ALLOW TEXAS INMATES TO A PROXY MARRIAGE!!!
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Mar 10th, 2015Someone from Lubbock, TX signed.
Mar 10th, 2015Someone from Paris, TX writes:
People should be allowed to be married, whether by proxy or other. My fiancé and i cant have contact visit simply because we're not married. That means I'm not "family" even though I'm the only one who has been to see him since he's been incarcerated, I'm the only one who accepts his calls, the only one to write to him. I'm his entire universe, but yet I'm not "family". That's how the guards described me. And just because you're engaged that doesn't give you any legal standing over anything that has to do with the inmate. I have full power of attorney over him, but it's still not the same. I want to be his wife in every legal way possible. It's just not right that a few bad apples spoil the whole bucket for everyone else. I love him and he loves me. We should be allowed to be married.Mar 9th, 2015Someone from Longview, TX writes:
My son father is incarcerated, my son now is two years old, he will be three very soon, and we had planned to marry on his third birthday. Regardless of his imprisonment, we still wanted to follow through. Although he is not serving a long sentence. We still wanted to follow order. So being said it's not fair, considering we already have a life together, the system has found another way to keep us apart..REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 18th, 2015Someone from Pahokee, FL writes:
WHETHER BY PROXY OR IN PERSON, PLEASE SUPPORT PERMITTING MARRIAGES TO TEXAS INMATES WHO WISH TO DO SO.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 17th, 2015Someone from Houston, TX writes:
I have a loved one whom is in prison and wants nothing more than to marry me. The right to a holy matrimony should NOT be dictated by a state nor a person. You are robbing others in the same position of love, hope and joy. The Texas system has it all wrong. You've stripped the inmates down to nothing, treat them like animals and they loose all humane scenes. Change this. Give them some thing to live for, something to feel fulfilled by, something to feel like the have some sort of normal existence.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 16th, 2015Someone from Rowlett, TX signed.
Feb 16th, 2015Someone from Del Valle, TX writes:
Please support this it is very important to allow inmates to still be treated like a person.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 16th, 2015Someone from Waco, TX signed.
Feb 15th, 2015Someone from Seagoville, TX writes:
My fiancé and I, we want to get married. Now since you took the human rights away from him. I thought that the human rights of the constitution of the USA was supposed to be written in stone. A guess you all made money on this deal. You politicians don't have the right to take a human right away to get married. First you guys take the freedom away and treat them like DOGS and take their human rights away. You should be ashamed of yourself Why don't you kick them their already downREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 13th, 2015Someone from Dallas, TX writes:
It's is only improving quality life for inmates and families more visitation mire likely To do goodREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 8th, 2015Someone from Nederland, TX signed.
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No, CancelFeb 5th, 2015Someone from Sarcoxie, MO writes:
waited for 14 yrs.to get married dont want to wait any longerREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 5th, 2015Someone from Denison, TX signed.
Feb 4th, 2015Someone from Dallas, TX signed.
Feb 3rd, 2015Someone from Amarillo, TX writes:
allow inmates to be married by proxy or have clerk of courts go to jails/prisons with intended couples so both parties can be present.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 3rd, 2015Someone from Lafayette, LA signed.
