It might be goofy, it may not be my opinion on the subject BUT if you look into the history of marriage, it's considered a privilege which is why you need a license to do it AND the following groups have or have not been allowed to marry in the USA:
1st cousins may marry in 38 states There was a time when the following groups were not allowed to marry in the USA:
Jews and Gentiles
Blacks and Whites
Epilepticss
History? You mean like the last 10,000 years? That kind of history?
You are confused, common law marriage is legal because it's a fact, not because they want it that way. The state may point a gun at you and tell you it's a privilege, but that doesn't make it so.
I don't need any government clerk or lawmaker to tell me if I'm married or not. I'm married because of promises I made before God, not some legal nonsense the government does.
This whole thing is about money.
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03/04/2004 12:41:33 PM PST by
Protagoras
(When they asked me what I thought of freedom in America,,, I said I thought it would be a good idea.)