"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
White Wedding, Red Tape
"From the folks who promised to 'get government off our backs,' comes this Republican-sponsored bill that would subject marriage-bound Texas couples to a heavy dose of politicians-know-best. Under the bill, couples eager to marry who attend a state-approved premarital counseling course will have the state's marriage license fee -- which would double from $30 to $60 -- waived. Couples who receive counseling will also dodge the state's 72-hour mandatory marriage waiting period. The measure has already been approved by the legislature, so only Governor Rick Perry [R] stands in the way of a Hobson's choice for love-struck Texans between coughing up twice the old fee for the 'privilege' of getting the state's sanction for their relationship, or else submitting to a nagging session from some finger-wagging social worker.""
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