Footnote 2: Lest you think that this is a moot issue in our day - since concubinage is illegal - think again. Most modern marriages fall under the Biblical category of concubinage and are not real marriages. In recognition of that fact, the no-fault divorce laws of a generation ago were passed to fit the real conditions of our marriage customs. Christian leaders who hate the divorce industry should first analyze the marriage industry which they have been willing participants. How many times have you heard a priest or reverend solemnize the marriage vows by saying, "by the power vested in me by the State of __________, I now pronounce you man and wife"? By law, the clergy can only witness marriages as civil contracts, not as sacraments. In this respect they are no better than notary publics.

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