Getting Married In Oklahoma

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Can You Believe This?

It's obviously targeting Gay Marriage.


A bill that would restrict the right to marry to people of faith and require all marriage licenses to be approved by a member of clergy was approved by the Oklahoma state House on Tuuesday.
House Bill 1125, which would effectively ban all secular marriages in the state, was passed by a Republican majority and will now go to the state Senate for consideration.
"Marriage was not instituted by government. It was instituted by God. There is no reason for Oklahoma or any state to be involved in marriage," said one of the bill's Republican supporters Rep. Dennis Johnson, though marriage is a legal contract.
 

A friend of mine posted this on Facebook and I got all outraged then realized it wasn't true. I couldn't find any mention of it on a reputable news site.
 
Totally unconstitutional. Gawd! Save us from religious zealots, as bad as the middle east fruitcakes.
 

Marriage is a legal contract... and the license is applied for with the STATE... not the Church. You are just as married if a judge does it or a Clergy does it.. however you are NOT married if the ceremony is performed by a Clergy WITHOUT obtaining and filing a Marriage license.
 
I was trying to post a Snopes.com: Oklahoma bans civil marriage, which says it is true. I remember reading it passed the legislature but I don't know the current status. Did the governor sign the bill? I don't know. I will say this, in my opinion, religion is paramount in this state. I am seldom surprised by what politicians propose. It seems to me we here in Oklahoma are the most ignorant of people's.
 
That proposal is just plain crazy, besides which I'm pretty sure it's unconstitutional, too. I'm a person of faith, but I don't understand why these right wing folks feel the urge to jam their religious views down everyone else's throats. Believe what you believe, and leave everybody else alone!

What on earth do they hope to accomplish with this, anyway??
 
I guess, as a Canadian, with one marriage law for the whole country, it is difficult for me to comprehend the level of outrage that some conservatives feel around any so called liberal marriage statutes. I just don't get it.
 
I am of the opinion that you should try everything at least once during a lifetime, with few exceptions...:rolleyes:
 
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