I wonder how many people could meet this standard

[redbird]

In poking around looking (for no particular reason) for a list of how MPs voted on C-38, I found this bit in the law:

Marriage requires the free and enlightened consent of two persons to be the spouse of each other.

That's Quebec-specific, so unenlightened persons may be legally able to marry elsewhere in Canada.

Comments

[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

I thought "enlightened" modified "consent," not "persons." Similarly, there can be "fully informed consent" to a particular plan when the people involved are not fully informed on other matters. I rather like the implications of using "enlightened" rather than "informed" when talking about something like marriage, which can have a significant dimension outside rational decision-making space. I wonder if it's legal boilerplate, or a clumsy translation from French, or if somebody wrote it special.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

Yeah, only buddhas can marry in Quebec, but they can be buddhas of any gender.