[Lurking Libertarian]

DO THIS NOW! The left will have NO recourse.

And what happens to straight couples who want to get married? Presumably, they will get married in a church without a license. But then what? Will they lose their right to inherit if their spouse dies without a will, to make medical decisions for their incapacitated spouse, or to have custody of their children if the couple splits up?

If all Mississippi is going to do is stop issuing marriage licenses but will continue to grant legal recognition to marriages performed without a license, they will not be able to deny that same recognition to same-sex marriages.

[Jacquerie]

The church marriage document merely gets recorded in the public records.

No big deal.

[Nowhere Man]

Basically it could come down to this where much like it was in the old Soviet Union and many European countries today, you have two sides to a marriage, the religious ceremony sanctifying the union and the civil process honoring the civil and legal rights of the contract. It might be like that at some point.

Personally, I don't care who marries who, but I do believe in this nation we all have our own biases, principle and conscience and all sides must be respected and no one should be driven into a corner. Sadly, those who feel it is wrong on religious grounds and so forth are bring driven into a corner and it should not be this way. I know in the past, I don't have a problem if two guys want to get married, let them do it but those who oppose must not be forced to participate if they do not want to yet, I fear this ruling will blow the lid off of that. There are times I might disagree with some here on FR on this but I don't want to see their rights trampled on either as well as being bullied and we may have that. I will defend them even though we might disagree on some things. This demonisation must stop. I think the Court made bad law here and I even believe the 14th Amendment is bad law like the 18th with Prohibition. The 14th needs repealed pronto although it will not happen.

I did disagree on Mark Levin's idea of an Article V convention but as time goes on with the Obamacare ruling, which irks me even more, I am willing to toss in and roll the dice. If it was up to me, I'd toss out the 14th, 15th 16th and 17th Amendments. As the case of the 15h, I'd base sufferage upon passing a simple test on basic reading, history and math and one cannot be able bodied and on the dole. Those who are on welfare because of age or disability would be exempt but they must still pass the test. Upon returning to work form welfare, as long as they previously passed the test, they will be able to vote after a 6 month probationary period.

Other than that, well, there is always the idea of "going Galt" and move to Panama.

[Viennacon]

They will just have to be more careful about making sure they write wills.

[kvanbrunt2]

I think they will issue state man-woman habitation licenses or holy matrimony licenses and grandfather the old marriages. until its dejavu(sp) all over again

[AppyPappy]

They get married in a church and then go to another state to get a license.

As matter of fact, we may need Federal licenses for marriages.

[DrewsMum]

I’m curious what happens to divorce.....