Guess my info was incorrect. But: (From the State Farm commercial)
I read you couldn’t put anything on the internet that wasn’t true.
Where did you read that?
The internet :)
But doesn’t your info exempt “Quakers” from needing license?
It seems the Maryland law defines marriage but does not mention the issuance of a license.
It did mention a license, and I never said anything about licenses being universal or required in all cases, don’t try to say that I have.
Maryland- “Laws of 1777: An ACT concerning marriages
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1777
NOTES: Set forth table of Degree of Kindred and Affinity within which marriage not allowed. Marriage allowed only by religious official. Marriage allowed only after license from county court or publication of banns.”
Virginia- “Some of the earliest laws enacted in the colony of Virginia were
concerned with marriage. References
to articles about marriage take up
three full columns in the Virginia
Historical Index, by E. G. Swem. For
over three centuries various governing bodies, whether colonial, county,
city or commonwealth, have paid
great attention to the definition and
regulation of parties eligible to be
married, of ministers and others
authorized to perform marriages, of
fees to be charged by ministers and
clerks, of recording requirements, of
bonding and licensing, etc.
An act in 1628 forbade marriages
“without lycence or asking in
church.”