You don’t understand, YOU wanted to make sure that your marriage was legal, the federal government didn’t care.
I was married in the Army, and the Army has recognized marriages since the federal government first started passing marriage related laws in 1780 and 1790 with the congress.
YOU wanted your marriage to be legal, just as I did, and almost everyone does.
I’m not disagreeing with you at all-of course personal beliefs and likings aside, if you want benefits for spouse and kids, you have to grit teeth and have the paper-that is what’s wrong with the picture, in my opinion, because the greedy government just can’t resist f’ing with anything, even if it means being inclusive to that aforementioned troop of baboons-and if there is a buck or two to be made...
It is that cynicism and lack of respect for the beliefs of individuals-especially religious beliefs-that convinced me-when I was about 14-that government needs to be removed from anything that involves religion or the like.