[T'wit]

The mind-reading rules in this case were to haruspicate from the gurgling entrails of three people named Schiavo, ignore all other testimony, excuse a fatal error of fact by the bench followed by the bench falsifying the records of its error, and then stamp the findings "clear and convincing" evidence, because, see, the statutes say you should have clear and convincing evidence.

Let's roll :-)

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

There is no private relationship in marriage. Marriage is a public act that requires a statutory license (Reynolds v. United States, 1878).

The state is just as much involved in your divorce and any matters of abuse and spousal/child support if you get married.

We are not like the Islamics where a woman is a slave subject to beatings or murder by her husband's whim.

It is also the business of the state, since you got a birth certificate for your child, to assure you are accountable for child neglect/endangerment.

Marriage, like medical practice and legal practice requires a license - - AND ONCE YOU SIGN FOR IT, IT IS EVERY BIT THE STATE'S BUSINESS WHAT YOU DO...