Feb 1st, 2015Someone from Fort Worth, TX writes:
It is well-established and crystal clear that the right to marry is a central aspect of the right to liberty, privacy, association, and identity. Fourteen times since 1888, the United States Supreme Court has stated that marriage is a fundamental right of all individuals. In these cases, the Court has reaffirmed that "freedom of personal choice in matters of marriage" is "one of the liberties protected by the Due Process Clause," "essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men," and "sheltered by the Fourteenth Amendment against the State's unwarranted usurpation, disregard, or disrespect." Here is a list of the fourteen cases, with links to the opinions and citations to the Court's discussion of the right to marry. Maynard v. Hill, 125 U.S. 190, 205, 211 (1888): Marriage is "the most important relation in life" and "the foundation of the family and society, without which there would be neither civilization nor progress." Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390, 399 (1923): The right "to marry, establish a home and bring up children" is a central part of liberty protected by the Due Process Clause. Skinner v. Oklahoma ex rel. Williamson, 316 U.S. 535, 541 (1942): Marriage "one of the basic civil rights of man," "fundamental to the very existence and survival of the race." Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479, 486 (1965): "We deal with a right of privacy older than the Bill of Rights-older than our political parties, older than our school system. Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred. It is an association that promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects. Yet it is an association for as noble a purpose as any involved in our prior decisions." Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1, 12 (1967): "The freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men." Boddie v. Connecticut, 401 U.S. 371, 376, 383 (1971): "[M]arriage involves interests of basic importance to our society" and is "a fundamental human relationship." Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur, 414 U.S. 632, 639-40 (1974): "This Court has long recognized that freedom of personal choice in matters of marriage and family life is one of the liberties protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment." Moore v. City of East Cleveland, 431 U.S. 494, 499 (1977) (plurality): "[W]hen the government intrudes on choices concerning family living arrangements, this Court must examine carefully the importance of the governmental interests advanced and the extent to which they are served by the challenged regulation." Carey v. Population Services International, 431 U.S. 678, 684-85 (1977): "[I]t is clear that among the decisions that an individual may makREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 31st, 2015Someone from San Antonio, TX signed.
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Jan 29th, 2015Someone from Arlington, TX signed.
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Jan 27th, 2015Someone from Austin, TX writes:
My boy friend and I have been dating for about 5 years now he was recently sentenced 18 years and we would love to get married... inmates should have as much rights as same sex couples do.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 25th, 2015Someone from Dallas, TX signed.
Jan 25th, 2015Someone from Walnut Springs, TX writes:
My boyfriend has been locked up since he was 19! He is now 27 and wants to get married! He has another two years left on his sentence, we want to get married! I believe No matter what inmates should be able to marry their long term girlfriend/boyfriend!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 22nd, 2015Someone from Dayton, TX writes:
I totally agree that inmates should be allowed to marry while they are in prison. I have planned for to marry my fiance on aug 22st. 2015.. but he got incarcerated. Now knowing what I know I can't it. Break my heart. Because my husband has bad health issues. I love him with all my heart. Couldn't imagine spending rest of without him. I love him with all my heart.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 20th, 2015Someone from Houston, TX signed.
Jan 19th, 2015Someone from Lubbock, TX signed.
Jan 17th, 2015Someone from Haskell, TX writes:
I want to be able to marry the love of my life!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 17th, 2015Someone from Plano, TX signed.
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No, CancelJan 11th, 2015Someone from Dallas, TX writes:
Ive been with my love for 9 years before his incarceration.We have been together for almost 10. We want to get married soon. It would bring me such joy if we could.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 11th, 2015Someone from Dallas, TX writes:
Ive been with my love for 9 years before his incarceration.We have been together for almost 10. We want to get married soon. It would bring me such joy if we could.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 11th, 2015Someone from Dallas, TX writes:
Ive been with my love for 9 years before his incarceration.We have been together for almost 10. We want to get married soon. It would bring me such joy if we could.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 11th, 2015Someone from Dallas, TX writes:
Ive beev with my love for going on ten years. We want to get married. What should we do?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 11th, 2015Someone from Del Valle, TX writes:
ME AND MY FIANCEE WERE PLANNING A WEDDING, THEN HE ENDED UP IN JAIL AND NOW FACING A PRISON SENTENCE. WE STILL WANTED TO PROCEED WITH THE MARRIAGE AND UPON DISCOVERING THIS LAW PASSED, YET ANOTHER WASTE OF GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE WITH PERSONAL DECISIONS, NOW WE ARE UNABLE TO BE LEGALLY MARRIED. WHAT WILL THEY DECIDE "FOR US" NEXT?? REALLY, GO AFTER REAL ISSUES AT HAND...REPORT COMMENTS
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