By: Ardis E. Parshall - December 02, 2014 Marriage – unlawful marriage – was the topic of endless newspaper editorializing in the mid-19th century. “Apart from all religious considerations,” urged one writer, “let us count the social and domestic cost of any indifference to the proposed change in our marriage laws. The first downward step would not be the last!” Tolerating marriages that violated the laws of God and man “wo...
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