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<DIV>Tom,Tom,</DIV>
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<DIV>You seem to state in your post that you have a consern for any one lobbying the legislature and holding a 501 3 c status. youe appear to have a deep interest in the love and accuracy of the Code. Maybe you could add this to your "It's just the Code" section of your Not in the <SPAN class=correction id="">Palouse</SPAN> Not Ever (Update # 85)</DIV>
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<DIV>from the state statute of the Idaho Code section 32:</DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">TITLE<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>32 (<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place> Code)<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">DOMESTIC RELATIONS <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">CHAPTER 2 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">MARRIAGE -- NATURE AND VALIDITY OF MARRIAGE CONTRACT<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">32-201.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">WHAT CONSTITUTES MARRIAGE -- <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">NO COMMON-LAW MARRIAGE</I> AFTER <SPAN class=correction id="">January</SPAN> 1, 1996.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">(1)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil contract <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">between a man and a woman</I>, to which the consent of parties capable of making it is necessary. <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Consent alone</I> will not constitute marriage; it must be followed by the issuance of a license and a <SPAN class=correction id="">solemnization</SPAN> as authorized and provided by law. Marriage created by a mutual assumption of marital rights, duties or obligations <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">shall not be recognized as a lawful marriage</I>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">(2)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The provisions of subsection (1) of this section requiring the issuance of a license and a <SPAN class=correction id="">solemnization</SPAN> shall not invalidate any marriage contract in effect prior to January 1, 1996, created by consenting parties through a mutual assumption of marital rights, duties or obligations.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">32-202.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">PERSONS WHO MAY MARRY.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Any <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">unmarried male</I> of the age of eighteen (18) years or older, and any <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">unmarried female</I> of the age of eighteen (18) years or older, and not otherwise disqualified, are <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">capable of consenting to and consummating</B> marriage. Provided that if the male party to the contract is under the age of eighteen (18) and not less than sixteen (16) years of age, or if the female party to the contract is under the age of eighteen (18) and not less than sixteen (16) years of age, the license shall not be issued except upon the consent in writing duly acknowledged and sworn to by the father, mother or guardian of any such person if there be either, and provided further, that no such license may be issued, if the male be under eighteen (18) years of age and the female under eighteen (18) years of age, unless each party to the contract submits to the county recorder his or her original birth certificate, or certified copy thereof or other proof of age acceptable to the county recorder. Provided further, that where the female is under the age of sixteen (16), or the male is under the age of sixteen (16), the license shall not issue except upon the consent in writing duly acknowledged or sworn to by the father, mother or guardian of such person if there be any such, and upon order of the court. Such order shall be secured upon petition of any interested party which petition shall show that the female minor under the age of sixteen (16), or the male minor under the age of sixteen (16), is physically and/or mentally so far developed as to assume full marital and parental duties, and/or that it is to the best interest of society that the marriage be permitted. A hearing shall be had on such petition forthwith or at such time and upon such notice as the court may designate. The judge shall secure from a physician his opinion as an expert as to whether said person is sufficiently developed mentally and physically to assume full marital duties. If said court is satisfied from the evidence that such person is capable of assuming full marital duties and/or that it is to the best interest of society, said court shall make an order to that effect, and a certified copy of said order shall be filed with the county recorder preliminary to the issuance of a marriage license for the marriage of such person and said order of the court shall be the authority for the county recorder to issue such license.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">32-209.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN OR OUT-OF-STATE MARRIAGES.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">All marriages contracted without this state, which would be valid by the laws of the state or country in which the same were contracted, are valid in this state, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">unless they violate</I> the public policy of this state. <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U>Marriages that violate the public policy of this state include, but are not limited to, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">same-sex marriages</B>, and marriages entered into under the laws of another state or country with <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">the intent to evade </B>the prohibitions of the marriage laws of this state.</U></I> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">CHAPTER 3 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=correction id="">SOLEMNIZATION</SPAN> OF MARRIAGE <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">32-303.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">BY WHOM <SPAN class=correction id="">SOLEMNIZED</SPAN>.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Marriage may be <SPAN class=correction id="">solemnized</SPAN> by either a current or retired justice of the supreme court, a current or retired court of appeals judge, a current or retired district judge, any federal judge, the current or a former governor, lieutenant governor, a current or retired magistrate of the district court, mayor, priest or minister of the gospel of any denomination. To be a retired justice of the supreme court, court of appeals judge, district judge or magistrate judge of the district court, for the purpose of <SPAN class=correction id="">solemnizing</SPAN> marriages, a person shall have served in one (1) of those offices and shall be receiving a retirement benefit from either the judges retirement system or the public employee retirement system for service in the judiciary.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">32-304.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">FORM OF CEREMONY.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> No particular form for the ceremony of marriage is required, but the parties must declare, in the presence of the person <SPAN class=correction id="">solemnizing</SPAN> the marriage that they take each other as <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">husband and wife</B>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><BR style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always" clear=all></SPAN>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A name=rcw26.04.020></A><A name=rcw26.04.010><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 'rcw26.04.020'"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=correction id="">RCW</SPAN> 26.04.010</SPAN></B></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 'rcw26.04.020'"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State> Code)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 'rcw26.04.020'"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Marriage contract -- Void marriages. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 'rcw26.04.020'"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(1) Marriage is a civil contract between a <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">male and a female</I> who have each attained the age of eighteen years, and who are otherwise capable.