Show civil and religious marriages to today lay mai manlie I 1 hie is a aln civil 11 contri contract ct in catholic as well as protestant countries tre te united states and ce since the tha revolution freely re conze this fact marriage 1 Is legally binding if performed accord ing to the laws of the land without any intervention of the church this result mas inevitable because of the personal and property pio perty rights in involved alved which belonged pr prop opeil cil to the jurl diction of the state the church both catl catholic kllc and protestant retains however its ancient pilvi leges of caremon ceremonial lal over its members and this acordi ft till popular prejudice w which blell likes to diard marriage as a sacrament and which bees the advantage of giving the ceremony the greatest greate bt possible publicity and solemn Ban cllon rochester Roche democrat and chronicle |