fandomhigh | Lawyering Up: Week 6, Wed, Period 2 (2/13)

"In honor of tomorrow's holiday, today we're talking about Family Law," Nathan said as he passed around the usual handouts. "I'll spare depressing anybody by talking about divorce. Instead let's talk about law and family at its very basis. What, according to law, is a family?

"According to the state of Virginia, family means a man and a woman, complete with any kids they might have," Nathan said. "They're so convinced of this that they tacked something called the Marshall-Newman Amendment to their state Constitution. That way they felt they could be sure that nobody trying to define marriage as man/man or woman/woman or anything else would be out of luck, legally speaking.

"In today's class I'd like you to talk about this amendment." Nathan gave them all a serious look. "Now this issue can be controversial, but I know everyone here is mature enough to respect each other's opinions and stick to issues of law. What are the advantages to an amendment like this? What are the disadvantages? Does the amendment have ramifications outside of the issue of marriage? Should the government be trying to define marriage and family in the first place?

"No pairing up needed this time," Nathan said. "Let's get a group discussion going. Share your thoughts, talk with your classmates about theirs. I'll share some of my own as we go. Who wants to start?"

[ooc: OCD ~~coming~~ is up!]

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Listen, talk amongst yourselves, the usual.

Talk about your thoughts on how the law defines a family.

If you have any questions or comments for Nathan during the class, here's where they go. Ditto any lawyer jokes you'd like to share.

If you have any questions or comments for Sam during the class, here's where they go (once he pings in).

Nathan's taking his time packing up, in case anyone wants to talk privately.

I once had a girlfriend who lived in Virginia. Because apparently I didn't feel that the long-distance aspect of the relationship was obstacle enough. *facepalm*

Wyatt Halliwell

Dean Winchester

Meg Manning

Hermione Granger

Meg looked over the handouts and underlined the important parts during the lecture.

Hermione paid attention, marking up the handout when needed for studying purposes.

T.R. Wexler

Of course, Turtle is paying careful attention and making notes on the handouts. They're very important notes, despite what the cartoonish illustrations accompanying them may suggest.

Z Delgado

Andros

Chris Halliwell

Chris was pensive as he took notes. He wasn't sure he felt like talking about family.

Isabel Evans

Lucas Scott

Lucas wasn't fond of this subject, so it was with even less care than usual that he clicked his pen while Nathan lectured.

"I think it's total bull," Lucas said. "You don't need a mother and a father to have a family." He was possibly touchy on this subject, but open to discussing it.

"Is that something you think the law should say?" Nathan asked.

"I think the law needs to mind its own damn business," Dean spoke up. "Judging who can be a family on whether there's the right combination of body parts is beyond lame."

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