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Keep Fedgov's hands off marriage: the Founding Fathers kept the federal government out of marriage and family matters, a wise constitutional safeguard that could be undone by current, misguided efforts.(Congress & The Courts)(Cover Story)
Law and language are the two most pervasive and important legacies derived from this nation's English roots. The American system of jurisprudence has developed from our heritage of the English common law, which was planted in the colonies, dating back to the Mayflower Compact. The law of marriage became a part of jurisprudential systems in the American colonies dating from the earliest days of settlement.
In his classic tome on the common law, Commentaries on the Laws of England, Sir William Blackstone wrote: "The second private relation of persons is that of marriage, which includes the reciprocal duties of husband and wife; or as most of our elder law books call ...
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