Comments on: Weird Wedding Laws Still on the Books

By: Pablo

Pablo — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:52:26 +0000

Hi, Mavis:

Do you perchance have a site containing details on Catholic Wedding-Masses held outside the Church? My fiancée and I are Catholic, but one of our families would be pretty uncomfortable. Whether or not it’s a viable option, it’d be great to know more!

Thanks and take care!

Pablo

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:46:24 +0000

Loving v. Virginia, thats such an interesting story. You should read the obit for Mrs. Loving who died recently. Loving day was just a few weeks ago actually…

By: nikki

nikki — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:04:30 +0000

I apologize for not more thoroughly investigating the information I found on a news station website a while ago. A minor correction would’ve sufficed. I was just thinking of how nice it is that people in the comment sections on mental_floss refrain from attacking each other and instead engage in constructive conversation. I’m guess you probably aren’t a teacher, Brandon. William, thank you for referring me to a more informative site than the one I obtained my original information from. I greatly appreciate it.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:12:28 +0000

Oneka, that was repelled in 2000 (and was rendered null and void by Loving v. Virginia anyway).

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:55:37 +0000

Cheers to William for having more patience than I have. Jeers to Nikki for perhaps the dumbest, most naive comment I’ve ever read on mentalfloss. Double cheers to mental floss for being interesting every time I stop by!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:59:10 +0000

In Colorado, it costs $10 to get married.

And you can do it in a DMV with no witnesses or officiates. Actually, you get the form then go outside and get married in the parking lot just outside the DMV doors because they will not let you officially do it under their roof. Then you go back in and get the stamp of approval.

Or you can just live together and call yourself married and (tada) you are.

By: Oneka

Oneka — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:37:33 +0000

In Alabama, interracial marriage is still illegal.

By: William

William — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:24:18 +0000

In response to Nikki’s comment, I’ve lived in Texas for a long time and as far back as I can remember, spousal abuse has never been legal.

Also, the origin of the phrase “rule of thumb”, was never used to refer to a man beating his wife, my name links to a website that says more about that.

By: Tamara

Tamara — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:06:22 +0000

In that Oxford definition, it says the origin was the mispronunciation of the word ’sweet.’

So add “maybe I’m being overly critical” to your list of possibilities.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:52:06 +0000

Just wondering if the word “twee” in the article was a typo or the misuse of a word. The definition of twee at http://www.askoxford.com is:

twee

• adjective (tweer, tweest) Brit. excessively or affectedly quaint, pretty, or sentimental.

Your article states:

“For several embarrassing months in late 2007 and early 2008, Arkansas state law mistakenly allowed persons of any age, even twee toddlers, to marry as long as they had parental consent. ”

Just curious. I will just sit here picking my nits now.