[Sir Francis Dashwood]

SFD: In reply to that, I say marriage is a public act that requires a license:

Can you believe some jerk here has this on his homepage here?

I say the federal and state governments have no Constitutional authority to be in the marriage business at all, except where each individual has a biological responsibility for any offspring they produce.

Yep. Are you a deadbeat dad or something?

[Gumlegs]

In reply to that, I say marriage is a public act that requires a license

vs.

I say the federal and state governments have no Constitutional authority to be in the marriage business at all

Do you agree with both these statements?

And for the record, no, I'm not a deadbeat Dad.