[PapaNew]

I know. It was allowed because it seem harmless. Government outside its constitutional limits is never "harmless."

(Gee, we took the leash off the fox yesterday and it left the hen house alone. Wonder why it ravaged the hens today? Answer: the fox was being a fox. Same with unleashed government.)

[ansel12]

I know. It was allowed because it seem harmless. Government outside its constitutional limits is never "harmless."

No it wasn't, it had to be done, the Continental Congress, and America had to deal with marriage in 1780, and 1794, and 1798, and 1802, and so on.

Government has always had to deal with marriage, whether Roman, Greek, or Apache Indian, or whatever.