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In reply to the discussion: Ala. Chief Justice Roy Moore Comes Undone After Gay Marriage Ruling [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)marriage (an optional church ceremony if you want one) and civil marriage (issuance of your license and government, official recognition of our marriage with maybe a secular "ceremony" are two separate acts from a legal point of view. Legally, the only marriage that counts is the civil marriage -- the issuance of your license.
OK. Many people -- but if this Moore managed to pass a state bar association examination, surely HE should know the difference between religious marriage and the issuance of a marriage license and government recognition of your marriage.
A state supreme court justice????
Oh, well. Alabama. And some DUers from the South are frustrated with the attitudes of other DUers toward the South.
It's this kind of oblivious ignorance that gives Southerners and the South a bad reputation. Sorry. I lived in the South for a time in high school. But this Moore is really stupid, really, really stupid. What a waste of a law school education.