Posted on 04/27/2016 7:45:24 PM PDT by Lorianne
On Wednesday, an important House committee passed a bill that would abolish marriage licenses in Alabama and effectively nullify both sides of the contentious debate on same-sex marriage. If passed into law, the bill would essentially remove the state from the business of marriage.
Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Bay Minette) introduced Senate Bill 143 (SB143) in February, where it was passed by a 23-3 vote last month.. The legislation would abolish all requirements to obtain a marriage license in Alabama. Instead, probate judges would simply record civil contracts of marriage between two individuals based on signed affidavits.
“All requirements to obtain a marriage license by the State of Alabama are hereby abolished and repealed. The requirement of a ceremony of marriage to solemnized the marriage is abolished.”
Under the proposed law, a judge of probate would have no authority to reject any recording of a marriage, so long as the affidavits, forms, and data are provided. In practice, the state’s role in marriage would be limited to recording marriages that have already occurred. As noted in the official bill synopsis, “This bill would eliminate the requirement of marriage licenses.”
Yesterday, the House House Judiciary Committee passed SB143 with some amendments, which inside sources say will help it get to the Governor’s desk.
“Licenses are used as a way to stop people from doing things,” said Michael Boldin of the Tenth Amendment Center. “My personal relationship should not be subject to government permission.”
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com ...
Read the article again. The government is NOT getting out of it. They're just rearranging the furniture.
Yes. This suits the marriage saboteurs just fine.
Get the Feds out of most things and let the states decide for themselves like it is supposed to be. States are sovereign too. It’s supposed to be The United States of America, not Federal Governance Subsuming State Sovereignty.
"Under SB143, the state would record same-sex marriages."
This bill does nothing to protect marriage.
Alabama surrenders.
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No. They were smart.
It’s a shame that the sodomites pushed them to this.
The bill means that the state of Alabama will not issue a marriage license to a homosexual couple. Sure, a homosexual couple may be able to find a liberal church somewhere to “marry” them, and the state will record the fact that they consider themselves married, but the state won’t license it.
Your state licenses homosexual marriage, correct?
Excellent idea
>> Good. Marriage is none of the states business.
Agreed.
Why should the government have gotten involved in marriage in the first place?
>> This suits the marriage saboteurs just fine.
Not at all.
Granting bureaucrats the right to control behavior is idiotic.
Awesome
It allows regular contract law apply instead of no fault divorce. You can create strong legal bonds again without the state involvement.
It may seem like it, but it's actually a right move. Nobody will be forced to go against their religious beliefs, as part of a State/Government job, to marry/issue a license, etc. This issue will never be put back in Pandora's Box so we might as well act sanely about it.
The next thing they should do is get out of the business of divorce. If the couple freely choses to enter into a union that states “until death do us part” then the state should have no authority to nullify that contract. If you do not like that provision then do not put it into your marriage contract. The introduction of no-fault divorce, which the states have imposed upon all marriages, basically outlawed marriage as it had be understood in the West (dare I say Christendom) for over a thousand years.
because governments ALWAYS try to be God.
How much you want to bet that the fee for recording the marriage will coincidentally equal the old cost of a marriage license?
Sure they will. They just don't have to license it. Two gays find a minister to conduct a ceremony. They register with the state. It's done.
Which I assume also means that a gay couple can file their taxes as a married couple since the state registered the fact.
Not at all.
The Alabama bill as law will treat real marriage exactly the same as counterfeit marriage. That is what the sodomites were after, either the redefinition of marriage to include their agenda, or the total abolition of marriage as recognized by the state.
Tell me, will employers be able to refuse to offer spouse benefits to homosexual employees with this law in place? That answer will tell you everything.
Only the furniture has been moved around on the deck of the sinking ship.
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