I strongly recommend that FR Members and others work to get Government out of Marriage. Work to get your state legislature to pass Shield Laws to protect anyone who does not want to provide a service to anyone cannot be sued or prosecuted for any reason not related to providing such service.
All laws related to marriage licensing should be done away with and replace with After the Fact - DIY on line Contract Registration done even via a phone app. Or at a DIY kiosk at a Country Clerk’s office.
Any certification or licensing process used in granting a person the authorization to marry a couple should be done away with — Clergy can marry people in a Church or Temple in the eyes of God. The marriage can be registered by the couple and witnesses on line or at the County Clerk computer Kiosk. And as a way to further get citizens out of the line of legal harassment... such a Kiosk would have a notice — you must bring your own computer / Internet savvy coach or assistant if you are not familiar with such.. County/City/State employees are not authorized nor required to assist you.
Get Americans Out of the Line of Fire of the WAVE of Legal Harassment that is coming even stronger and will be an avalanche in the near future.
No, no, no. It’s the state’s responsibility to uphold the values and traditions of the past.....I guess that only works as long as people who fully believe in those ideals hold state power. Unfortunately government, our government, is not static but fluid in terms of those long-held values and traditions. Allowing the state to grant the ‘privilege’ of marrying, and that’s what a LICENSE conveys, we have allowed the state to dictate terms and definitions of marriage. How can anyone logically complain about what has transpired?? By all means, get Government out of Marriage.