Government Should Stay Out of Marriage 0
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When George proposed to Martha they had no marriage license. Were the Washington’s living in sin?
The notion that the government could or should license of a family was foreign to Americans in the 18th century — at least, not as we know it today. Government recognized marriage, of course. But granting permission through licensure was anathema to the liberty-loving founders of our nation.
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Some Orthodox Jews Getting Religious Marriages But Not Civil Ones
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I got a call Saturday night from an Orthodox couple on the East coast. The man had been married before. He was paying a lot of alimony to his ex-wife. She remarried in an Orthodox ceremony but they skipped the civil marriage so she’d still get alimony.
The new bride had her attorney send a letter saying she’d cancelled her wedding. She asked her ex-husband for a lump sum buyout? She was told to get lost.
She did get married again (Dec. 23, 2006). Her wedding was performed by an Orthodox rabbi (a cousin of the groom) who holds an endowed Talmud chair at Yeshiva University. The couple did not get a civil marriage license.
Should a Christian Obtain a State Marriage License?
Kent Hovind 0
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Daily, Christians stand before God and “these witnesses” and enter into a contract with the state in which they live. This process is commonly known as the institution of marriage. Marriage was ordained by God as one of His first acts after creating the world, beasts, and mankind. God was very specific in His instructions concerning the sanctity of marriage and His order for the family. Somehow we have missed the boat and have given that which is holy unto dogs.
I am amazed that pastors, during the course of a marriage ceremony, have the audacity to utter the words “Now, by the power vested in me by the State of _____, I now pronounce you man and wife.” Insofar as I am aware there is no state in the United States of America that actually requires a pastor obtain a license to preach the gospel. However, many willingly bow the knee to Baal in every area of their ministry; hence it is not surprising, although it is heartbreaking, that pastors willingly surrender the sacred covenant of marriage to the state in which they pastor. It is a sad commentary on just how far the church has been willing to compromise and capitulate in matters regarding rendering unto Caesar and forgetting that God is due allegiance first and foremost.
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Taking Marriage Private
New York Times, 26 November 2007 0
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WHY do people — gay or straight — need the state’s permission to marry? For most of Western history, they didn’t, because marriage was a private contract between two families. The parents’ agreement to the match, not the approval of church or state, was what confirmed its validity.
For 16 centuries, Christianity also defined the validity of a marriage on the basis of a couple’s wishes. If two people claimed they had exchanged marital vows — even out alone by the haystack — the Catholic Church accepted that they were validly married.
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The purpose of this website is to compile together all the articles on the Net for and against what might be called ’state regulated marriage.’ It is my personal belief that the Constitution and Bill of Rights encourages the separation of state and marriage, that marriage is a religious principle and practice in which the government should not be involved, and that the marriage license undermines religious freedom, as well as the rights of the individuals marrying and any children they have.
Although I am not personally an advocate of homosexual relationships, some of those who are support this idea too, as they do not wish their relationships controlled by the government either. Hence various viewpoints, including those antagonistic to these ideas can be found on this online journal, and comments are encouraged so that all opinions can be represented.
Articles are archived according to date, but where there is no date they have been collected here
Marriage: What’s the state got to with it? 0
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I thought I was the only one.
For a few years now I’ve been thinking about getting married. No, not to anyone in particular, and not in any given time frame - but thinking about marriage and what it means to me. Because I strongly believe in marriage - long-term, come-what-may, monogamous marriage.
Now, for me, marriage has never had anything to do with a church. One of my personal pet peeves is people who never attend church, but then get married there. Or getting married in a church you don’t believe in because of family pressures. We all choose our compromises, I guess. And certainly, many people are religious and connecting their marriage to their church is very important to them. For many people, marriage has a whole heck of a lot to do with their church. Lucky them if they live in a country where they have their religious freedom.
I will never be married in a church.
But for most of my life, I did accept the fact that getting married means a trip to your local marriage licensing department. It always kinda gave me pause, that aspect, but marriage does have legal meaning. Legal benefits. Legal disadvantages even.
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Couple discovers marriage of nearly two years not legal 0
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Julie LeMoyne and Russell Fike of Sunny View NC had been living as a married couple for almost two years before they learned their marriage was not legal in the eyes of the state.
When the couple discovered their pastor had not officially married them, Fike says he “about hit the floor.”
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Marriage Proposal: Why Not Privatize? 0
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A fundamental problem with marriage is that it only comes in one size. As a legal relationship, matrimony is a monopoly product supplied by the government.
At the same time, however, as a personal relationship, the institution has unique, personal importance to those who partake of it. To some it even has deeply felt religious significance.
Thus, there is a mismatch between what is demanded of marriage and what is supplied. It is this imbalance that makes the prospect of same-sex unions a seemingly intractable problem.
Because there is only one legally sanctioned version of marriage, those who personally view homosexuality as a mortal sin (rightly or wrongly) are hostile to the prospect of sharing it with gay couples.
As with many things in life, a free-market solution that offers people choice may provide a solution.
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Flowers: Church, get out of ‘marrying business’ 0
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Robert Flowers Guest column
I am grieving as to how and why some Christians came out in support of Proposition 2. Now that it has passed, I wonder if they are aware of the implications.
To begin with, it is problematic to use Christianity as a basis for defining marriage. In the Hebrew texts, the dominant ethic for marriage is polygamy.
Interpretational variances aside, polygamy is illegal in the United States. In Christian texts, neither is there a clear nor a definitive statement about marriage. Marriage is mentioned in various texts, but a suitable definition is not given (one passage often used to define marriage is found in Mark 10; however, the larger question deals with divorce and not marriage). What makes a person legally married in this nation is not churches, but a license from the state. (more…)
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