The Governor of Texas has declared that "marriage is a sacred institution."
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Most Protestant Christians reject the idea that marriage is a sacrament. (Most Protestants also reject the idea that anointing sick people with oil and ordaining minsters are sacraments.)
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The Attorney General of the State of Texas is opposed to gay people getting married. But when they do get married, he won't let them get divorced.
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In Texas, laws list who can perform wedding ceremonies. And ministers are included in the official list. But there's no record of who is a minister and who ain't. So, any Joe or Sally who calls herself or himself a minister can perform the task. And, truth be told, any couple could get a marriage license, scribble in some made-up name on the officiant line, send it off to the clerk and be "lawfully wedded."
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For something so "sacred," it seems awfully haphazard. Anyone want to re-write the whole system?
Amen! I wish they would rewrite the whole system. I was beginning to think you had dropped off the face of the earth!
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