[Magdalen] Supreme Court

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

And the handwriting is on the wall. In a few years, this will be of no
great import, the renegade churches will return or be shuttered, and people
will scratch their heads wondering why on earth we were so stupid.  We
don't talk much about divorce and the church's hand in it in the past
because we all know what terrible PR that would be for someone thinking of
considering returning to the Church.  We winked at slavery and now have to
reckon with that, and the little prayer interruption incident that
indirectly created the AME Church. Maybe those white guys behaving like
jerks were inspired by the Spirit, since it drove Richard Allen to do some
truly amazing things.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 9:01 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From: "Jo Craddock" <jocraddock at gmail.com>
>
>> Maybe in California, but not in Louisiana, a community property state
>> where common law marriages are not recognized.
>>
>> And where, unless something's changed while I was at the office, the AG
>> has said he, "...didn't see where Friday's SCOTUS ruling applied to
>> Louisiana," which makes me wonder who is drawing up the secession documents.
>>
>
>
> The TX AG hurriedly scribbled a legal document on Friday allowing any
> county clerk, whose religious beliefs collided with issuing certificates of
> marriage to a gay couple, could refuse to do so.  I heard on NPR local news
> this morning that if a county where there is only one clerk refuses it
> would be a legal situation in which the clerk's office would probably not
> prevail. However there is talk about paying local lawyers to issue the
> licenses in such a case. Because TX is TX, I'm sure this will happen sooner
> than later.
>
> Lynn
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Jo Craddock" <jocraddock at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 5:49 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Supreme Court
>
>
>  Maybe in California, but not in Louisiana, a community property state
>> where common law marriages are not recognized.
>>
>> And where, unless something's changed while I was at the office, the AG
>> has said he, "...didn't see where Friday's SCOTUS ruling applied to
>> Louisiana," which makes me wonder who is drawing up the secession documents.
>>
>> Peace,
>> Jo
>>
>>
>>  On Jun 29, 2015, at 9:05 AM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Actually, California is a community property state and a couple who has
>>> lived together as spouses is considered married under common law.
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------
>>> Education is its own reward, both for the individual and for society.
>>>
>>> Jim Handsfield
>>> jhandsfield at att.net
>>>
>>>  On Jun 29, 2015, at 9:50 AM, Charles Wohlers <
>>>> charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> For example, in California anyone can be the officiant at a wedding,
>>>> but they do have to get a "license for a day" first, from the State of
>>>> California. This was the case for Lee's nephew, who was married a couple of
>>>> months ago with their former boss acting as officiant.
>>>>
>>>
>>>