in Florida would only |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. this would be a stupid move on the part of the Florida legislature |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
27. Charge $10 million for a marriage license... |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. Divorce is very expensive but it doesn't stop people from doing it |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. Absolutely. Especially for those of us who spend thousands of dollars on the wedding. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
32. Couples can move to Texas!!! Save Money!! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
33. Nope..but I know something that would go a long to to preventing divorces |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
40. I wonder |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
42. another clueless, insulated, middle class white guy. |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
43. Why are other people's marriages his business? |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
44. Answer to the thread: no. |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
45. It would give fundies one more way to denigrate poor people |
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