To: xzins
In a marriage...the two people marry each other. The priest, minister, rabbi, judge...whatever, merely acts as an official witness...by the power vested in me by the State of —————I pronounce you whatever and whatever you are..The person conducting the ceremony is merely the states witness...nothing more.
50 posted on
04/22/2015 12:06:53 PM PDT by
terycarl
(common sense prevails over all)
To: terycarl; xzins; P-Marlowe; trisham; stephenjohnbanker
In a marriage...the two people marry each other. The priest, minister, rabbi, judge...whatever, merely acts as an official witness...by the power vested in me by the State of —————I pronounce you whatever and whatever you are..The person conducting the ceremony is merely the states witness...nothing more. That is complete and utter nonsense. What you say may be what the left wants marriage to be, but that doesn't make it so.
If marriage were nothing more than a civil contract, no witnesses would be required.
51 posted on
04/22/2015 12:17:20 PM PDT by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: terycarl; wagglebee
When the Chief Justice administers the required oath to the president is he just a witness? Or is he an official representative asking a legally binding question?
52 posted on
04/22/2015 12:24:53 PM PDT by
xzins
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