Surviving Agreement

Question: CAN A SURVIVING SPOUSE CONTINUE HER HUSBAND'S CAR LEASE AGREEMENT? my husband was leasing a car in lousianna but my name wasn't on the leasing agreement,he recently died can i keep the car and continue to make payments on it,or do i have to return it back to the company...he'd been leasing it for almost 2 yrs....

Answer: You cannot keep the car. Most states have a marital property law, where if a spouse passes, the other person can assume whatever debt or payments are left. You do, however, have to be on the actual paperwork. You will have to call the lease company, or the dealer, and tell them that your spouse has passed away. All leases have built in GAP and life insurance, so the car lease/note will be forgiven. If you want to keep the car, you will have to apply for the lease, as if you were purchasing a new vehicle, and have you credit approved. I would recommend shopping around first. You may be able to get a new car for the same payment.

Question: Can we come up with an agreement between the republicans and demorcrats to were everyone is happy? In other words, bring our troops home and let them serve here in America protecting us and let's suit up the death row inmates and let them serve over there. Why should our tax dollars be spent feeding them and keeping them alive when they don't do anything anyway. Send the inmates that serve a life sentence and if they survive the experience and make it back to America then they deserve full restituion.

Answer: i suspect the only agreement possible between Reps and Dems would be to prohibit the formation of any other party. Politics is about power. Sharing power, as the Reps and Dems, do, is far, far better than being out of power completely as small parties in other countries find themselves. And neither the Reps nor the Dems wishes to take the chance that they will become one of those small third parties of little consequence.

Question: In a "legal rights" situation in Scots law. what If spouse dies before agreement? My Father Died and left his Estate to his 3 children, His estranged wife appeared after 9 years to claim her legal rights on the estate. No figure had been agreed then her Greed Gland exploded and she died sadly!! Do her benifactors now have rights to my fathers estate or is it the case that as she is no longer a "surviving spouse" that her share goes back into the will proper? very confusing!?

Answer: No, I think she WAS the surviving spouse of your father, so it's her will that now disposes of her share of the estate. It's unusual, but it happens enough that there is probably sufficient common law to establish this clearly.

Question: What will happen if a roommate dies? I always wondered about this: If 2 college students roommates are living in an apt and one of them died in car accident. What will happen to other surviving one and his lease agreement? Evict? Finding other roommate? Living alone with half of total apt rent? This sounds cruel when manager will make the survivor to pay a full rent if other one dies. It sounds like managers only care about money not people

Answer: The remaining tenant would still be responsible for payment in full of the rent until the term of the lease expires. They could ask the property manager to allow them to add a new roommate to the lease if they are not able to make the payments in full. If the existing tenant wants to move then they will have to give the appropriate notice provided in the lease.

Question: What are the tax filing requirements for a final return? What are the tax filing requirements for a final return? A spouse of a friend of mine passed away this year. I believe that last year, they filed under the status of Married, filing jointly. From what I've read from the internet and Yahoo Answers (thx!) that she can probably file again as Married, filing jointly. I believe that her husband had a will and named a son (from a previous marriage) as the executor of the will. In that case, when she files, does the executor have to sign the return where her husband's name would usually be? Or can she still sign it as surviving spouse? Also, who's responsibility is it to prepare the final return, the surviving spouse or the executor? They really aren't in much speaking terms, so if they can't come to an agreement to create a Joint tax return, what are her options for her taxes? Can she just go ahead and file as Married, filing separately, and let the executor do the final return for her deceased spouse separately? Thanks.

Answer: She is entitled to file as "married filing jointly" in the year that her spouse died. So if her spouse died in 2006, this is the last year she may file jointly. For the next two years (2007 and 2008) she would file as "single", unless she had a dependent child then she would file as "qualifying widower with dependent child". She would sign the tax return. The executor does not need to sign for her deceased husband. She could file "married filing separately" also for herself for 2006 and have the executor file the deceased spouse's tax return. however, it is usually more beneficial to file a joint return.

