With a marrage license creating a legal contract between you and the state and can only be broken before a judge, and usually includes punishment to the husband in the form of alimony or palomony weather it was his fault or not.
It seems to me that this is illegal and would make all marriges illegal null and void and all marital judgements uninforcable due to the colusion between church and state.
2006-08-07 20:52:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No, it is a violation of the first amendment when a judge marries you. 1st amendment states that the government will make no law respecting establishment of religion. There they are with judges doing marriages, which are a religious function and something the government has no constitutional right to facilitate.
2006-08-07 21:00:31 · answer #1 · answered by Stand-up Philosopher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marriage was not created by the state. It came from the bible!
Originally, before the public school system, the schools in this country used the bible as a learning tool. As states realized that the interest of the state was enhanced by education, public school systems began to be established.
Those schools used the bible as the primary reader for teaching.
Read the history of this country, and how important, the writers of the Dec. Of Indep., Bill Of Rights, and the Constitution, considered Religion as the guide for our laws and the way our government should be ran!
Swearing on the bible in court, or for who ever is sworn into any of our political offices, upon interring in to any of our military services, In God We Trust, on US Currency, The Ten Commandments engraved on the doors and walls of may of our buildings in Washington DC, too include the Supreme Court, The Houses of Representative, and Congress.
Religion has always been at the fore front on our government from its beginning!
So, learn about the history of this great nation, how it came to be, what the writers of our sacred documents views on religion and what part religion played in the establishment of America!
Issues about church and state did not come into being until after the 1970s. Single parents were not acceptable as a standard and children did not bring guns to school or smoke on school grounds. A much greater number of children were in two parent homes, and people did not drive by and shoot each other.
2006-08-07 21:27:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marriage is for believer and unbeliever alike.
It is a legal document.
As for the spiritual part of it there are certain situations where divorce is within the boundaries..
God does not expect a partner to stay in an abusive relationship.
Also if a partner has an affair this is a bonafide reason for divorce.
2006-08-07 22:08:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
You don't need a priest to get married. You can go down to the court office and get married. The ceremony itself doesn't mean anything. It is when the couple signs the documents.
This is one instance when church and state have been able to exist together in harmony.
2006-08-07 21:00:22 · answer #4 · answered by Jon H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no constitutionally guaranteed right to separation of church and state. It is a myth; until the state of Rhode Island tries to make Orthodox Judaism the official state religion you need to whine elsewhere.
2006-08-07 20:58:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the wedding license is for the state, the vows and wedding are for the church.
2006-08-07 21:31:55 · answer #6 · answered by Viola Shumski 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good point. i should bring that up with my exes bill collectors so they quit calling me.
2006-08-07 20:59:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