Sentences with phrase «not licensed marriage»

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Within ten years, I expect — maybe even within five — one New England state or another will strip the power to issue civil - marriage licenses from clergy of churches that do not perform same - sex marriages.
It is so easy to get a marriage license in most if not all states.
Since the term «marriage» unfortunately has been written into civil code, with all its rights and responsibilities, civil authorities are bound not to deny marriage licenses based on gender.
If the man is repeatedly getting marriage licenses through the state then maybe the state needs to put stricter requirements on gettng married, proof of not being married etc...
get married in a church with church approval but without a gov» t issued marriage license = not legally married get married in a courthouse without church approval but with a gov» t issued marriage license = legally married
There are a number of denominations that have been ordaining and / or licensing women preachers since the early 20th century and have not used the same methods of biblical interpretation to advance gay marriage, sex outside marriage, or to deny eternal hell, etc..
If it is illegal to drive a car without a driver's license but it is not illegal to live together without a marriage license, why do people want that legal contract, as you call it?
County clerks who cite their Christian values when refusing to issue marriage licenses to same - sex couples don't also refuse licenses to cohabitating couples, or divorcees, or interfaith couples (also frowned upon in conservative Christian circles), nor do the bakers and restaurant owners who refuse to serve LGBT people refuse to serve other perceived «sinners.»
No marriage performed in a church is recognized as a legally binding contract unless the state has issued a license; the reverse is not true.
As all of this continues, it does not seem unreasonable to think that a time will come when ministers will be required to perform gay weddings in order to be allowed to continue to sign marriage licenses.
First, while it was true that no gay or lesbian couple had requested married - student housing on campus (this event being prior to Obergefell v. Hodges, but after some states had begun issuing marriage licenses to such couples), several couples had already chosen not to apply to live in married - student housing because the policies at the time didn't support such a thing.
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(Like the clerk in Kentucky who won't issue marriage licenses... If she can't do her job for religious reasons, that's fine, but then she needs to quit her job.)
In my Facebook news feed this morning, I encountered rejoicing over the resignations of county clerks who couldn't in good conscience provide marriage licenses to gay couples.
I wore long underwear under my black suit and prayed not only that «God may bless your marriage and establish your home in peace» but also that Bishop Tullis would not happen to be out driving at that hour and catch me in the act of matrimonial license.
If you don't have a state license, you don't have a marriage.
We do not have a marriage license from a state.
I understand the birth certificate part but not the marriage license one!
In contrast, as the Ponorovskaya court noted, marriage licenses are «a relatively recent innovation, with statewide registration of marriages not having begun until 1881 at the earliest.»
(If you're straight you can just lie to the hospital, anyway... it's not like they ask you for the marriage license...) The real challenge for gays is not really being able to check off that box, but getting it to be socially unacceptable to be a «male genital» about gays in general.
Recent developments are not particularly encouraging, as claims to individual autonomy are generally thought to trump the conscientious objections of Christians, Jews, and others who might recoil at, say, funding abortions or issuing marriage licenses to same - sex couples.
Of course, because we don't have renewable marriage contracts yet, my seatmate and his then - bride - to - be were marrying the old - fashioned way, with a marriage license, and when those 18 or so years end they will still have to dissolve their marriage the old - fashioned way, too, by divorcing.
But it made sense to include it; not only is it the only other legal marriage license in the U.S., albeit in just three states (Louisiana, Arkansas and Arizona), but research indicates couples who enter into it are happy.
Yes, there are married couples who are as happy as they are — maybe even happier — but it isn't necessarily because of a marriage license.
It's really important for people to understand just what that marriage license offers you; it isn't just about love and commitment.
Still, she had found herself unable to explain that to people — many often don't understand the financial realities of a marriage license.
Judging by the comments people are leaving on websites like Huffington Post, etc., a marriage contract isn't a «real» marriage (although a marriage license is just a legal document, and marriage throughout the decades and all over the globe has always been about increasing wealth and / or status, mostly for men, but whatever).
What you're saying is this, you don't need marriage to have kids and raise a family, but perhaps indeed a license should be required?
Although the young women in her study still see marriage as the ideal, they believe that commitment can come without a marriage license, a notion I discussed not too long ago for couples that choose to live together but not wed..
It may be a way for people who are friends and seek companionship with shared interests, with sex or not, to be privy to the legal perks and protections of a marriage license.
It's up to the people in it to make it good or bad; the marriage license doesn't guarantee anything except access to legal protections.
The marriage license and wedding — as symbolic as they are — didn't make them be or act any more committed than they already are, nine - years into a parenting relationship.
He also said that issuing marriage licenses «does not require the county clerk to condone or endorse same - sex marriage on religious or moral grounds.»
Now it is unclear which ruling takes precedence, so the judges who are supposed to be issuing marriage licenses have no idea whether or not same sex marriage is currently legal in their state or not.
Wyoming introduced a similar bill; couples that didn't attend three hours of marriage counseling would have to wait a year before getting a marriage license.
It's really important for people to understand just what a marriage license offers you; it isn't just about love and commitment.
Of course, because we don't have renewable marriage contracts yet, my seatmate and his then - bride - to - be were marrying the old - fashioned way — with a marriage license — and when those 18 or so years end they will still have to dissolve their marriage the old - fashioned way too, by divorcing.
[50] Amending the Massachusetts Constitution is a multi-year process that could not be accomplished before the date set by the SJC for the issuance of marriage licenses to same - sex couples.
I'm not going to go into significant detail here unless you ask for it, but I will point to speeding tickets and licensing for out of state marriages as two examples of cases where the laws where you are currently located take precedence over the laws where you come from.
That is not someone talking about just a marriage license, and if Judge Vaughn Walker's reasoning is upheld, it is hard to believe that any law that discriminates against gays would be constitutional.
Defying the law, several county clerks around Kentucky said they won't issue marriage licenses to anyone because of the U.S. Supreme Court's 5 - to - 4 ruling Friday in favor of a nationwide right to same - sex marriage.
Guilderland Town Clerk Rosemary Centi has said she will issue marriage licenses to gay couples, but will not officiate over their weddings.
«I really wouldn't feel comfortable putting my name on a marriage license and I don't really call it a marriage because a marriage is between a man and a woman.
The Cook County AG isn't going to defend the county clerk for refusing gays marriage licenses in two impending lawsuits.
That led to a lawsuit from a local lesbian couple who did not appreciate the fact that they needed to wait to get a license after the gay marriage bill signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo became law in late July.
Binghamton is planning to open its municipal offices on Sunday, July 24 for same - sex couples who just can't wait an extra day to obtain their marriage licenses.
The Office of the City Clerk will start accepting online applications on July 5, but couples will not receive the actual licenses until July 25, 30 days after the Marriage Equality Act passed in the state Senate.
Then the DMV and they were still unable to change my name because I only brought a copy of my marriage license and not the original (so then I had changed my name at the passport office, social security, but not DMV).
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