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In article <4ljr6p$qc4@linden.fortnet.org> Veronica Kattnig <tmvsk@linden.fortnet.org> writes:
>fedrick@anchor.cs.colorado.edu (Kelvin Fedrick) wrote:
>>
>> In article <4lh5sm$pq3@lace.colorado.edu>, John Glick <jdg@cdc.noaa.gov> wrote:
>> >In article <4l95fa$iq1@linden.fortnet.org> Veronica Kattnig <tmvsk@linden.fortnet.org> writes:
>> >>Mike Mills <mills@spot.Colorado.EDU> wrote:
>> >>>
>       All a heterosexual couple has to do is sign a slip of paper 
>> >>> and they are married.  It doesn't even require an agent of the state to 
>> >>> be present.
>> >>
>> >>AND have that slip of paper signed by two witnesses.  AND have a 
>> >>person, authorized by the STATE, perform the ceremony.  AND have 
>> >>that person sign that paper.  AND, for some of us, supply blood
>> >>test results.
>> >>
>> >>Veronica Kattnig
>> >
>> >Huh? Last time I checked (and that wasn't long ago, I'm getting married next
>> >month) you did not need a blood test to get married in CO and anyone could
>> >perform the ceremony. 
>> 
>> Veronica is badly mistaken,
>
>(snip)
>> -kelvin
>
>
>Really???
>
>
>I hold in my hand my Marrage License.
>
>The only thing that the Marriage Licence does is confirm that
>both parties are of legal age and live in that county.  But it also
>states "to any person or religious society _Authorized
>by Law_ to Perform the Marriage Ceremony", and then gives 
>authorization.  It also must be used in 30 days.
>
>BTW, my blood test results are still attached, but now I find out 
>by all of you, so well informed about marriage, that I didn't need it.
>Still, it states quite clearly on the results that it is required of
>females in Colorado.
>
>On the Certificate, NOT the License, two separate things, a space
>for the county, date, place, designation of the official, and some
>things about the laws of Colorado, a space for our names, towns, 
>and our signatures AND space for TWO witnesses AND the person who 
>performed the ceremony to sign AND affix the seal of the official.
>
>At the bottom of the marriage certificate, NOT the marriage license,
>it says, "This certificate, duly executed together with 
>the License, must be returned by the minister or officer who shall
>have solemnized the marriage, to the office of the County Clerk who
>issued the same, promptly."
>
>More than just two people signing a piece of paper and mailing it 
>back is required.
>
>Veronica Kattnig

Just out of curiosity, what year is that license from? Laws do change
you know.

John