So if a human falls in love with an animal why can't there be marriage. I know women that love their horse and thoroughly bond spending more time with their horse than family and friends.

Why can't a woman fall in love with and marry a horse?

Because horses aren't legally competent to enter contracts.

Duh.

Really? TC, you couldn't come up with an answer to that on your own?

For the same reason you can't marry a corpse. Horses cannot consent to marriage.

(April 9, 2014 at 12:39 am)NoraBrimstone Wrote: For the same reason you can't marry a corpse. Horses cannot consent to marriage.

(April 9, 2014 at 12:35 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Because horses aren't legally competent to enter contracts.

Duh.

In the islamic world apparently neither are 9 year old girls.

(April 9, 2014 at 12:50 am)Minimalist Wrote:

(April 9, 2014 at 12:35 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Because horses aren't legally competent to enter contracts.

Duh.

In the islamic world apparently neither are 9 year old girls.

I think you meant that the other way around. :p

Okay, why does someone need to consent in human language for the marriage to be valid? And who says a marriage isn't a marriage without a contract?

(April 9, 2014 at 1:09 am)Phatt Matt s Wrote: Okay, why does someone need to consent in human language for the marriage to be valid? And who says a marriage isn't a marriage without a contract?

Probably because it *is* a contract.

(April 9, 2014 at 1:06 am)NoraBrimstone Wrote:

(April 9, 2014 at 12:50 am)Minimalist Wrote: In the islamic world apparently neither are 9 year old girls.

I think you meant that the other way around. :p

Nah....I was just off by 3 years.

https://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/afghan...R2dGlkAw--

Quote:A 6-year-old Afghan girl sold by her father into an impending marriage to pay off a family medical debt got a reprieve Monday: She will now get to stay with her parents, thanks to an anonymous donor who is paying off the debt of $2,500 through an American lawyer, according to a still-developing New York Times report.