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"Worship and belief in God are individual rights and to participate in any of it doesn't require an agreement with every liberal moonbat that wishes to project their stupidity on you or where you worship or how you believe."

We should be able to say the same thing about the federal government...
Marriage is a function of the church.. NOT the government.. We made a BIG mistake when we allowed the government to tell us who, what, where, when or anything else about our religious practices...

[Snake Skin Sonny]

Marriage is a function of the church.. NOT the government.

Mistakes?

Yeah...one of the biggest we ever allowed was when we sat by and allowed the government to tell us we needed a "license" to be married, or that a fee would be paid for it.

That is a direct usurpation of the divine power of God.

I can go on and on, but I think that you're probably a member of the choir, so to speak, so I'll refrain from preaching to you.

I'm sure you've heard the sermon many times.

[bert]

——Marriage is a function of the church.. NOT the government.-—

Actually, marriage is in fact a function of government. Marriage is a contract between two individuals of male and female sex that binds the two to insure the rights of children and of property. Traditionally the right to conduct a marriage ceremony contingent on posession of a license issued by the state has been ceded to ministers of the church.

Children and property........ primary for state regulation of the contract.

Children...... primary for church regulation of the contract