Question: can a surviving spouse keep leased property? my husband was leasing a car in lousianna but my name wasn't on the leasing agreement,he recently died can i keep the car and continue to make payments on it,or do i have to return it back to the company...he'd been leasing it for almost 2 yrs.... i already called them and they say i have to return it...i dont think its fair since it's scheduled to be paid off in November 2010

Answer: That would be totally up to the company. Call them and see what your options are.

Question: Is there a limit on how many children a working woman may have without compromising her job status? Someone really dear to me was terminated from her job, because she was expecting her third child. In Malaysia, the federal constitution guarantees that a working mother be accorded full maternity benefits without losing her job up to 5 surviving children. However, her employers Malaysia Airlines enforces a collective agreement that was signed by the Airline's union to only 2 children! Further previously terminated stewardesses have lost their cases in Malaysian Courts because of this technicality! It seems that in the eyes of Malaysian Law, the Federal Constitution is not applicable to contracts between two private individuals/entities. In other words, Malaysia Airlines can continue to abuse the rights of these mothers, so long as it feels the need to wihtout contravening Malaysian Laws! This sounds absurd to me. I would like to know if such law exists in any other countries?

Answer: The collective agreement is illegal because it is violative of the constitution. The employees should file a case in court against the Malaysian Airlines to invalidate the law.

Question: I need Legal advice on what surviving spouses rights are in the State Of Michigan.. Real advice Please!!!? My husband pasted away in June and we had a prenup agreement.. When it came time for the funeral the family, cops and funeral home kicked me out and I was not allowed to attend the furneral.. Was this a violating of my surviving spousal rights since there was nothing I did that was wrong.. I just wanted our wedding picture in the casket and the family was real upset about it and so the cops and furneal home asked me to leave.. I feel this was totally wrong and I thought I had 1st rights being the survivng spouse!! Do I have a lawsuit against all involved..Also the family kicked me out of the home and will not give me my things, even took my cat... Please Help Me.. I need some good advice here!!

Answer: A law called the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act provides legal guidelines for people who wish to make agreements before marriage regarding ownership, management and control of property; property disposition on separation, divorce and death; alimony; wills; and life insurance benefits. When a couple divorces in some states, each party keeps his or her separate property (so long as it was maintained separately during the marriage and not commingled with marital funds). If the parties have not reached an agreement, the court divides the marital property in the proportion that it deems "just" after considering all relevant factors. If you entered the marriage with a house or investment portfolio or an inheritance, and kept title to those assets separate during the marriage, these assets will be considered your separate assets and not subject to division. HOWEVER, the increase in value in those assets during the marriage, as well as any assets purchased with income from your original assets, will be considered marital property and subject to division upon divorce. Keep in mind as well, that income contributed during the marriage to a retirement plan (such as a 401(k)) would be considered marital property. Further, the increase in value of your retirement account during the marriage is marital property. Consequently, upon divorce, the court could grant your spouse certain rights to your retirement plan account. A prenuptial agreement allows the engaged couple to alter the definitions of “separate” and “marital” assets in order to protect their assets and control distribution of assets upon death or divorce. Ok first you need to find a copy of your prenup, second those kids can not just kick you out of the house. You have a right to your stuff. I would call the cops and they will let you in It is the law. Second I would call a lawyer and explain everything, and give him a copy of the prenup and go from there. I wish you the best of luck

Question: How Does Surviving Spouse Take vs Bio Child and Property Taxes? Trying to keep this short and to the point. Father dies intestate. Some children survive. Some childen who have deceased after the father died leave surviving spouses and have issue. All of the children that died passed away intestate. The real property is sold. Funds are pending. What right does the surviving spouse have to real property/proceeds from the funds of the father-in-law? Is it just a life estate? Or, are there other ways of distribution? Or, should only the biological grandchildren take the proceeds? What is the distribution of the funds? Is it 50/50??? What right does the estate attorney have to require that property taxes not yet due be paid to the buyer??? There was no agreement specifying any additional benefits beyong the sales price. As far as I have ever learned, as of the date of closing, the buyer assumes all taxes not yet due.

