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    AL Committee Passes Bill to Eliminate Marriage Licenses, Nullify Federal Control

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Jan. 26, 2018) – Yesterday, an Alabama House committee passed a bill that would abolish marriage licenses in the state and effectively nullify in practice both sides of the contentious national debate over government-sanctioned marriage.


    Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Bay Minette) prefiled Senate Bill 13 (SB13) in September. The legislation would abolish all requirements to obtain a marriage license in Alabama. Instead, probate judges would simply record civil contracts of marriage between two individuals based on signed affidavits.

    According to the bill summary, SB13 would “eliminate the requirement for solemnization of a marriage for it to be considered valid” and “specify that the judge of probate would have no authority to reject any recording of a marriage, so long as the affidavits, forms, and data are provided. must record certain affidavits, forms, and data regarding the marriage.”

    The House Judiciary Committee passed SB13 by a 9-5 vote with a technical amendment. It passed the Senate last week 19-1.

    The proposed law would maintain a few state requirements governing marriage. Minors between the ages of 16 and 18 would have to obtain parental permission before marrying, the state would not record a marriage if either party was already married, and the parties could not be related by blood or adoption as already stipulated in state law.

    In practice, the state’s role in marriage would be limited to recording marriages that have already occurred.
    In a modern political context, SB13 would reduce the state’s role in defining and regulating marriage, which has become a contentious issue and places a burden on government officials torn between the legal requirements of their jobs and their personal political or religious convictions. By limiting the state’s role in marriage, the legislation would allow Alabamans to structure their personal relationships as they see fit without interference or approval from the government.

    Something rarely considered by those seeking to control the state’s definition of marriage is that a marriage license means a person requires government permission before getting married. In America, people generally cannot drive a vehicle without a license. People cannot practice law without a license, nor can they provide medical care. Put another way, under a licensing scheme, marriage is not a right, nor a religious institution, but a privilege granted by the state and limited by its requirements.
    http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com...in-practice-3/



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    Good!

    Caught between toxic slags that are modern woemen, stunningly upside down and one way laws regarding divorce, child support and alimony and the weirdosexual crowd claiming that they can call themselves married to other men, woemen, dogs, dishwashers and the Flying Spaghetti Monster, no sane red blooded young man should touch state sanctioned marriage with a 29 and half foot pole.
    Last edited by Anti Federalist; 01-27-2018 at 09:35 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Federalist View Post
    Good!
    Absolutely. If I'm not mistaken this is a similar approach that @GunnyFreedom, Glen Bradley, wanted to take in N.C. Of course the "religious conservatives" thought it a terrible idea because homosexuals. Some people would rather wear their chains.

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    Quote Originally Posted by phill4paul View Post
    Absolutely. If I'm not mistaken this is a similar approach that @GunnyFreedom, Glen Bradley, wanted to take in N.C. Of course the "religious conservatives" thought it a terrible idea because homosexuals. Some people would rather wear their chains.
    Exactly.

    Get the state out of the marriage business altogether.
    Another mark of a tyrant is that he likes foreigners better than citizens, and lives with them and invites them to his table; for the one are enemies, but the Others enter into no rivalry with him. - Aristotle's Politics Book 5 Part 11

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    A requirement to ask any government for permission to get married is stupid. Paying a fee to said government is even stupider.

    I am pro marriage.

    I am anti marriage licence.
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