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To: OrangeHoof

My reaction, too. A priest or a minister has discretion if he sees problems or impediments, but I don’t think a Justice of the Peace can do this.

Too bad, in a way. If a couple comes in drunk, a JP should be able to send them out to sober up, maybe. But it’s not his job to do more than say, maybe, “Are you sure you want to get married?”


12 posted on 10/15/2009 3:16:01 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero
If a couple comes in drunk, a JP should be able to send them out to sober up, maybe.

He is attesting to a contract, which requires both parties to be competent.
18 posted on 10/15/2009 3:34:19 PM PDT by kenavi (No legislation longer than the Constitution.)
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