Joe Exotic posts on instagram that his husband was deported by ICE after years of shilling for Donald Trump.

  • @Pregnenolone
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    218 hours ago

    Fine, but they can refer to each other as husbands if they like

    • JackbyDev
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      105 hours ago

      Well, yeah, but I believe the implication is that if they were legally married then Exotic’s husband should be a US citizen and shouldn’t have been deported.

        • @[email protected]
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          41 hour ago

          Other way around. A US citizen marrying a foreign national grants the foreign national a path towards citizenship.

          After looking further into it, however, it’s not an immediate thing. It seems to take 3 years before you can apply for citizenship, and of course you need to remain in the country legally for those 3 years.

          • @[email protected]
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            249 minutes ago

            But there’s also the assumption that one wants US citizenship which often means giving up any other citizenship you have

      • @garbagebagel
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        34 hours ago

        I think that even if they were legally married, there are instances where they can still be deported. If the person went into or stayed in America “illegally”, they can be deported regardless of marriage status.

      • @[email protected]
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        24 hours ago

        That’s bullshit. The government shouldn’t be deporting people for refusing to participate in their system of regulating love. Just let people live where they want.

    • outbakes9510
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      15 hours ago

      Note that might have legal consequences: if they expressed that in a court session it might be considered perjury or contempt of court. In general, people don’t like being mislead, so using sentences that are easy to misinterpret when you could have used a more straightforward sentence will probably lead to trouble.

      Some consequences of “represent[ing] to others that the parties are married” can be considered quite negative: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/no-home-or-kids-together-but-couple-still-spouses-appeal-court-rules https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common-law_marriage_in_the_United_States

    • Captain Aggravated
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      -127 hours ago

      You know what? No. “Husband” “Wife” and “Spouse” have a legal meaning that has ramifications in tax and contract law, so I can only assume (especially from someone of his ethical caliber) that using such language is attempted fraud.

      • @[email protected]
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        187 hours ago

        Nah fuck that. The idea that the state needs to validate people’s relationships is absurd.

        • @AA5B
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          37 hours ago

          People can do whatever they want with their relationships, but if they want a union recognized by the government and the advantages conferred by that, then yes the state can regulate that

        • Captain Aggravated
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          -17 hours ago

          Marriage has nothing to do with relationships or love. Never has and never will. Marriage is a contract, whether the terms of that contract is who has power of attorney by default or a mutual defense pact against the Ottoman Empire is up to the betrothed.

          Let me provide an example of why this has to be in place: One cannot be compelled to testify against a spouse in court. That protection doesn’t extend to boyfriends, fucktoys or high-speed-low-passes. To prevent that system from being abused, you’re going to need to have a registry somewhere otherwise every court case is going to be “the prosecution can’t call any witnesses because everyone in the English speaking world is my spouse.”

          Boyfriend, partner, dicksheath, cumdumpster, codpiece, anklegrabber, better half or significant other, these terms have no legal meaning and thus are perfectly free to use. “Husband” “Wife” and “Spouse” mean “we are parties of a certain standardized, legally binding contract.”

          • @[email protected]
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            Ain’t nobody should have to snitch to the cops about nothing if they don’t want to. Shouldn’t require marriage at all.

            Also, if marriage isn’t about love, then how come you can’t marry your sister? I’m not advocating for sister marriage, I’m just pointing out it definitely is about love, and that’s why marrying your sister is weird.

      • @Pregnenolone
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        27 hours ago

        lol okay word police.

        I’m sure this keeps you up at night tossing and turning that someone used the word husband when it wasn’t technically correct under the strict definition of ThE lEgAl SyStEm

        • Captain Aggravated
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          -37 hours ago

          Okay so, other than “husband” and “woman” are there any other words the left don’t want to allow defining? How long is this list going to get?

          • @[email protected]
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            Hello I’m the left’s official spokesperson and I think I can clear up this confusion.

            A woman is someone who wants to be a woman.

            A husband is someone who wants to be a husband and has consent from the person they’re a husband of.

            Both of these words are identities, and letting people be who they want to be when it doesn’t affect other people is one of the values of the left. So you can go ahead and extend this reasoning to all personal identities that don’t harm others, and I think that answers your question.

            • Captain Aggravated
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              01 hour ago

              And if you look to your left, ladies and gentlemen, you can see the hill America died on.

              • @Pregnenolone
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                125 minutes ago

                I mean, it’s you that’s insisting on a strict rule being followed, while the rest of us are letting people live their lives as they like.

                It is you dying on the hill my friend. Alone, by the sounds of it.

              • @[email protected]
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                11 hour ago

                That’s weird, I thought America died on the price of eggs, supporting genocide, and hating black women

          • @Pregnenolone
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            76 hours ago

            “The left”

            I’m just some dude.