Marriage by license history

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Legal Community. Marriage Services. Misdemeanor Cases. Name Change. Pretrial Release. Register for E-Notify. Small Claims. Traffic Tickets. As to marriage, I maintain that the government has no constitutional right to establish, define nor control marriage. When you are obligated to incorporate your marriage into government via license you have surrendered your freedom to the government which henceforth has control over your contract and over the product of your marriage your progeny.

They can dictate what you must do and must act. They can also bestow upon you certain privilege and certain monetary advantages over non-licensed persons such as tax favoritism and other status perks.

This actually flies in the face of the decision to give equal protection to same sex couples when they did not give equal protection or rights in the first place, very hypocritical and should never have been established to begin with. The ulterior motives of political elitists who are aligned with pacs designed to create powerful wealth centers enabling them to control the government and consequently the general population to their own advantage.

They do this via Normalcy Conditioning; a methodical presentation of system or ideal based on a false premise, frequently over a protracted period with endorsement from various groups with a vested financial interest until it becomes general accepted as normal and proper which it is not!!! The results should be obvious but are clouded by all manner of political diatribe. Good Luck with that!!!! R T Poet, Minneapolis Minnesota. Great article — and very helpful aas I am looking at getting married and an wary of State Califiornia involvement.

Nicely written too! Matt Wilson, since marriage ceremonies occur at Churches, Churches should have the final say so in whether or not to acknowledge them. Even though it technically qualifies as separate but equal, I see nothing wrong with civil unions getting the same benefits as marriage in the eyes of the law. Needing a license to validate a marriage-that is as absurd as needing a license to own and operate a business.

Newt Gingrich championed that and yet cheated on 2 marriages. This hypocrisy is absolutely absurd. One area where there is a massive overreach is where Kentucky court clerk Kim Davis was arrested for not granting a marriage license to a same-sex couple. Want to marry a member of your own gender?

Go ahead. Now you […]. Matt Wilson, as a follow up to my one comment, I believe that any couple who decides to marry, as long as they are consenting adults, should not go to the government and ask for the government to give their blessing to the relationship.

Outside of the tax issue, government should have no business butting into our private lives. I also fail to see why some people advocate a Constitutional Amendment to define marriage from a legal standpoint.

The Dictionary already defined the word marriage, so this legal definition claptrap is absurd. Matt Wilson, I believe that Kim Davis was in the wrong from a legal standpoint in her decision not to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Either comply with the ruling of the U. Supreme Court, as well as the law itself or fight to change things from a legal standpoint.

Selectively choosing which laws you will abide by and which laws you will not is ultimately an invitation to lawlessness. Matt Wilson, as a follow up to my prior comment, I personally believe that you should not need a license to validate a marital relationship. On the same token, government should not have any say so regarding who you can marry.

The Marriage License was created in the colonial south because people lived too far apart. In New England, the church was the center of the town. People lived in town and went out every day to farm then returned. When a couple decided to marry, Marriage Banns were posted on the church door for 3 weeks announcing their intent to wed.

Anyone objecting to the marriage, or had knowledge why the marriage would not be legal ie one of them was already married they had 3 weeks to notify the clergy.

In the south, the county was formed first, and the town second. More people lived further from town. The opportunity for people to see the Banns was basically nil, since people often only went to town every 6 months to purchase salt and items that could not be created on the farm.

I found your website searching for the subject. That may well be true and probably is , but the license also came into effect for tax purposes. Hence the license. It does help with survivor benefits and medical issues, but a quick-form could be created and why should those only be for married people?

Was Jesus a bastard then? I think not! Many good opions on married couples I think the government at times goes too far or does not do enough you do the crime do the time or not proper punishment always Judas look at our USA president we now have our southern border mess I d rather have Donald trump we live in a plastic world plastic surgery people politicians plastic automobiles there is so much wrong with our society government or done wrong I could go on and on is it all bad no some of it is what volks do or not do that causes laws to be made thank you.

Another reason marriage license law came into be is the Mormon and Muslim faiths they practice plural marriage, so the government require marriage licenses because they wanted come up with a lawful reason to throw these people in jail. You are commenting using your WordPress. But when was the first marriage license issued? In what we would refer to as England, the first marriage license was introduced by the church by C. England, a huge proponent of organizing the information obtained by the issuance of the marriage license, exported the practice to the western territories by C.

The idea of a marriage license took firm roots in the Americas of the colonial period. Today, the process of submitting an application for a marriage license is accepted practice throughout the world.

In some places, most notably the United States, state-sanctioned marriage licenses continue to garner scrutiny in communities that believe the church should have the first and only say on such matters. In the earliest days of the broad issuance of marriage licenses, old marriage license s represented a sort of business transaction. As marriages were private affairs commenced between members of two families, the licenses were seen as contractual.

Indeed, the end of the marriage union was not only to ensure the prospect of procreation, but also forged social, financial, and political alliances. Further, in the state-run organization widely known as the Church of England, priests, bishops, and other clergy had a substantial say in authorizing a marriage.

While creating a substantial revenue stream for the state, the licenses also helped municipalities craft accurate census data. Today, marriage records are among the vital statistics held by developed nations. As the Church of England expanded and solidified its power throughout the country and its robust colonies in America, colony churches adopted the license policies held by the churches and judicatories back in England. The Publication of Banns was a cheap alternative to the considerably more expensive marriage license.

Indeed, the State Library of Virginia has documents that describe banns as a widely disseminated public notice. Banns were shared orally at the town center or published in town publications for three consecutive weeks after the formal nuptials had been completed.

It is widely reported that in the colony of North Carolina took judicial control over marriages. At the time, the primary concern was interracial marriages. North Carolina sought to prohibit interracial marriages by issuing marriage licenses to those deemed acceptable for marriage.

The RIA remained law until when the U. Supreme Court declared Virginia's ban on interracial marriage unconstitutional. In the United States prior to the s, marriages were primarily a responsibility of local churches with marriages registered only with the state.

By the latter part of the 19th century, states began to "nullify common-law marriages and exert more control over who was allowed to marry," says Stephanie Coontz in a "New York Times" article. The primary reason for government control of marriage licenses remains for vital statistics recording and continues as a source of revenue for local and state governments. In February , San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom authorized city officials to issue gender-neutral marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

The following August, the marriages of nearly 4, same-sex couples were voided by the California State Supreme Court on the basis that Newsom had overstepped his authority. In the meantime, on May 17, , Massachusetts had legalized same-sex marriage.

During the s, couples rebelled against government authority by rejecting the marriage license and choosing cohabitation because they believed "a piece of paper" could not define their relationships.

Today, some fundamentalist Christians choose to marry without a state-issued marriage license. Pastor Matt Trewhella of Mercy Seat Christian Church in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, one of the most outspoken pastors on the subject, refuses to marry anyone with a state-issued license. Marriages without state licenses are still legal and hold up in the courts of every state. Two witnesses must sign the marriage certificate issued by clergy, and if desired, it can be filed in the county courthouse.

Cynthia Clark began writing professionally in