[Ansteorra] Royalty - Same Sex Consorts
Robert G. Ferrell
rgferrell at gmail.com
Sat Oct 29 18:52:42 PDT 2011
On 10/29/2011 8:30 PM, HerrDetlef wrote:
> Since the SCA does not follow the mundane requirement
> that two or more people who share a royal dignity be legally related, the
> legal relationship between monarch and consort cannot be considered at all.
I would also remind everyone that Ansteorra has experienced a male in
the consort role. It worked quite well, other than having to change
scroll and proclamation text wording. We have had, of course, a number
of Crowns who were not romantically involved.
I really don't see any problem with same-sex consorts. Single-person
Crowns would present some initial administrative and ceremonial issues,
but nothing we couldn't cope with, either. The Crown is the Crown.
I think there should be three ways to choose a monarch: traditional
tourney, raising an army (the Kingdom Warlord model), and election by a
Witan. I also think that the Witan should confirm a potential monarch in
any case, even if that confirmation is merely ceremonial. But then, I am
an Anglo-Saxon. ;-)
Cynric
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