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Hey Dr U, question for ya. How can Deborah Read be a bigamist if 1) her husband abandoned her in 1724, yet 2) she was in a merely common law marraige with Ben Franklin starting six years later? That doesn't seem to me to be the traditional definition of a bigamist. Equinox137 05:52, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
- Common law marriage is a marriage. Abandonment does not equate divorce. Dr U 07:13, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
- If you aren't convinced, read the wiki article on the subject: Common-law marriage Dr U 07:15, 7 October 2006 (UTC)