Silhouette
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Well clearly we are at an impasse. We'll see what the courts say if Moore defends himself and the children of Alabama by citing this quote and following the legal logic back to the Infants Doctrine. You'll have your work cut out for you "proving" that children are not implied parties to the marriage contract. Good luck. You're going to need it. Your task is akin to proving that water isn't wet.no, not confused. it's plain there is no connection
If courts acknowledge the thousands-year-old understanding that marriage is about children, indeed created for children in the first place, then the following is going to be a problem for gay marriage which legally strips children of either a mother or father for life to their detriment:
Any contract which a court deems to be detrimental to the interests of the child is void, plain and simple. It is not voidable - it is void. It is as if it never existed. Of course, this takes a court order to achieve but it is an important deterrent to commercial hustlers who would not hesitate to extract money from a child. Contracts With Children