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Article #5481Re: What's the best purchase you've ever made and why ?
From: Bert Hyman
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 13:28
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 13:28
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krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzz (krw) wrote in news:MPG.229aa8816290b2a0989c28@news.individual.net: > In article <b41Yj.144424$Er2.48534@bignews6.bellsouth.net>, > sanerthanyou@gmail.com says... >> >> "Bert Hyman" <bert@iphouse.com> wrote in message >> news:Xns9AA2961EA386CVeebleFetzer@216.250.184.7... >> > In news:lC%Xj.48458$3v1.17850@bignews3.bellsouth.net >> > "beadsbyirene" <sanerthanyou@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> 48 years ago, you had to purchase a license to live with someone >> >> for the rest of your life. Living together without that license >> >> was considered 'sin' in those days. >> > >> > Not quite. >> > >> > The churches required the ceremony, while the state required the >> > license. > > Isn't at least a civil "ceremony" required? I just meant that the curches were the ones who invented the concept of "living in sin", requiring their marriage ceremony to make the marriage legit. The idea of a civil ceremony is a relatively recent invention. -- Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com
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