Should couples be able to marry via Skype? Two law professors -- Mae Kuykendall and Adam Candeub at Michigan State University -- think so.
Their study, recently published in the Journal of Law Reform, proposes that couples in all 50 American states should be able to wed in spite of geographical boundaries.
Such a law would surely come in handy for those in same-sex unions, as well as the elderly, ill, and deployed.
With the video conferencing technologies available, the professors feel the current laws are "obsolete and antiquated" and do not reflect "the mobile needs of a technologically connected society."
Kuykendall and Candeub began working on their E-Marriage Project in 2008. Though the States do sanction marriages performed by proxy (via a representative), a ceremony via videoconference would obviously prove a much more cost-friendly alternative.
“Every time states liberalize, they get nervous," Kuykendall says. "But we urge states to stop being nervous and modernize their marriage laws.”
Do you think e-marriage is hokey or a viable alternative for couples who, for whatever reason, can't be together on their big day?
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