Let Government Certify and Churches Sanctify – UPDATE

Let Government Certify and Churches Sanctify – UPDATE

via The Anchoress on 5/14/12

Last week before I left for this "working-vacation" I repeated an idea I've brought for years: ". . . the churches should reconsider their roles in authenticating marriage. Governments issue birth certificates; churches issue baptismal certificates. Governments issue death certificates; churches pray the funerals. Governments issue divorces; Churches annul. Both work within their separate and [...]