Answer: It depends on the state you are in. In my state the money would all go to the man's wife and if he wasn't married to his children. Nothing would go to his late child's spouse or grand children. The estate will pay the taxes until a home is sold but at closing the taxes are prorated between the buyer and seller.

Question: If surviving spouse has Power of Attorney would she be final decision on a life insurance policy of spouse? The deceased had given his wife Power of Attorney. She was not included as a beneficiary of the life insurance policy but she knows who and what portion of the benefits go to. The insurance company cannot find the most recent paperwork naming the beneficiaries percentages and will not release until they come to an agreement. It was supposed to be divided 50/50 between his son and daughter and his daughter was supposed to split her portion three ways with herself and her two sons. The son has no children. One of the grandsons is in prison and is causing problems with the percentage amount saying that he wants more of the benefits. Since the surviving spouse does not have or want any claim to the benefits, would she be able to use the Power of Attorney in order to get the intended percentages to the intended family members?

Answer: No, the insurance company will pay the benefit as laid out in their last official record of who the beneficiaries and contingent beneficiaries are. As power of attorney I believe she may have been able to make the changes prior to his death, but now that he is died it will be paid out as directed in the contract.

Question: Stud Dog- Bitches owner going back on agreement. Please help? Hi I'm new here with a big-ish problem so any advice would be helpful I'm the proud owner of a KC reg black and white long haired chihuahua dog, we decided after he turned 2 in may that we would stud him out as we wanted another puppy with his lines. We set up an ad and got a lot of interest. A young woman emailed us saying that she wanted to use our dog to stud her ***** and before we could say anything about us wanting a puppy she offered us pick of the litter! We was thrilled! We set up when we was going to go up (as they were in a different city) and she explained to us why she wanted to breed as her son wanted to get into the show ring. The day we arrived before our dog studded we both signed a contract saying that we would get pick of the litter. Our dog studded the ***** twice and she did become pregnant. The puppies were born on the 15th October 2010 she only had two a boy and a girl however because the bitches owner was inexperienced when the little boy got stuck in the birth canal she didn't know how to help and by the time the emergency vet arrived the puppy had been stuck far too long and had died before the vet could help. So there was only one little girl surviving, the woman emailed us what happened and our heart sank. At the end of the email she said that after what had happened they would be definitely be keeping the girl, which confused us because we was supposed to the puppy even if there was only one? We never discussed any money it was all about the puppy, if we'd discussed money in the contract I would happily take a stud fee. Because she went back on the agreement I refused to sign the papers so she could register the puppy and now she has emailed us saying that because I wouldn't sign the papers she's now going to sell the little girl because she's not registered. We thought she was going to keep the puppy because after everything the puppy meant to much to her? Then why would she sell her now? If she doesn't want the puppy shouldn't we get her? Shouldn't we of been first priority because of the agreement? We would love to have the puppy but we don't know what to do in this situation. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you For Reading Kurroi For the people bashing me- My dog is not poorly bred, he was bred with the highest standard. He's tested and is a champion within THE BRITISH KENNEL CLUB hence why we wanted a puppy with his lines.We have bred dogs before using our own dogs, we have just never studded outside ourselfs.

Answer: Aw,poor wittle dog-pimp got screwed.....boo-hoo-hoo. Suck it up & castrate the POS

