Before people had to get government marriage licenses, that's when. You see, they went to this thing called a Church. And that's where they were married, and that's where their marriage record was kept.
Then this new, stylish lefty trend showed up, where people had to register their vows before God with the government, and request permission for that government to review their relationship with God, and grant it or deny it.
Which brings up the question - have you received proper government approval for your relationship with God? Can you produce your religion license, or are you just one of those wild-eyed, unlicensed quacks?
civil marriage has been around a couple thousand years or more and has been the foundation of civilization
now some morons want to get rid of the foundation of civilization
I don’t care if these people live together, the state should never recognize this arrangement as a “marriage”
The first federal law regarding legal marriage was passed by the Continental Congress in 1780, it was added to in 1794 and 1798, were they wrong to not include whatever any religion or cult, or church wanted to call “marriage”?
Should they have been forced to recognize polygamy, should any American state or court have been recognizing gay marriage and polygamy because some churches or religions approved of it?