[Ansteorra] Royalty - Same Sex Consorts‏

[Stefan li Rous]

On Oct 29, 2011, at 8:52 PM, Robert G. Ferrell wrote:

> 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

Not being a fighter, I haven't paid much attention to "the Kingdom  
Warlord" model. What is it?

The last has come up multiple times over the 20+ years in this  
Society. What is your proposal on selecting who is on the Witan or  
Curia or whatever you wish to call it?

Stefan

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