Re: [issues] Religion (was: YAFGA (Yet Another Female Geeks Article))

[Deirdre Saoirse]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Kelly Lynn Martin wrote:

> Well, I think the state should get out of the marriage business
> altogether.  That would take away a large part of the desire of
> religious organizations to be recognized by the state in the first
> place.  (The other reason is probably priest-penitent privilege.)

The reason the state got into licensing relationships can be tracked back
to the 1700s in England when men left their families, moved to another
town, and started over. That's the only reason people published the banns
after that (and then registered their marriage).

Given that we have better means of tracking such things now, it seems
really archaic for its intended purpose.

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