When a man and his dog can be as legally valid as a man and wife, that’s not victory
Civil Marriage between a man and woman has been the bedrock of civilisation for thousands of years.
Instead of fighting for this, you surrender.
Surrender is not a victory
Show me the path to victory as a practical matter and that’s what we should do.
The highest court in the land just changed the facts on the ground. This seems like a possible end run around that. If you’ve got a better idea, let’s hear it.
Sticking with the federal version of “marriage” now means gay marriage. I don’t see how this is anything like victory.
“Civil Marriage between a man and woman has been the bedrock of civilisation for thousands of years.”
Not true... Even into the twentieth century marriage licenses were not required in most states.
I guess is you define millennia as about 80 years, you’d be correct.
Look what I just found: When the government needed finances, some states began allowing interracial marriages or miscegenation as long as those marrying received a license from the state. So in other words, they had to receive permission to do an act which without such permission would have been illegal. Remember, in Black’s Law Dictionary it points to this historical fact when it defines “marriage license” as, “A license or permission granted by public authority to persons who intend to intermarry.” “Intermarry” is defined in Black’s Law Dictionary as, “Miscegenation; mixed or interracial marriages.” Not long after these licenses were issued, some states began requiring all people who marry to obtain a marriage license, seeing that they could make a profit off of the Union of Marriage. So in 1923, the Federal Government established the Uniform Marriage and Marriage License Act (they later established the Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act). By 1929, every state in the Union had adopted marriage license laws, and by 1935, all states required licenses except Maryland, which soon followed shortly thereafter. Source:http://macquirelatory.com/Marriage%20License%20Truth.htm
So, if civil licensed marriage has only been the law since 1935, I think Louisiana might be on to something. I’ve heard of a few rural churches that have been doing this or a few years.