From: mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington)
Subject: Re: When are two people married in God's eyes?
Organization: AI Programs, University of Georgia, Athens
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In article <Apr.16.23.15.27.1993.1836@geneva.rutgers.edu> cs89mcd@brunel.ac.uk (Michael C Davis) writes:

[it has to do with honoring the laws of the state, and]
>also to do with how people will perceive us; i.e. it is culturally insensitive
>to declare yourself married without going through a civil ceremony.)

I would go further: if a couple are unwilling to have their commitment
publicly witnessed and recorded, that's prima facie evidence that the
commitment isn't really there.



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