Only in France...

[TAF]

could this happen. This also confirms the long-standing feelings of French women and their husband's inability to "perform" and provide...that's why they are Socialists...

http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/11/1076388397691.html

[Bigdogjim]

So I guess their's no honeymoon :lol: :lol:

[dwasson]

Where I work they promote dead people all the time.

:confused:

[gja]

OK,
I guess he won't have a problem getting "stiff" for the honeymoon.

:lol:

[jfclancy]

So I guess their's no honeymoon :lol: :lol:

Well probably her new boyfriend wants to date a married woman. France....'nuff said.

Joe Clancy

[O's Fan Rich]

could this happen. This also confirms the long-standing feelings of French women and their husband's inability to "perform" and provide...that's why they are Socialists...

http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/11/1076388397691.html

Hmmmm..... something about that smells.
Was that story buried in the back pages?
Guess she was dieing to get married , too.
Look Mamma, I got a live one! Opppps.

OK, OK. I'm being cold here..

[Marauderman]

Where I work they promote dead people all the time.

:confused:
Should we ask? Not sure we want to know!!! :nono:

[Paul T. Casey]

It's a gene pool thing, you know, some country for centuries, same families, sooner or later you run out of non-relatives. I think in France it was about 1800, just after Lafayette.

[R Dean]

Le Code civil français interdit, sauf dispense, le mariage entre l’oncle et sa nièce, la tante et son neveu, et entre alliés en ligne directe. Il contient en outre une disposition qui permet, là aussi après autorisation, d’épouser un ou une fiancé(e) déjà décédé(e). Dans les deux cas, le Code ne précise pas quels sont les motifs permettant de déroger à la règle commune, mais stipule que les autorisations doivent être fondées sur une cause grave et obtenues auprès du président de la République. L’article présenté propose une analyse des critères retenus depuis 1960 par la direction des Affaires civiles et du Sceau chargée de proposer une décision au chef de l’État. Alors que la nuptialité connaît de profonds bouleversements, la jurisprudence de ces dispenses rappelle que les fondements de l’institution matrimoniale considérés comme légitimes ne sont pas immuables.
Code civil – Cohabitation – Dispense civile - Mariage – Mariage posthume.

Translation below

Jurisprudence of Civil Marriage Dispensations in France since 1960 : An Additional View on the Meaning of Marriage
The French Civil Code prohibits marriages, without a prior authorization, between certain blood relations and also between persons directly related by marriage. It also contains a provision allowing a person, again with authorization, to marry his or her deceased " fiancé(e) ". In neither case does the Code specify what grounds would make it possible to depart from common practice, but stipulates that dispensations must be based on serious reasons and must be obtained from the Head of State. This study proposes an analysis of recommendations made since 1960 by the officials who process these requests and submit a decision to the president of the French Republic. As the trend in the number of marriages declines, the study of these files is a reminder that what is considered to be the legitimate basis of the institution of marriage is not necessarily immutable.
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Jim Morrison (DOORS) song > People are Strange …. must have been referring to the French

Morrison is also buried in France …... Who knows, perhaps Morrison will be married next week… :shot:

[STLThunder]

I wonder if he was buried in a tuxedo?

[RCSignals]

It also contains a provision allowing a person, again with authorization, to marry his or her deceased " fiancé(e) "

I would guess that is in instances of, for e.g., a soldier being killed in a conflict before the marriage could take place.
Such a posthumous marriage would make the fiancé eligible for support/pension/etc.

[martyo]

Now she knows how Todd's wife feels...

[TAF]

I would guess that is in instances of, for e.g., a soldier being killed in a conflict before the marriage could take place.
Such a posthumous marriage would make the fiancé eligible for support/pension/etc.
And Lord knows...the French are ALWAYS up for a good war :lol::lol::lol:

The National Flag of France
http://www.alltheweb.com/r?ck_sm=31916ac7&rpos=11&oid=-&rpge=1&ref=200340086&r=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slycraft.co m%2Fsurrender-2.jpg

[RCSignals]

yes. But in this case it was a Policeman. Could be similar circumstances.

Then again maybe that's too obvious, so it's completely wrong.

Interesting approval is a responsibility of the French President.

[TAF]

yes. But in this case it was a Policeman. Could be similar circumstances.

Then again maybe that's too obvious, so it's completely wrong.

Interesting approval is a responsibility of the French President.
I saw that part of the article before I posted it...and with all due respect...

I've spent a LOT of time in France...in and around Paris, Normandy and Nice, etc...and I have ZERO respect for the French LEOs...I would NEVER even think of them in the same terms with the folks (LEOs) here.

[RCSignals]

I saw that part of the article before I posted it...and with all due respect...

I've spent a LOT of time in France...in and around Paris, Normandy and Nice, etc...and I have ZERO respect for the French LEOs...I would NEVER even think of them in the same terms with the folks (LEOs) here.


Poor Todd. All that time in France. Makes a lot of sense now.

But really WRT to the Policeman, all I was thinking is this may have been done so that the fiancé, now officially the widow, could claim some sort of widow's benefit.

[TAF]

Not coming at you RC...I just hate those French :censor:

Anyway...she could live the rest of her life off their stupid socialist system....

*I'm done*

[woaface]

I don't know if I should laugh at Todd or the article, I can't do both at the same time!:beer:

[RCSignals]

I don't know if I should laugh at Todd or the article, I can't do both at the same time!:beer:

Whatever you do, don't laugh at Todd :eek:

Look at what happened to marty

[dwasson]

I saw that part of the article before I posted it...and with all due respect...

I've spent a LOT of time in France...in and around Paris, Normandy and Nice, etc...and I have ZERO respect for the French LEOs...I would NEVER even think of them in the same terms with the folks (LEOs) here.

I didn't develop any respect for French cops after watching Ronin. A bunch of foriegners have a car chase through downtown. They're going the wrong way on one way streets, firing antitank weapons. And then they make a surprise left turn and the cops can't find em.

I figure that as effective as the French cops are when they are alive this dead one has an even chance of knocking this girl up.