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Why not?Would you allow a couple in a "Common Law Marriage" become a member of your church?
And all other States recognize the legality of common law marriages that were contracted in those States!common law marriage is legal in some States.
Huh? What does that have to do with having contracted their marriage via the common law?Certainly not a candidate for being an elder... who 'must be above reproach.'
NoWould you allow a couple in a "Common Law Marriage" become a member of your church?
FornicationWhy not?
Would you allow a couple in a "Common Law Marriage" become a member of your church?
Why not?
Huh? They are married.Fornication
Yes.Would you allow a couple in a "Common Law Marriage" become a member of your church?
Not in eyes of God. God did not say shack up for two years and then you are fine.Huh? They are married.
They are married.
Shows you don't understand what common law marriage is.Not in eyes of God. God did not say shack up for two years and then you are fine.
I actually do. Had to deal with it for many years in handling domestic disturbances. Thankfully Ga abolished it.Shows you don't understand what common law marriage is.
Salty, why did you put the term in quotation marks?Would you allow a couple in a "Common Law Marriage" become a member of your church?
Which States require 2 years cohabitation? [hint: none do]I actually do. Had to deal with it for many years in handling domestic disturbances. Thankfully Ga abolished it.
2,7,10, depends on state
Ga used to be 7.Which States require 2 years cohabitation? [hint: none do]
Which States require 7 years cohabitation? [hint: none do]
Which States require 10 years cohabitation? [hint: none do]
At what point does God consider that a marriage?That's not how it works.
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"Two people are common-law married through mutual agreement or consent to enter into the legal and social institution of marriage followed by conduct manifesting (i.e. showing or demonstrating) that mutual agreement. Another way to say this is that two people are common law married when they 1) agree to be married and then 2) both act like a married couple."
"a common law marriage may be established in one day and a long-term couple may never be common law married. A common law marriage is more than a committed partnership or long-term boyfriend/girlfriend. It is the intention to enter into a marital relationship—to share a life together as spouses in a committed, intimate relationship of mutual support and mutual obligation."