Question: I NEED TO GET OUT OF MY LEASE! My landlord is not honoring our rental agreement? PLEASE HELP!? My boyfriend and I moved in together in October of 2009. I was laid off from my job early Jan of 2010 and began to struggle with paying rent. Our rent is $720.00 and we were splitting it directly down the middle meaning that we would both be paying $360.00 each. My boyfriend was working and I was recieving unemployment [$287.00 a week] and again, with all of my other bills such as car pymnt, car ins, electric, renters ins, food, etc... it was a bit hard to keep up with rent, but it was always paid. My boyfriend of 7 yrs met another girl and decided to move out in April of 2010, but agreed to continue to pay his half of the rent. Meanwhile, i'm still out of a job [looking for employment] and still trying to pay not only my half of the rent... but all of the bills that my ex left behind [that we were once splitting]. As of July 2010, my unemployment benefits ran out [with no option to apply for a extension] and my ex boyfriend has now refused to continue paying his half of the rent, but our lease is not up until October 11th, 2010 [BOTH of our names are on the lease]. It is now August, and I have just recently been offered a new job that is 1 hour and 45 minutes [is about 74 miles] away from my current apartment. [I have a family memeber that I can live with in that area, it is a great job & I can't afford to pass it up.] I absoloutley cannot afford to continue to pay my half of the rent & his. I studied my lease and I have found a section where it says WORD FOR WORD ------"Release Of Resident. Unless you're entitled to terminate this Rental Agreement, you won't be released from this Rental Agreement. Written notice delivered 60 days prior to the expiration of the rental agreement is required. You MAY terminate this lease within 30 days: (1) due to a documented change in employment to a location more than 30 miles away; (2) due to serious illness suffered by you or a memeber of your immediate family requiring a permenant change of residence; (3) if you are accepted for admission into a senior citizen housing facility; (4) if your surviving spouse or personal representative of your estate elects to do so."------ Now, with this being said... I have gone to my rental office and informed them of neccesary information that I felt they needed to know. They were already aware that my ex no longer physically lived in the apt, and I informed them that I was not working [I have unemployment slips to prove it] and I also informed of my new job [I have a offer letter to prove it]. The leasing consultant in my rental office looked me in my face and said ------"Oh. well, that doesn't matter... it has to be a job that you already had in the 1st place. Meaning, it has to be a job transfer from your current employer."------ But my lease DOES NOT state that the offer must be from a job that I am already currently working, it says ---"You MAY terminate this lease within 30 days: (1) due to a documented change in employment to a location more than 30 miles away;"--- I asked to speak with the property manager & the leasing consultant said that she would have the property manager call me. DOES ANYONE KNOW IF I CAN FIGHT THIS? I need this job and I cannot afford to live in this apartment on one income. What can I do???? HELP PLEASE!

Answer: You have a documented change in employment to a location 74 miles away. Give WRITTEN notice that you are terminating your lease on those grounds. Pay the rent for the 30 notice period required. Then make THEM attempt to sue YOU for breaking the lease. They will grow a brain when their attorney tells them you have a solid case.

Question: HELP! I NEED TO GET OUT OF MY LEASE & MY LANDLORD IS NOT HONORING OUR AGREEMENT? please help.? My boyfriend and I moved in together in October of 2009. I was laid off from my job early Jan of 2010 and began to struggle with paying rent. Our rent is $720.00 and we were splitting it directly down the middle meaning that we would both be paying $360.00 each. My boyfriend was working and I was recieving unemployment [$287.00 a week] and again, with all of my other bills such as car pymnt, car ins, electric, renters ins, food, etc... it was a bit hard to keep up with rent, but it was always paid. My boyfriend of 7 yrs met another girl and decided to move out in April of 2010, but agreed to continue to pay his half of the rent. Meanwhile, i'm still out of a job [looking for employment] and still trying to pay not only my half of the rent... but all of the bills that my ex left behind [that we were once splitting]. As of July 2010, my unemployment benefits ran out [with no option to apply for a extension] and my ex boyfriend has now refused to continue paying his half of the rent, but our lease is not up until October 11th, 2010 [BOTH of our names are on the lease]. It is now August, and I have just recently been offered a new job that is 1 hour and 45 minutes [is about 74 miles] away from my current apartment. [I have a family memeber that I can live with in that area, it is a great job & I can't afford to pass it up.] I absoloutley cannot afford to continue to pay my half of the rent & his. I studied my lease and I have found a section where it says WORD FOR WORD ------"Release Of Resident. Unless you're entitled to terminate this Rental Agreement, you won't be released from this Rental Agreement. Written notice delivered 60 days prior to the expiration of the rental agreement is required. You MAY terminate this lease within 30 days: (1) due to a documented change in employment to a location more than 30 miles away; (2) due to serious illness suffered by you or a memeber of your immediate family requiring a permenant change of residence; (3) if you are accepted for admission into a senior citizen housing facility; (4) if your surviving spouse or personal representative of your estate elects to do so."------ Now, with this being said... I have gone to my rental office and informed them of neccesary information that I felt they needed to know. They were already aware that my ex no longer physically lived in the apt, and I informed them that I was not working [I have unemployment slips to prove it] and I also informed of my new job [I have a offer letter to prove it]. The leasing consultant in my rental office looked me in my face and said ------"Oh. well, that doesn't matter... it has to be a job that you already had in the 1st place. Meaning, it has to be a job transfer from your current employer."------ But my lease DOES NOT state that the offer must be from a job that I am already currently working, it says ---"You MAY terminate this lease within 30 days: (1) due to a documented change in employment to a location more than 30 miles away;"--- I asked to speak with the property manager & the leasing consultant said that she would have the property manager call me. DOES ANYONE KNOW IF I CAN FIGHT THIS? I need this job and I cannot afford to live in this apartment on one income. What can I do???? HELP PLEASE!

