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No marriage in Alabama?
Topic Started: Feb 28 2017, 05:55 AM (167 Views)
George K
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http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2017/02/alabama-committee-passes-bill-to-eliminate-marriage-licenses-nullify-federal-control-in-practice/
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MONTGOMERY, Ala.(Feb. 27, 2017) – An Alabama bill that would abolish marriage licenses in the state, and effectively nullify in practice both major sides of the contentious national debate over government-sanctioned marriage, unanimously passed an important Senate committee last week.


Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Bay Minette) filed Senate Bill 20 (SB20) earlier this month. 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.
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“All requirements to obtain a marriage license by the State of Alabama are hereby abolished and repealed.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.”

The Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB20 9-0 on Feb. 23.

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.

Civil or religious ceremonies would have no legal effect upon the validity of the marriage. The state would only recognize the legal contract signed by the two parties entering into the marriage.
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“A civil and independent or religious ceremony of marriage, celebration of marriage, solemnization of marriage, or any other officiation, or administration of the vows of marriage may be conducted or engaged in by the parties by an officiant or other presiding person to be selected by the persons entering into the marriage. The state shall have no requirement for any such ceremony or proceeding which, if performed or not performed, will have no legal effect upon the validity of the marriage.”

In practice, the state’s role in marriage would be limited to recording marriages that have already occurred.

The Alabama Senate passed a similar bill during the 2016 session, and a House committee approved it as well, but the full House did not take final action before the legislative session ended.

SB20 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 religious convictions.

By limiting the state’s role in marriage, legislation would allow Alabamans to structure their personal relationships as they see fit without interference or approval from the government.
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George K
Feb 28 2017, 05:55 AM
the parties could not be related by blood
Wait.... they're doing away with that requirement?

If they ever get divorced, they'll still be brother and sister, right?
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Haven't look into the details, but principally a good step in the right direction. States should get out of the marriage business altogether.
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Axtremus
Feb 28 2017, 06:03 AM
Haven't look into the details, but principally a good step in the right direction. States should get out of the marriage business altogether.
You're right, but for the wrong reason, I think.
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I assume that at some point it was to the State's benefit to be in the marriage business.

Has that changed?
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Copper
Feb 28 2017, 12:56 PM
I assume that at some point it was to the State's benefit to be in the marriage business.

Has that changed?
It still is, but some people can't see the forest because they think one tree is more important than the whole.
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Luke's Dad
Feb 28 2017, 12:49 PM
Axtremus
Feb 28 2017, 06:03 AM
Haven't look into the details, but principally a good step in the right direction. States should get out of the marriage business altogether.
You're right, but for the wrong reason, I think.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala.(Feb. 27, 2017) – An Alabama bill that would abolish marriage licenses in the state, and effectively nullify in practice both major sides of the contentious national debate over government-sanctioned marriage, unanimously passed an important Senate committee last week.


This sounds like a very good idea.
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Like the mother who said OK, split the baby in half.
The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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Feb 28 2017, 07:24 PM
Like the mother who said OK, split the baby in half.
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