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by Michael Pearl of No Greater Joy – Excerpt From ‘The Bible on Divorce and Remarriage’
Editor’s note: This bit from Michael Pearl is from his newest book on divorce and marriage and is prefaced with some of those fake Pearl letters we’ve come to expect. The letters are people wanting to get rid of their state marriage licenses and be ‘really married’. Did I miss something here? Did the Bible say that you shouldn’t register your marriage with the state because it was a sin?
There was a time when the constraints of the church and the community guaranteed permanent recognition of a marriage. All that was needed was for the minister to pronounce them husband and wife and for them or their parents to record it in the family Bible. But due to the loss of community and the complexities of the legal structure, it is not that simple today. So apart from a signed marriage licence provided by the state, the best safeguard to assure your rights as a spouse is a signed covenant of marriage drawn up by an attorney and filed at the courthouse.
Your state may not recognize what they call “common law marriage,” but then we shouldn’t recognize their outlaw marriages either. If a private covenant spells out legal responsibilities and privileges, property sharing, children, etc., it must be honored as a legal contract if not as a marriage. After all, the courts do recognize and honor prenuptial agreements or business partnerships. You don’t need a government license to enter holy matrimony, but with the possibility of adverse circumstances arising, you may need a contract to navigate the complexities of marriage in a world controlled by the courts.
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