Posted on 04/27/2016 7:45:24 PM PDT by Lorianne
On Wednesday, an important House committee passed a bill that would abolish marriage licenses in Alabama and effectively nullify both sides of the contentious debate on same-sex marriage. If passed into law, the bill would essentially remove the state from the business of marriage.
Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Bay Minette) introduced Senate Bill 143 (SB143) in February, where it was passed by a 23-3 vote last month.. The legislation would abolish all requirements to obtain a marriage license in Alabama. Instead, probate judges would simply record civil contracts of marriage between two individuals based on signed affidavits.
“All requirements to obtain a marriage license by the State of Alabama are hereby abolished and repealed. The requirement of a ceremony of marriage to solemnized the marriage is abolished.”
Under the proposed law, a judge of probate would have no authority to reject any recording of a marriage, so long as the affidavits, forms, and data are provided. In practice, the state’s role in marriage would be limited to recording marriages that have already occurred. As noted in the official bill synopsis, “This bill would eliminate the requirement of marriage licenses.”
Yesterday, the House House Judiciary Committee passed SB143 with some amendments, which inside sources say will help it get to the Governor’s desk.
“Licenses are used as a way to stop people from doing things,” said Michael Boldin of the Tenth Amendment Center. “My personal relationship should not be subject to government permission.”
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com ...
Great idea. The government never should have been involved anyway. They only did so they could turn it into a revenue source.
So I agree, get the government out of all things connected to family matters. It should be something between people and God.
Good. Marriage is none of the states business.
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If you're gay and happen to find a church that will marry you, then fine you're married within that church.
So if Alabama doesn’t have marriage then Alabama will not have homosexual marriage. What will the liberals say about this turn of events????
Alabama surrenders.
Concur.
Way to go Bama. Your getting as good as North Carolina
They’ll whine and stamp their feet and file lawsuits and the mask will fall off since this was all about forcing people to embrace SSM rather than tolerance. And with the new SC Oblunder is packing they’ll have a good chance of extending the law even further to actively mandating that states aren’t allowed to withdraw from the marriage business and must have SSM no matter what.
But then again, the liberal Federal government will find a way!!
This could potentially turn the entire Internal Revenue Code on its head. What happens if 17 related people in Alabama and sign a contract that calls themselves "married," then all try file tax returns as "married, filing jointly?"
Next:
Get The State out of care for orphans, etc.
Separate The State and Education.
The 9th and 10th amendments and the U.S. Constitution at large has to demonstrate a clear and present danger, watered down to a compelling state interest for exercising any power over not specifically addressed in the Constitution.
Originally, the compelling state interest was the welfare of children, but after gay adoption was normalized, the only way remaining to maintain the Rule of Law has been for the States to simply get out of the marriage business.
People can contract together for any purpose, guided by contract law, under free association. It would also take heat off the Churches, allowing them to witness and perform ceremonies without the State having any interest aside from contract courts.
Prenups would be all the state had any remaining business becoming involved in.
It might teach the liberal scolds the difference between government and "society." A lot of people need to learn the difference.
If they are working they’d be in a pretty high tax bracket!
I also suspect it was only a matter of time before government licensing of marriages became pointless anyway. Any God-fearing couple who takes their marriage vows seriously has no compelling reason to get a stupid “license” from the state.
book mark
Since marriage is a church sacrament, the government shouldn’t have ever been involved.
Excellent. Now state and federal government should strip out tax advantages for married couples and such and apply them only to the care of minor children.
What a glorious day that will be.
How does this help anything? They’re still “officiated” before a government representative.
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