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| As such, the CSS views the ability to get married as a basic right and something that should be honored across all its member worlds. However, it does not impose any restrictions upon what a marriage can be, allowing individual worlds to make up their minds about the details. | As such, the CSS views the ability to get married as a basic right and something that should be honored across all its member worlds. However, it does not impose any restrictions upon what a marriage can be, allowing individual worlds to make up their minds about the details. |
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| In the CSS, a marriage is like a corporation; it has members, each with a percentage 'share' of the marriage. Tihs percentage comes into play when determining inheritence. For most marriages, all partners are equal; however, some cultures may have husbands or wives in some sort of tier system, and this enables each marriage party to define their own allocations. | In the CSS, a marriage is like a corporation; it has members, each with a percentage 'share' of the marriage. This percentage comes into play when determining inheritence. For most marriages, all partners are equal; however, some cultures may have husbands or wives in some sort of tier system, and this enables each marriage party to define their own allocations. |
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| There are only a few fundamental rules about a marriage: | There are only a few fundamental rules about a marriage: |
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| * A person may only participate in one marriage at a time -- however, they may leave or join marriages more or less freely. | * A person may only participate in one marriage at a time -- however, they may leave or join marriages more or less freely. |
| * All involved must be adults | * All involved must be adults |
| * All involved must be sentient, living beings of a mostly biological nature. | * All involved must be sentient, living beings of a mostly biological nature. |
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| Any number of people can be in a marriage; there is no limit. A person can even be in a marriage with just themselves, legally speaking, but there is no particular benefit to doing such a thing. There is no implied sexual connection from being married, and in some cultures it is common to use the CSS' marriage framework to support the creation of families joined together of unrelated persons. These people want the benefits of being married but may not have seuxal relationships with each-other. | Any number of people can be in a marriage; there is no limit. A person can even be in a marriage with just themselves, legally speaking, but there is no particular benefit to doing such a thing. There is no implied sexual connection from being married, and in some cultures it is common to use the CSS' marriage framework to support the creation of families joined together of unrelated persons. These people want the benefits of being married but may not have seuxal relationships with each-other. |