Answer: You have given them written notice of leaving the place u are renting. The written document states, you have found a job, far away. It also means u have given them notice. The discussions are over now. Move out, and move on with your life. Contact your bank, notify them, they no money should be direct debited from your account. If you pay the rent in cash, then u dont have to go to the bank. Other than that, your written document is enough, and u have given hem written notice of u leaving. Quite simply, they just have to find someone else to rent the place. Furthermore, there are a hundred different ways , to get yourself booted out of the rental . Some of them legal, some of them illegal. But the bottom line is........If you dont want to live there, its your right. They also, have no ground to chase after you for money. If your rent was paid up to the date, of your departure from the rental.

Question: I NEED TO GET OUT OF MY LEASE! PLEASE HELP! My lanlord is NOT honoring rental agreement.? My boyfriend and I moved in together in October of 2009. I was laid off from my job early Jan of 2010 and began to struggle with paying rent. Our rent is $720.00 and we were splitting it directly down the middle meaning that we would both be paying $360.00 each. My boyfriend was working and I was recieving unemployment [$287.00 a week] and again, with all of my other bills such as car pymnt, car ins, electric, renters ins, food, etc... it was a bit hard to keep up with rent, but it was always paid. My boyfriend of 7 yrs met another girl and decided to move out in April of 2010, but agreed to continue to pay his half of the rent. Meanwhile, i'm still out of a job [looking for employment] and still trying to pay not only my half of the rent... but all of the bills that my ex left behind [that we were once splitting]. As of July 2010, my unemployment benefits ran out [with no option to apply for a extension] and my ex boyfriend has now refused to continue paying his half of the rent, but our lease is not up until October 11th, 2010 [BOTH of our names are on the lease]. It is now August, and I have just recently been offered a new job that is 1 hour and 45 minutes [is about 74 miles] away from my current apartment. [I have a family memeber that I can live with in that area, it is a great job & I can't afford to pass it up.] I absoloutley cannot afford to continue to pay my half of the rent & his. I studied my lease and I have found a section where it says WORD FOR WORD ------"Release Of Resident. Unless you're entitled to terminate this Rental Agreement, you won't be released from this Rental Agreement. Written notice delivered 60 days prior to the expiration of the rental agreement is required. You MAY terminate this lease within 30 days: (1) due to a documented change in employment to a location more than 30 miles away; (2) due to serious illness suffered by you or a memeber of your immediate family requiring a permenant change of residence; (3) if you are accepted for admission into a senior citizen housing facility; (4) if your surviving spouse or personal representative of your estate elects to do so."------ Now, with this being said... I have gone to my rental office and informed them of neccesary information that I felt they needed to know. They were already aware that my ex no longer physically lived in the apt, and I informed them that I was not working [I have unemployment slips to prove it] and I also informed of my new job [I have a offer letter to prove it]. The leasing consultant in my rental office looked me in my face and said ------"Oh. well, that doesn't matter... it has to be a job that you already had in the 1st place. Meaning, it has to be a job transfer from your current employer."------ But my lease DOES NOT state that the offer must be from a job that I am already currently working, it says ---"You MAY terminate this lease within 30 days: (1) due to a documented change in employment to a location more than 30 miles away;"--- I asked to speak with the property manager & the leasing consultant said that she would have the property manager call me. DOES ANYONE KNOW IF I CAN FIGHT THIS? I need this job and I cannot afford to live in this apartment on one income. What can I do???? HELP PLEASE!

