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Re: What's the best purchase you've ever made and why ?

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From: Bert Hyman
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 19:45
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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. 

-- 
Bert Hyman	St. Paul, MN	bert@iphouse.com
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Subject: Re: What's the best purchase you've ever made and why ?
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