Is it legal in Tennessee to marry a four-year old?
Atwell Haines wrote:
> >From today's paper: (I swear I am NOT making this up). I would understand
> better if a Triumph were involved:
>
> +++++
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> Saturday, March 6, 1999
>
> MAN ATTEMPTS TO MARRY CAR BUT IS REJECTED
>
> Knoxville, TN (USA) (AP) - Many men have had love affairs with their
> cars. Buster Mitchell wanted to make it official.
>
> Jilted by his girlfriend, a bereft Mitchell decided he wanted to marry
> his true love: his 1996 Mustang GT.
>
> "I've been broken-hearted and hung out to dry, so I am going to the
> courthouse and try to marry my car," Mitchell said before trying to get a
> marriage license Thursday.
>
> Mitchell, 28, didn't get very far in the application before the clerk
> dashed his dreams. Only men and women can marry under Tennessee law,
> officials explained.
>
> It was sometime after he listed his fiancee's birthplace as "Detroit",
> her father as "Henry Ford" and her blood type as "10W-40" that his plans
> sputtered.
>
> "Well, in California they are doing same-sex marriages," he said. "So are
> we here in Tennessee. Why can't we do the good ol' boy thing and marry
> our cars and trucks?"
>
> Mitchell said he isn't giving up.
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"I don't regret any of the things I've done, just some of the things I wanted
to do, but didn't."
-R. A. Woodward (conn@wctc.net)
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