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i'm amazed.
Feb. 16th, 2006 04:28 pmthe awful link of the day on something awful was truly one of the most awful things i've seen in a long, long time. i thought focus on the family was the epitome of psycho, religious-right insanity on the web. i occasionally read it to satisfy my train-wreck syndrome. but, that awful link was even worse.
it's a site called family guardian. the front page of it is a mess of crammed links and blinking text, but once i got past the horrible formatting, i found that it's a wealth of not only the old tired "we love our women barefoot and pregnant" brand of misogyny masking as faith, but all sort of anti-government paraphernalia as well. this particular passage i found...jaw-droppingly WTF, even more so than the rest of the site. my commentary ends here...we will let this speak for itself.
When you marry with a marriage license, you are like a polygamist. From the State’s point of view, when you marry with a marriage license, you are not just marrying your spouse, but you are also marrying the State.
The most blatant declaration of this fact that I have ever found is a brochure entitled "With This Ring I Thee Wed." It is found in county courthouses across Ohio where people go to obtain their marriage licenses. It is published by the Ohio State Bar Association. The opening paragraph under the subtitle "Marriage Vows" states, "Actually, when you repeat your marriage vows you enter into a legal contract. There are three parties to that contract. 1.You; 2. Your husband or wife, as the case may be; and 3. the State of Ohio."
See, the State and the lawyers know that when you marry with a marriage license, you are not just marrying your spouse, you are marrying the State! You are like a polygamist! You are not just making a vow to your spouse, but you are making a vow to the State and your spouse. You are also giving undue jurisdiction to the State.
it's a site called family guardian. the front page of it is a mess of crammed links and blinking text, but once i got past the horrible formatting, i found that it's a wealth of not only the old tired "we love our women barefoot and pregnant" brand of misogyny masking as faith, but all sort of anti-government paraphernalia as well. this particular passage i found...jaw-droppingly WTF, even more so than the rest of the site. my commentary ends here...we will let this speak for itself.
When you marry with a marriage license, you are like a polygamist. From the State’s point of view, when you marry with a marriage license, you are not just marrying your spouse, but you are also marrying the State.
The most blatant declaration of this fact that I have ever found is a brochure entitled "With This Ring I Thee Wed." It is found in county courthouses across Ohio where people go to obtain their marriage licenses. It is published by the Ohio State Bar Association. The opening paragraph under the subtitle "Marriage Vows" states, "Actually, when you repeat your marriage vows you enter into a legal contract. There are three parties to that contract. 1.You; 2. Your husband or wife, as the case may be; and 3. the State of Ohio."
See, the State and the lawyers know that when you marry with a marriage license, you are not just marrying your spouse, you are marrying the State! You are like a polygamist! You are not just making a vow to your spouse, but you are making a vow to the State and your spouse. You are also giving undue jurisdiction to the State.
