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little do peopel realize a fucking sea captain can marry people
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Incorrect. That's a misinformation popularized by some shows, because sea captains do not have the authority to marry people, only to conduct weddings (the ceremony only, not any legal binding).
If the marriage is to be officiated, there has to be a figure of law present in the vessel (that has to be docked to avoid illegalities). And that docking can allow gay people to marry, since the marriage can and has to follow the laws of the country the vessel is docked in. The kick for gay couples in the US is that the country itself has no defined marriage laws (since it's state-wise marriage laws), so when treating up the papers to carry the marriage back to the US, no matter the state they are in, it has to recognize the marriage since it's a country-to-country affair, not a country-to-state one.
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Definitions and understanding of terms is the real problem!
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Definitely. Many people still have an archaic understanding of marriage and family values and the worst part is that many of the people who pledge for the "sanctity of marriage" clearly suck at it.
Bristol Palin and Rush Limbaugh come to mind, denouncing gays for destroying marriage and family when the first advocated favorably teen pregnancy and the latter married 4 times. Double standards indeed.