[GeronL]

LEFTISTS will celebrate their first real victory when that happens.

The destruction of civil marriage has been the real goal.

[Viennacon]

DO THIS NOW! The left will have NO recourse.

[VanDeKoik]

Do it!

If the Feds want to impose a odious edict on a state function, then the state is within its right to just stop doing it.

[RIghtwardHo]

I haven’t researched this AT ALL ... but doesn’t that affect tax breaks for those that want t get married?

Not my area of expertise but that seems to create a Federal tax problem for couples as the IRS may not consider it “married”.

Also, isn’t there a REAL problem of having a Fed Ct saying that there now must be some avenue of marriage (if for no other reason than the tax issue) and then force Churches to marry gays?

Again, I haven’t researched this issue one iota but the lawyer in me sees a whole lot of potential red flags that could make this even worse for us.

Am sure it will unfold with more info.

[gaijin]

Very shrewd!

I completely agree.

[discostu]

Well there’s a lot of lost revenue that will accomplish nothing.

[gaijin]

Lo and behold the entire land is filled with pens and phones!

[onyx]

God bless Mississippi!

[DoodleDawg]

If the state no longer issues marriage licenses then if a resident and spouse move to another state then they’ll have to get married all over again.

[gaijin]

Civil marriage is nothing.

Religious marriage is everything.

[Texas4ever]

NOOOO!!!!

Start making church policies that say all couples to be married at this church must be members for a year. membership is defined by 10% tithe, 20 series of biblical marraige courses and a holy vow celebration course prior to marriage.

Love them with the word of God, most will not go through it.

Remember: To live is Christ to die is gain.

So marry, but here are the terms.

Dont marry them....you may go to jail. Oh well bring your Bible. You may get a paid-for law degree while in there and some time to reflect.

Either way keep the faith. God is good.

[Laserman]

ALL states should do thus. Leave it to the churches to validates marriages and leave it to the states yo validate civil union contracts. This will flush out the churches that are undermining biblical marriage.

[ColdSteelTalon]

This is a great idea.

Why is the state involved in a church institution.

[RginTN]

Bold move.
I will shop more often in MS to show my support.

[kingu]

Exactly, don’t recognize ‘marriage’ - there’s no longer any compelling state interest when ‘marriage’ means, well, let me check today what the definition is...

[ansel12]

What is this supposed to accomplish, ending legal marriage in Mississippi so that people who get married there have no legal protections, or proof for work, or the military?

Who handles the divorce, if they aren’t married in the first place?

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

If they do, I may move there.

[glorgau]

Yep, time for government to get out of the marriage business.

[HarleyLady27]

Marriage makes a relationship divine. Getting married means that something bigger than both of you is bringing you together. A wedding achieves something that simply can’t happen otherwise: G‑d is introduced into the relationship. Until they are married, a couple’s commitment to each other is a human commitment, with all the limitations of being human. We can’t see the future, we can’t know what may change and what may eventuate, and we make mistakes. The chupah elevates the commitment beyond human limitations. The blessings made under the chupah invoke G‑d’s name upon the couple, and bring G‑d into the union as a partner. You are married not just because you chose to be, but because G‑d has said so. Without a chupah, you can have love, commitment and family—but it isn’t holy. Only by standing under a chupah and marrying according to tradition does your union become sacred. Only after the wedding is your love blessed with the divine imprint of eternity

[fso301]

Let the gays marry. Their relationships are highly unstable. The young ones will soon be suing the old ones into ruin.