To: rollo tomasi
Tell me fool, how could widows of Revolutionary soldiers receive marriage benefits if the Feds had no hand in marriage in the first place?Those were granted before the constitution was ratified. And on top of that, they didn't sanction or regulate those marriages. It was a religious institution. Still can't find that authority to sanction or regulate marriage, can you?
251 posted on
06/26/2013 3:35:16 PM PDT by
Orangedog
(An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
To: Orangedog; rollo tomasi
>>Tell me fool, how could widows of Revolutionary soldiers receive marriage benefits if the Feds had no hand in marriage in the first place?
>
> Those were granted before the constitution was ratified. And on top of that, they didn't sanction or regulate those marriages. It was a religious institution. Still can't find that authority to sanction or regulate marriage, can you? Other than that, there's the 7th Amendment; society could determine both the definition of marriage and the appropriateness of spouses/children receiving those funds via the jury.
253 posted on
06/26/2013 4:09:56 PM PDT by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: Orangedog
"Those were granted before the constitution was ratified."
For one year, then the Feds eventually got involved under the current Constitution.
258 posted on
06/26/2013 4:59:23 PM PDT by
rollo tomasi
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To: Orangedog
Bump to post #257 as well.
261 posted on
06/26/2013 5:04:31 PM PDT by
rollo tomasi
(Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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