Description: THIS WORLD ASSEMBLY,
RESOLVING to acknowledge and accept all consenting unions of sapient individuals and grant them the same full immunities and privileges of marriage.
HOPING to ensure that there is a consistent freedom to engage in such a covenant and enjoy the full benefits, rights, and responsibilities of said covenant without discrimination.
HEREBY ENACTS the following provisions as international law:
Section 1: Definitions
a) A "civil marriage" (or "marriage") as defined by international law is the legal, contractual agreement established by law between consenting, sapient individuals to be legally bound as a family unit (or the political or cultural equivalent of such an agreement).
i. "Consent" to marriage must include at least the fully-informed, freely-willed, and clearly-documented consent of the individuals that will be a part of the marriage.
b) A "religious marriage" as defined by international law is a marriage recognized by a religious organization.
c) Member nations may differentiate between the terms in subsections (a) and (b) as they see fit, so long as the legal effect is not changed.
d) If marriage law is handled at the subnational level, then all provisions applicable to “member nations” apply also to the respective subnational entities.
Section 2: Right to Marry
a) Member nations cannot restrict individuals from entering into a nationally-recognized marriage and must provide a process for establishing any such marriages, except for in the case outlined in subsection (b).
b) A member nation may choose to simply not recognize or perform marriage, so long as it does so for all individuals equally.
c) Religious organizations have sole domain over the recognition of marriages as religious marriages.
Section 3: Anti-Discrimination
a) All marriages are to be treated as equal and the same by law, with the same legal rights and privileges granted to each marriage and the individuals within each, and no more legal rights or privileges granted to religious marriages.
b) The process, rules, and guidelines by which a marriage is by law established in a member nation must be the same for each marriage.
c) Those in a marriage are considered, for all legal intents and purposes, "spouses”.
d) Those in any marriage have an equal legal right to procreate or adopt, and all rights, privileges, and responsibilities entailing the procreation or adoption must be equitably applied amongst all marriages, including the right to be considered a “family”.
e) Legal rights may not be denied on the basis of marital status or prior marital status.
Section 4: Recognition
a) All member nations must grant individuals in a marriage established in another nation all rights and privileges granted to those in a marriage in their jurisdiction.
i. National laws regarding sexual practices are not subject to this requirement.
b) The status of being in a marriage legally impossible in a member nation cannot be a basis for discrimination with regards to any other legal status that would otherwise be possible.
