(January 25, 2015 at 5:14 am)Huggy74 Wrote:(January 23, 2015 at 4:54 pm)Esquilax Wrote: Under his proposal, judges and county clerks would be unable to sign marriage licenses that have not first had the approval of a religious representative, who in his world would just deny all gays that right as a matter of course.
Look up the history of the marriage license in America.
Marriage has always been a private contract between families. Not until the middle ages did the government start to regulate marriage (e.g. seeking permission to marry from your liege lord). Marriage licenses as a requirement was instituted in America to prevent miscegenation (interracial marriages), the whole concept of the marriage license is based on discrimination.
There are plenty of jurisdiction where simple cohabitation is enough evidence for marriage (common-law marriage).
Bollocks.
Every Western Nation requires wedding certification. I know we do in the UK and I looked at getting hitched in France at one time, (we were trying to get married in Paris but you need to live there for 6 months first). It's nothing to do with interracial marriages and just what every nation does to so they know your status for tax and census reasons.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
