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Marriage Laws – Oklahoma & Texas

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We’ve been exploring the marriage laws of the 50 states in the United States. We started in New England and worked our way down the Atlantic coast before heading west. Today, we’re heading into the great state of Texas and just to the north of Texas, the state of Oklahoma. If you read this blog regularly, you may have seen the posts covering the marriage law waiting for Governor Perry to sign that will more than double marriage license fees in Texas unless a couple takes a state-sanctioned pre-marital education course. Texas As with all states, it’s important that you … Continue reading →

Marriage in the News: Double Marriage Fee Heading to Governor Perry

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You might remember a few weeks ago, Sherry and I shared our viewpoints on the proposed Texas legislation that would encourage pre-marital counseling, education and more. Well, it looks like despite many objections; the Texas House approved one of the bills today that would require doubling the marriage license fee in Texas from $30 to $60 unless the couple takes a state-sanctioned class that will teach them how to be good spouses. Good Spouses is Relative Trust me, I’ll be doing some digging to find one of these state-sanctioned courses so I can give you what the state of Texas … Continue reading →

The Marriage Counselor of Texas? Good Question

Heather’s article, Marriage in the News: Covenant Marriages & Texas Legislation, described five pending bills in Texas related to marriage. Interestingly enough, they were proposed by Republicans and are being questioned and condemned by Democrats, which is the complete opposite of how such things usually work. Clearly, there is no doubt that I am conservative, but that doesn’t mean I agree with the so-called conservative party’s bid to expand intrusive government. I agree with Democrats on this. That is a rare statement coming from me (despite the fact that I don’t swear by the Republican party line either). In a … Continue reading →

Marriage in the News: Covenant Marriages & Texas Legislation

This seems like some heavy subject material to bring up this morning, but this landed in my inbox and I couldn’t help but bring it up for discussion. Recently, I talked about the proposed marriage license legislation in Nebraska. The legislation proposes that for every couple who goes through 10 hours of marriage education then they would only need to pay $30 for a marriage license and if they don’t take the class, then they’ll need to pay $100 for their marriage license. I thought the idea was worth exploring as a model for its effect on marriage. I still … Continue reading →

The Marriage Blog Week in Review March 30th – April 7th

Where is our Marriage Blog Week in Review? Yes, we’ve been absent for a month, but here we are back and in full form – I hope. You can expect to see our Week in Reviews returning to their traditional Saturday spot. In the meanwhile, let’s do a quick rundown of the first week of April! Friday March 30th Sherry offers you some great ideas in her Four Fun Date Night Ideas and we can always use a good idea, so be sure to check that out. Sunday April 1st Did you know that a bi-partisan committee announced legislation that … Continue reading →

In the News: Gay Marriage Issues Still in the News

Massachusetts Governor Orders Record of Gay Marriages Yep, I’m sure I’ll light a few fires today, but here it goes – the Governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick has ordered the recording of 26 out of state gay couples who came to Massachusetts to get married. These marriages will not be recognized by their home states and that is part of the reason former Governor Mitt Romney blocked them. As you may or may not know, Massachusetts is the only state that allows gay marriage and while several states offer civil unions, most ban gay marriage specifically. Since the State’s Supreme … Continue reading →

Marriage in the News – Bill Will Require Marriage Classes

In a real bit of news today (No April Fool’s Day joke here), Nebraska lawmakers are considering a bill that if approved will encourage couples to take eight hours of marriage related classes before receiving their marriage license. While the state cannot force a couple to take these types of classes nor can they mandate the exact content of them, they can encourage couples to seek out these types of relationship classes from different sources including their clergy, marriage counselors or other types of officials. How would the bill work? Couples who took at least eight hours of relationship and … Continue reading →