http://antimarriagelicense.thoughtfactory.biz Against the government licensing of marriage Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:11:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://antimarriagelicense.thoughtfactory.biz/?p=42 Someone out there likes our site - See http://kumogakure.blogspot.com/2007/10/state-marriage.html http://antimarriagelicense.thoughtfactory.biz/?p=41 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 ... http://antimarriagelicense.thoughtfactory.biz/?p=40 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 ... http://antimarriagelicense.thoughtfactory.biz/?p=38 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, ... http://antimarriagelicense.thoughtfactory.biz/?p=37 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 ... http://antimarriagelicense.thoughtfactory.biz/?p=26 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 - ... http://antimarriagelicense.thoughtfactory.biz/?p=36 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 ... http://antimarriagelicense.thoughtfactory.biz/?p=43 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 ... http://antimarriagelicense.thoughtfactory.biz/?p=32 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 ... http://antimarriagelicense.thoughtfactory.biz/?p=29