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To: Republic of Texas

Written in the Year 1781
by Thomas Jefferson
Notes on the State of Virginia (excerpt)

Marriages must be solemnized either on special licence, granted by the first magistrate of the county, on proof of the consent of the parent or guardian of either party under age, or after solemn publication, on three several Sundays, at some place of religious worship, in the parishes where the parties reside. The act of solemnization may be by the minister of any society of Christians, who shall have been previously licensed for this purpose by the court of the county. Quakers and Menonists however are exempted from all these conditions, and marriage among them is to be solemnized by the society itself.

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/JEFFERSON/ch14.html


81 posted on 03/13/2008 7:08:04 PM PDT by donna (Before they gave us McCain, they tried to give us Rudy.)
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To: donna

Thanks for the backup. That was a reference to a state, not the federal government. The powers NOT granted to the federal government, i.e., everything not in the Constitution, are reserved for the states and the people.


84 posted on 03/13/2008 7:14:47 PM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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