Common law marriage and church membership

let's see how the worms "pan out' on this one first, salty.
I've got one open already in the theology forum, too.
lol.:laugh:

 

and lack of a marriage license?

 

Common law marriages are performed publicly and with ceremony.

That's the whole point. When one marries without permission from the state, it's a common law marriage.

A fromal exchange of vows with witnesses without permission from the state is a common law marriage.

 

There are certificates for common law marriage. Bibles used to be printed with marriage certificates in the front. I know three couples married at common law. I attended two of them. They all have notarized documents.

 

There's no such thing.

 

We agree on the subject then. My point is that two people just saying to each other "We are married" and then living together does not constitute a common law marriage. A common law marriage was the norm for many hundred of years, before the government got involved, and those marriages involved exchanging of vows and witnesses.

 

your the only person I've ever heard say this, it's not in the laws for certain, I've known a few couples who said they were common law married, and not one had any cerimony, vows, or witnesses at all. They also had no proof they were married, and were never divorced either, saw no need for it, as they had no license making it offical, so skipped the divorce.