Answer: Give the 30 days notice and move out.

Question: I am in the process of renting to own property. there is someone using the property The person has a verbal agreement with the deceased owner of the property. Daughter has power of attorney over surviving Spouse (Mom) What can I do to evict this tenant?. This is in Sorry just learning this property is in Texas

Answer: What are they using the property for? Crops? If so then they have the right to harvest, but in general since you are a renter at this point and even though it’s a verbal with the other party the other party had rights first, hence the daughter on behalf of the mother needs to terminate those rights; I do not believe you can

Question: Is Changing a prior agreement on consumers,hiking rates as much 15% Financial suicide for Credit Card Co.'s? What is to stop those consumers from purposely defaulting. If the borrower has been current, and the Credit card interest is jacked up for no other reason than to save a Bank that is practicing Mafia Loansharking tactics to survive. Do you think they are hoping to fail while the Bailouts are on the Table? Are they just passing the buck to the taxpayer again?Hoping for more favors from their friends in the Treasury and Congress? William- it is growing more apparent everyday and it makes me sick!

Answer: Its part of the plan. The CC companies know what they are doing. They are waiting for their turn in Washington. Yes, but it is deeper than that. The Federal Reserve is trying to kill the dollar on purpose so they can bring in a new reserve currency and world bank. They are trying to establish a world government. Its the truth.

Question: What good does badmouthing government accomplish? If government is a social agreement to administer things that we all need to survive, why not support it and make it better. I don't care how big government gets. All I care about is how efficient it is. We can only make it efficient if we support it and work to make it that way.

Answer: Government is seen today as a scapegoat for every angry loser's misery, rather than the vehicle for change that it should be regarded as. How this happened I don't know. A declining Empire, I imagine.

Question: Is this essay comparing the nomadic society and the agricultural revolution good for a 7th grader? Between the time of the nomadic society to the agricultural revolution, society made a significant technological transition. The lives of the two societies revolved around their need for food. The weather conditions affected their ability to get food, and often the weather was hot and desiccated. When the nomadic inhabitants discovered the agricultural way of life, they knew they could have more offspring, because they were confident there would be enough food to feed their families. Although this was not a smooth transition from the nomadic .way of life to an agricultural existence, history would prove the scale of differences is closer than they know. Additionally, that small difference is what they need to help each other to survive. To be an agricultural member means you live in one place and you uphold yourself by growing your own food and for meat growing your own livestock. The nomads traveled with their food and had no stable residence in one place for thousands of years. Where they hunted and gathered depended on the nature of weather in specific areas. Some animals or plants only like warmer or colder weather so they had to adjust where they went according to that. Both societies felt a strong abhor for each other, but had a need for each other’s support. The nomadic civilization originated in the Middle East. They lived in this manner for thousands of years. This was including Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq. The men hunted for their food and the women gathered natural things like vegetables, plants, herbs, and fruit. The agricultural society obtained their food by growing it themselves from animals to berries. The nomads felt that the agricultural society was pampered and had to do little work, but this can easily be proved as something fallacious. To be part of the agricultural society required diligence and urgency. Their strong work ethics proved this factual. They ran their farms, managed their crops, and took care of their house, and many children. All of these things were important for our interminable need for food. Nomads were often on the move and the agricultural society did not feel this was correct and their way to feed their families was more productive. Neither nomads nor the agricultural revolution liked each other but most of their accusations were maliciously false. The agricultural revolution grew their food and lived in one place they felt this practice was best and did not like the way of roving with your food source. Without thinking, we impose our ideas as being right on other people, the nomads and agricultural revolution did just that. Their lives were hard worked. They felt this conflict towards each other but without them, the whole trading industry would crash. As a human population, they were pretty much the same. They both had a need for each other in business. The two cultures traded items and received gifts for help. They both have a struggle for their natural necessities of life. Moreover, both have the same ideas for survival. The agricultural populace and the nomadic society needed to come to an agreement that without each other their existence is devastated. if there is anything changeable let me know sry i could not fit that in before

Answer: My first thought is that this essay uses vocabulary not normally used in a 7th grade essay. Many words would not be used by people much older, yet there are no sources cited. I am basing my impression on having taught 6th-8th grade history for over 30 years. You may want to reconsider some of the words used especially if they are not familar ones to you. On the other hand, this may be your own writing style and your teacher would recognize this and applaud you for your effort.

