Bleeding Hearland - First, Representative Steve King absurdly claimed a "strong, Christian lawyer" told him the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on marriage means "you could marry your lawnmower."
In response, Pat Rynard shot a video of himself purportedly attempting to marry his lawnmower. Polk County Recorder Julie Haggerty patiently explained to Rynard why such a marriage would be impossible under the law.
Anyone who watched the video or read the post at Iowa Starting Line
would understand Rynard pulled off the stunt to mock King for
"insinuating that two loving gay men or women entering into marriage is
as bizarre and unnatural as someone marrying their lawnmower." Anyone, that is, except several journalists at WQAD in the Quad
Cities. In a televised segment, they claimed "a man in Des Moines tried
to marry his lawnmower."
Iowa Starting Line - Steve King is wrong. You cannot marry your lawnmower, as explained by Haggerty for a number of reasons:
– It’s an inanimate object
– It would have to be 18 years old
– It doesn’t have a government ID
– It would have to sign a contract
– You need a witness to confirm it can give consent to enter into a
contract
3 comments:
Such statutes should be tested in the Supreme Court. As long as you have had a riding mower for 7 years that could be construed as a common law marriage. If the mower has a smart divorce lawyer (best that it be another mower with an impressive ivy league law degree), it should get the home and garage and maintenance.
My wife is married to her lawnmower, me.
Whomsoever says you can't marry an inanimate object should see my wife performing her wifely duties in bed.
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