Alabama passes legislation repeals requirement for marriage licenses.

Posted by Dobrien 8 years ago to Culture
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requirements to obtain a marriage license by the State of Alabama are hereby abolished and repealed. The requirement of a ceremony of marriage to solemnized the marriage is abolished.” Consider those seeking to control the state’s definition of marriage is that a marriage license means a person requires government permission before getting married.

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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    And I happily replied, "Ee-urp! Ee-urp!"
    But my future ex replied, "Runk! Runk! Runk!"
    That's when I should caught on about the future little Eep! Eep! as it was relevant to Gwop! Gwop! Gwopper! Whopper!
    But I didn't think none of it was at all germane to the Ee-hoo!"
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I think that "illegitimate" means out of wedlock? which is different than what I was referring to; meaning having a known mother and father or in most cases, a known father but on the social side, parents that are accountable.
    If I have the chance I'll look, it up today, what was originally meant by legitimize.

    PS. I have known many kids born out of wedlock and it didn't stigmatize them at all....I sometimes wonder if that is a "projection" by those, (unrelated or morally outraged...cause they are guilty) that are unnecessarily offended.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years ago
    In the bygone days of yore, a once young me dino got the impression that the issuance of a marriage license came after being required to provide medical proof of not having a venereal disease.
    I wasn't even thinking about that when a dinosaur in love simply coughed up the money for the license. By now all the state of Alabama was thinking about was just revenue income.
    Three or so years ago me dino read an article in the Birmingham News. Politicians were thinking about ditching marriage licenses to erase pricey legal problems between same sex couples and devoutly Christian courthouse clerks.
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  • Posted by $ CBJ 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    This is one of the few cases where I think a word needs to be replaced. Though widespread, the practice of referring to a child as "illegitimate" is both stigmatizing and inaccurate.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 8 years ago
    Then a birth certificate with each male/female parent listed would be all that's needed to legitimize a child, Right.
    Together with a need to have a will?

    Now, what of the requirements of a spouse being covered by one member's health insurance?

    I am in favor of this move, But I am curious as to how this will effect the issues above.
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