Marriage of Opportunity= Legally marrying someone for financial and healthcare benefits.
Let’s say your employer will pay you an extra 1500-1600 a month if you are married. And let’s say you have some lesbian friends who would like to adopt a baby, but can’t as a lesbian couple in their state. Or maybe one of them already has a biological son whom they both raise, and they could benefit from the free medical care your employer offers.
Ethics aside; and opinions of the sanctity or marriage, or my spelling of sanctity (is that right?" all aside, is it LEGAL? Could you be arrested for fraud or something? If you did everything right, and you legally married the person, I don’t see how you could be punished. But it’s always possible, I guess.
Now… hypothetically, if said employer is the Army, is there anything in UCMJ that specifically forbids such a thing? I know that if you are legally married, then you can be charged with a felony if you have sex with anyone other than your wife. So you would not legally be allowed to date. And, so, you would be forced into a life of celibacy or else risk felony prosecution. But that’s a separate adultery law. I’m talking about arranged marriage laws. Is there anything in civilian or military law that forbids this?
Thanks. Oh… and if this situation is not illegal, you can bet there will be a VERY interesting proposition in MPSIMS very soon!!