[Magdalen] Supreme Court

[Jim Guthrie]

From: ME Michaud

>My understanding is that when clergy marry a couple they are
>doing so with a license from the State. That is, all marriages are
>civil marriages (though some are blessed by the clergy).

And as long as that is the case, no one can serious make the case that there's 
real separation of church and state in the U.S. (especially true of right 
wingers who claim that government is hostile to religion --put them in the 
nincompoop department).

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie