Posted on 06/27/2015 12:09:54 PM PDT by EveningStar
Mississippi is considering pulling the plug on issuing marriage licenses altogether after the Supreme Court struck down bans on gay marriage Friday morning.
As the state's governor and lieutenant governor condemned the court's decision, state House Judiciary Chairman Andy Gipson began studying ways to prevent gay marriage in Mississippi. Governor Phil Bryant said he would do all he can "to protect and defend the religious freedoms of Mississippi." To Bryant's point of doing "all" the state could do, Gipson, who is a Baptist minister, suggested removing marriage licenses entirely.
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NOOOO!!!!
Start making church policies that say all couples to be married at this church must be members for a year. membership is defined by 10% tithe, 20 series of biblical marraige courses and a holy vow celebration course prior to marriage.
Love them with the word of God, most will not go through it.
Remember: To live is Christ to die is gain.
So marry, but here are the terms.
Dont marry them....you may go to jail. Oh well bring your Bible. You may get a paid-for law degree while in there and some time to reflect.
Either way keep the faith. God is good.
Your man-woman marriage is just as legally valid as a teacher marrying all the 10 year olds in his class.
How grand is that
Does it feel like victory??
Original intent?
They are going to make pedophile polygamy as valid as man and wife marriage.
does not sound like victory
ALL states should do thus. Leave it to the churches to validates marriages and leave it to the states yo validate civil union contracts. This will flush out the churches that are undermining biblical marriage.
When a man and his dog can be as legally valid as a man and wife, that’s not victory
Civil Marriage between a man and woman has been the bedrock of civilisation for thousands of years.
Instead of fighting for this, you surrender.
Surrender is not a victory
The church marriage document merely gets recorded in the public records.
No big deal.
Why is the state involved in a church institution.
The SCOTUS ruling blows the doors off government marriage and makes it nearly inevitable that it will soon include polygamy and anything else. I don’t see it as much of a refuge.
In culturally conservative places like Mississippi moving marriage to the private sector will be preserving the traditional understanding of marriage.
Of course, either way constitutes a defeat. There’s no getting around that.
Bold move.
I will shop more often in MS to show my support.
Exactly, don’t recognize ‘marriage’ - there’s no longer any compelling state interest when ‘marriage’ means, well, let me check today what the definition is...
“I haven’t researched this AT ALL ... but doesn’t that affect tax breaks for those that want t get married?”
I was under the understanding that there was no tax break for marriage. A marriage penalty I’ve heard of...
I disagree.
It is a total victory for the left.
for most people it will become:
Marriage? What is that? Something from the history books.
great job. not.
Or more likely they’ll just get married in other states. Expect every Mississippi bordertown to erect a bunch of Vegas style wedding chapels.
Under those rules I can to church all my life and not be considered a member, great. Sure would make me feel welcomed. not.
What is this supposed to accomplish, ending legal marriage in Mississippi so that people who get married there have no legal protections, or proof for work, or the military?
Who handles the divorce, if they aren’t married in the first place?
If they do, I may move there.
Show me the path to victory as a practical matter and that’s what we should do.
The highest court in the land just changed the facts on the ground. This seems like a possible end run around that. If you’ve got a better idea, let’s hear it.
Sticking with the federal version of “marriage” now means gay marriage. I don’t see how this is anything like victory.
What do you mean? They already took over marriage. Get married in your church and simply hide from the government.
We need to revive the “free state” campaign. I don’t respect this government anymore.
It’s a total mess is what it is.
Eventually the word marriage would become totally unknown.
I’ve done some family research here in Louisiana. The marriage certificates around 1850s were certified by ministers.
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