Marrying the dead .

[Frederick]

Is this one of Sarkozy's vote seeking  decisions.......... giving permission to marry dead people ?

Do you need need a Medium to exchange vows? 

http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2011/06/french-woman-marries-dead-boyfriend.html

[idun]

HOW STUPID!

I don't agree with it at all or for those who want to have children with someone who has died either. Death is the great divider and should not be mixed with the living, just how I feel about it.

[mint]

Id, you living now in the north of England, don't you hear them say there's nowt so queer as folk?

Or does everybody now no longer use the word " queer" in that context?!

[idun]

Yes, we do say that, but she hasn't married anyone.

[Anton Redman II]

De Gaulle brought in the legislation during the Algerian Civil War. Permission of the mother of the groom is needed. Main idea was to secure pension and inheritance rights where child was conceived prior to death of groom.

[Val_2]

Sounds like a good title for a horror film.

[idun]

I can understand why there was a need to have some rights when an enfant naturel is involved, but was this the case?

[Gardener]

The wife-widow has had a child with him before he died.