[Jacquerie]

Southern states in the US started issuing marriage licenses to recognize only the marriages that they approved of - the ones that did not involve a white person and a black person.

Do you mean recent times? If so, which states?

[MichiganConservative]

I remembered what I read slightly incorrectly. The licenses were to allow miscegenation in certain US states in the mid 1800's. Then states realized they could require a license from everyone and make money from the license fee. Then the welfare state was created and now the marriage license is used as a criteria in doling out confiscated wealth. I can't find which states right now.