[palmer]

The end of legal marriage is an awesome victory for the radical left.

The left wants to destroy marriage. "Legal marriage" has just been redefined by the Supreme Court so it is worthless. Marriage (a man and a woman) is still a valid concept and term. States like Mississippi simply need to define a common law marriage as a man and a woman with no license or any other state action. There is no reason whatsoever for a marriage to be blessed by the state.

[silverleaf]

as there is no reason legally for a marriage to be blessed by a Church

after all, who has been marrying atheists and agnostics all these years?

[cva66snipe]

If anyone has a large family Holy Bible 30 years or older in print there is most likely a page for marriage including the name of husband and wife, witnesses, and officiating clergy. I don't know when the laws change I suspect in the past couple of decades but Family Bible's with recorded marriages, births, deaths etc used to be a legal record accepted by states and feral I mean federal government agencies. I'm in my late 50's and I know several friends who's birth {rural area at home birth unattended by licensed nurse, midwife or physician} was not state recorded but rather listed in the family Bible. And yes it was accepted for military service purposes.

Really I never understood why married military should have been paid more than non married military. Pay them the same the non married need the $1200 extra also. Many help support family such as parents etc.