{"id":1864,"date":"2003-12-22T18:24:07","date_gmt":"2003-12-22T22:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2003\/12\/22\/dutch-endorse-human-pet-marriages\/"},"modified":"2003-12-22T18:24:07","modified_gmt":"2003-12-22T22:24:07","slug":"dutch-endorse-human-pet-marriages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2003\/12\/22\/dutch-endorse-human-pet-marriages\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Endorse Human-Pet Marriages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a2102'><\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"537\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/marrypet.jpg\" width=\"410\" height=\"308\" align=\"left\">Apparently<br \/>\n          the Dowbrigade is not the only wacko who believes that <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2003\/11\/18#a1835\">people<br \/>\n          should be allowed to marry their pets<\/a>. There is nothing more<br \/>\n          loving, supportive and nonjudgmental than a pet, and who can deny<br \/>\n          these are ideal qualities in a spouse. <\/p>\n<p>        Furthermore, we have certainly<br \/>\n          known canines more intelligent than most of the people we interact<br \/>\n          with on a day-to-day basis. So why not expand the definition of marriage<br \/>\n          to include the union of a man and a woman, or a man and a man, or a<br \/>\n          woman and a woman, or a man and his dog, or a woman and her cat, etc.&nbsp; I<br \/>\n          there is true love involved, who are we to stand in the way of marital<br \/>\n          bliss?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/marryyourpet.com\">Marryyourpet.com<\/a> has been set up by Dominique Lesbirel, from Amsterdam,<br \/>\n      who says a pet makes the perfect partner.<\/p>\n<p>She says pets will give you comfort, rarely let you down and never<br \/>\n        fight for the TV remote control.<\/p>\n<p>        &quot;I wanted to make the love between a man and his pet official,&quot; she<br \/>\n        said. &quot;Now everyone can marry his cat, dog or snake.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>        &quot;But don&#8217;t be too impulsive. A wedding certificate is not a guarantee<br \/>\n        for a long and happy marriage. We aren&#8217;t responsible for the dog stealing<br \/>\n      your steak for dinner or the cat damaging your best furniture.&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>from<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ananova.com\/news\/story\/sm_830478.html\"> Ananova<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently the Dowbrigade is not the only wacko who believes that people should be allowed to marry their pets. There is nothing more loving, supportive and nonjudgmental than a pet, and who can deny these are ideal qualities in a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2003\/12\/22\/dutch-endorse-human-pet-marriages\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1443],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esl-links"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}