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Feb. 3rd, 2011 07:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Here is how to write a Marriage Law that would not immediately be repealed:
First, make it binding only to the so-called 'pureblood' families; those who, in recent years, have styled themselves such.
Second, make it a familial contract: the joining of two houses, perhaps with a change of name. Any children born into those families -- side branches too, if they count themselves as such -- would have citizenship and education in both magical and non-magical Britain.
Third, enforce nothing outside the basic contract. No mandatory sex, no mandatory children. Co-habitation is unnecessary; the couple should see each other reasonably often, but what that is should stay undefined. The custody of children with a different parent may be arranged by the couple in question, though they should carry the name and privileges of one of the new families.
Nice and quick and no dubcon-y sex magic. See? Easy.
First, make it binding only to the so-called 'pureblood' families; those who, in recent years, have styled themselves such.
Second, make it a familial contract: the joining of two houses, perhaps with a change of name. Any children born into those families -- side branches too, if they count themselves as such -- would have citizenship and education in both magical and non-magical Britain.
Third, enforce nothing outside the basic contract. No mandatory sex, no mandatory children. Co-habitation is unnecessary; the couple should see each other reasonably often, but what that is should stay undefined. The custody of children with a different parent may be arranged by the couple in question, though they should carry the name and privileges of one of the new families.
Nice and quick and no dubcon-y sex magic. See? Easy.
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Date: 2011-02-04 03:10 am (UTC)(Though I've always rather wondered if Marriage Law!Hermione could avoid all the mandated pregnancy BS by marrying a woman instead.)
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Date: 2011-02-05 04:45 am (UTC)