The mistake Beckwith makes is in assuming that the state couldn't enforce contracts and neutral child custody laws without recognizing marriage. I'm an attorney and I can assure you that nothing could be further from the truth. The state courts enforce child custody and support laws in relation to all children within their jurisdiction, without regard to whether their parents were ever married to each other. As to property and future support between the parties, that should be based on contract.
We don't need the state in our marriage laws.
So true, however you and a few others are the proverbial fish upstream thing around here.....many apparently need the ‘blessing’ of the state to ‘save’ our culture. To those I ask “How are those state ‘blessings’of anything working out??”