Re: Federal Judge: Indiana Must Recognize Gay Coup
Ultimately, the state shouldn't be regulating private associations and relationships. I like the way the Quakers used to do it. They'd have a meeting and the couple would exchange promises, a Quaker marriage certificate was given and they signed their Bibles and husband and wife. They often refused to seek a state license to marry or file their marriages with the state. The marriage was entirely a private association. And even the termination of their marriages were handled privately unless there was a criminal violation of the law such as assault or kidnapping.
We really need to begin drawing a distinction between "Civil Marriage" and "Holy Matrimony". Some religious communities will unite couples in "Holy Matrimony" and leave it up to each couple as to rather they want to legalize their marriage with the state. In a sense, these churches have taken marriage back and defined it in accordance to their convictions within their fellowship.
Last edited by Aquila; 04-15-2014 at 02:32 PM.
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