Question: What are the chances that Israel will survive as a nation for the next 20 years? Since May, 1948, Israel has survived several surprise attacks by almost all of her Moslem neighbors and yet she survives until this day. She won the 6-Day War and several others, all defensive wars. She signs peace agreements and the other partners give nothing in return, and she is condemned for genocide and crimes against humanity for occupying "Palestine". Are the Jews and the Christian Right correct when they say that their God is protecting the nation of Israel? Or is Allah waiting to take Jerusalem from them and all of Palestine? All of the world is watching and I must remain neutral.

Answer: The question is loaded and mixes history with chance, timetables, and religion. Israel protects its citizens from terrorism using its own human resources, and for many good reasons. 1) It wants to be independent 2) It cannot rely on foreign nations for respecting its interests (e.g. UN forces in Southern Lebanon have historically turned a blind eye to the Hizbollah as well as other terrorist group activities directed against Israel over many years and have also been caught red-handed cooperating with them at times. This factor led to the war going on right now). A properly chosen multinational force MIGHT be able to do a better job at keeping Southern Lebanon demilitarized by terrorist groups and their accessories, but they would have to be strong, significantly numbered, and beyond any suspicion of potential collaboration. France, for example, would be a poor source for such a force due to conflict of interests. They have categorically sided with Islamic interests and if you visit Paris these days, you may understand why. So much for the current situation. Regarding survival, I don't see a lasting peace in the Middle East as long as the Islamic religion is alive and well because, contrary to most peaceloving religions of the Western World, it calls for world domination and death to infidels (which includes Christians, Jews, or any other religion than their own). It also lays religious claim to the entire land of Israel and especially Jerusalem. In a nutshell, there will probably never be peace in this region during our lifetime and beyond, BUT there may be periods of various durations of non-belligerence, IF the less fanatic and more practical Arabs are in control and prefer life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness over Muhammed/Quran-philosophy-inspired schemes for world domination. 20 years of survival? Good chances.

Question: Other than the imposition of your religious views upon others what is your beef with gay marriage? Your marriage ceremony only completely made it into the church door by the 15 century starting in the 12 th --- did you know that ? Marriage at one time was seen as contractual law -- between 2 adults entering into a legally binding contract for which the State had no powers or rights to define the contents of agreements held between persons and could only hear disputes in cases of wrong doing or breach of the agreement itself -- The role of the State was to assign damage when contractual law was broken -- not define the contents of the actions of free individuals entering into agreement The State has intervened with the church to define the content of free men and womens agreements -- Starting with the common sense laws saying you can not sue for breach of contract if the contract was criminal in nature (agreeing to rob a bank is not an enforceable contract ) So other than the views you think your god has as expressed in the book you believe divine and your interpretations of what that book god wants out of you --- What is your beef Unnatural -- so what then it won't survive Offensive to you god -- So what let your god do something about it God told you too --- Does everyone's god get to pick an undesirable to pick on limit and legislate against or just your god ? So --- what is your beef -- with adults making a contract with each other being equal to your own government approved church sanctioned contract --- Other than your deity and his/her book(s)

Answer: I have no beef with gays making a contract However lets be fair I was married at 19 to a 16 year old girl who was with child at the time I was in fear of going to jail Married for 20 years after she filed for divorce in family court I raised the abjection that this was a civil matter and showed the judge a 20 year old letter from a 'lawyer' in Mexico stating that'' our marriage was not legal in Mexico and if I sent him $25 more dollars he would make it legal The judge said no deal proceed with the case