[Alberta's Child]

My point is that the government (at any level) really never had any business getting itself involved in a religious institution like marriage in the first place. The whole idea of a "marriage license," for example, has no place in a free nation.

People with strong religious convictions have known this for a very long time.

[ansel12]

My point is that the government (at any level) really never had any business getting itself involved in a religious institution like marriage in the first place. The whole idea of a "marriage license," for example, has no place in a free nation. People with strong religious convictions have known this for a very long time.

Government or controlling legal authority has always been involved in marriage, it has to be. As far as licenses, I wonder why no one thought of that during the days of Jefferson and Washington?

Jefferson was even involved in divorce law.