They don't. I think the term "married" should apply to two people who have a legal marriage license with a State.
You are not married until you have that license. Wait, except for common law heh. But anyway, if you have a Catholic wedding, but don't obtain and sign a marriage license...you aint married! On 6/15/06, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not to be a stickler, but why does the church get to "keep" the term > Marriage? > > G Money wrote: > > Exactly to a T what i've been saying all along. Makes perfect sense, is > > fair, and fixes all the problems of the current system. > > > > On 6/15/06, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> in the end it's a simple legal contract that has little to do with > >> religion. > >> > >> From the states point of view, exactly. That's why the fairest > solution > >> to me is to separate the religious "Marriage" from the state > Contract. Give > >> the state contract a new name that applies to everybody. Then it is > >> completely in individual choice. One can get a "Marriage" from their > >> religious organization of choice that would have no state contractual > >> binding. And/Or one could get the state contract that provides the > legal > >> benefits but has no religious binding. > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209453 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
