(April 20, 2015 at 2:02 pm)robvalue Wrote: Obviously this whole topic is just about bigotry, but I thought I'd add in my two cents on a side issue. I don't believe marriage is any way a sexual contract. Please correct me if I am wrong. As far as I know, marriage is not a legal promise of any sexual activity in the future whatsoever.
I'm not saying this is likely; I'm just talking about the bare bones of what the agreement is actually about legally.
In the past, a total lack of sexual activity was considered grounds for an annulment. I do not know what the current laws are in the various states of the U.S. (or in other countries), but I would not be surprised if this is still grounds for annulment in many places.
An annulment is quite different from a divorce. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annulment
However, in order to get an annulment, someone would have to seek it. So a total lack of sexual activity would not automatically result in a marriage being declared null and void.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
