I agree the very idea that the Government should demand a Licence to get married is objectionable.
Just to remind everyone out there: THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT AND CANNOT MARRY YOU!
The Government is an incoherent institution of force, not a wife or husband.
Only God can marry you and thus only God’s consent is of any legitimately indispensable significance.
Indeed it wasn’t until around 100 years ago at the beginning of the “progressive era” that any american government ever became so arrogant as to demand a say in your marriage.
Let that say end now!
RE: THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT AND CANNOT MARRY YOU!
Let’s think about this a bit. Let’s assume that this will be true...
Will the government then be ask to recognize unions of some sort?
There are two possible answers — yes and no.
If the answer is yes, This implies among other things that:
* That the government will still need to recognize marriages that were done overseas of the purposes of say, immigration (surely you don’t want to separate an immigrant from his wife... ).
* The government will have to find a way to administer things like social security, which implies that even if they don’t marry you, they must recognize your marriage (or union, for want of a better word ) done in some church or mosque or temple.
* The government will still need to deal with what constitutes a father or mother for children born in this country.
Now if the answer is “no” (i.e., government won’t recognize any unions at all ).... then the implication would be (among other things ):
* You can’t bring your spouse to America, if you were married overseas because the government does not recognize such union. Only YOU can enter this country.
* If you were to die, your spouse does not have to get anything from the social security funds you paid for during your working years, since “spouses” are not a recognized entity (this will save government a lot of money and they might have an incentive for non-recognition ).
* The government will still need to deal with what constitutes a father or mother for children born in this country.
Don’t forget that the leftist animals believe that all humans are PROPERTY OF THE STATE.
They believe that you aren’t married until it goes into a government file and any children added to the file are cattle.
Give them 20-50 more years and government will have the RIGHT to KILL anyone who violates the paper contract and kill any child caught being raised by a non-authorized guardian.
It’s going to happen because the enemy knows that many are soft and helpless.