{"id":25465,"date":"2015-07-10T18:44:38","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T22:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=25465"},"modified":"2015-07-10T18:44:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T22:44:38","slug":"separation-of-church-and-state-literally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=25465","title":{"rendered":"Separation of church and state. Literally"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Court Cites ‘Marriage of Mishap’ in Tossing Divorce Case<\/em><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

Andrew Denney<\/a>, New York Law Journal<\/small>

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A century-old New York law that validated a marriage if it was consecrated with a religious ceremony regardless of whether the couple obtained a license is outdated, a Manhattan judge ruled in dismissing a divorce proceeding.<\/em><\/p>\n

I was initially attracted to this headline by the haunting (or hilarious) phrase “Marriage of Mishap,” but then read on to learn that if you get married in a religious ceremony, a\/k\/a a church of some kind or other, without getting a license from a\/k\/a the state…you can’t get a divorce! Because, according to New York State, i.e., laws and courts and entities like that, you are not married.<\/p>\n

What a break! Someone in this case won’t have to pay alimony. (I wonder how they’ll divide the CD collection.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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