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 'rcw26.04.020'"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(2) Every marriage entered into in which either the husband or the wife has not attained the age of seventeen years is void except where this section has been waived by a superior court judge of the county in which one of the parties resides on a showing of necessity. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 'rcw26.04.020'"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">NOTES:</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 'rcw26.04.020'"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 'rcw26.04.020'"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Finding -- 1998 c 1:</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 'rcw26.04.020'"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 'rcw26.04.020'"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">(1)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In P.L. 104-199; 110 <SPAN class=correction id="">Stat</SPAN>. 219, the Defense of Marriage Act, Congress granted authority to the individual states to either grant or deny recognition of same-sex marriages recognized as valid in another state. The Defense of Marriage Act defines marriage for purposes of federal law as a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife and provides that a state shall not be required to give effect to any public act or judicial proceeding of any other state respecting marriage between persons of the same sex if the state has determined that it will not recognize same-sex marriages.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 'rcw26.04.020'"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">(2)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The legislature and the people of the state of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State> find that matters pertaining to marriage are matters reserved to the sovereign states and, therefore, such matters should be determined by the people within each individual state and not by the people or courts of a different state</SPAN></I></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 'rcw26.04.020'"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">." [1998 c 1 § 1.]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 'rcw26.04.020'"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Intent -- 1998 c 1:</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 'rcw26.04.020'"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 'rcw26.04.020'"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">(1)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It is a compelling interest of the state of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place> to reaffirm its historical commitment to <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U>the institution of marriage as a union between a man and a woman as husband and wife and to protect that institution</U></I>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 'rcw26.04.020'"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">(2)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The court in <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Singer v. <SPAN class=correction id="">Hara</SPAN></SPAN></EM>, 11 <SPAN class=correction id="">Wn</SPAN>. <SPAN class=correction id="">App</SPAN>. 247 (1974) held that the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place> state marriage statute <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">does not allow</B> marriage between persons of <U>the same sex</U>. It is the intent of the legislature by this act to codify the <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Singer</SPAN></EM> opinion and to fully exercise the authority granted the individual states by Congress in P.L. 104-199; 110 <SPAN class=correction id="">Stat</SPAN>. 219, the Defense of Marriage Act, to establish public policy against same-sex marriage in statutory law that <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">clearly and definitivel</I>y declares same-sex marriages <U>will not be recognized in Washington</U>, even if they are made legal in other states." [1998 c 1 § 2.]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 'rcw26.04.020'"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=correction id="">RCW</SPAN> 26.04.020</SPAN></B></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Prohibited marriages. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">(1)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Marriages in the following cases are prohibited:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">a.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">When either party thereto has a wife or husband living at the time of such marriage;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">b.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">When the husband and wife are nearer of kin to each other than second cousins, whether of the whole or half blood computing by the rules of the civil law; or<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">c.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></I><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">When the parties are persons other than a male and a female.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></I></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">(2)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It is unlawful for any man to marry his father's sister, mother's sister, daughter, sister, son's daughter, daughter's daughter, brother's daughter or sister's daughter; it is unlawful for any woman to marry her father's brother, mother's brother, son, brother, son's son, daughter's son, brother's son or sister's son.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">(3)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A marriage between two persons that is recognized as valid in another jurisdiction is valid in this state <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U>only if the marriage is not prohibited or made unlawful under subsection (1)(a), (1)(c), or (2) of this section</U></I>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A name=rcw26.04.070><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=correction id="">RCW</SPAN> 26.04.070</SPAN></B></A><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>Form of <SPAN class=correction id="">solemnization</SPAN>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In the <SPAN class=correction id="">solemnization</SPAN> of marriage no particular form is required, except that the parties thereto shall assent or declare in the presence of the minister, priest, or judicial officer <SPAN class=correction id="">solemnizing</SPAN> the same, and in the presence of at least two attending witnesses, that they take each other to be <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">husband and wife</B>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A name=rcw26.04.240><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=correction id="">RCW</SPAN> 26.04.240</SPAN></B></A><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>Penalty for unlawful <SPAN class=correction id="">solemnization</SPAN> -- Code 1881. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Any person who shall undertake to join others in marriage knowing that he is not lawfully authorized so to do, or any person authorized to <SPAN class=correction id="">solemnize</SPAN> marriage, who shall join persons in marriage contrary to the provisions of *this chapter, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred, nor less than one hundred dollars.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>If some one states over and over that they are "married for 12 years" but have not filed in the particular state and if that some one was married by a clergy of sorts from another state and if that clergy officiated a <SPAN class=correction id="">ceremony</SPAN> for the couple and they happened to be a homosexual couple then the couple could not claim to be married, could they. They could only refer to their relationship in other terms.</DIV>
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<DIV>Just want to have the code speak for us all!</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=correction id="">lemeno</SPAN>, Doug!</DIV>
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<DIV><o:SmartTagType name="State" ="" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><o:SmartTagType name="City" ="" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><o:SmartTagType name="place" ="" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Just an item of local interest from the US Department of the treasury, Internal Revenue Service <SPAN class=correction id="">website</SPAN> at:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In general, no organization may qualify for section 501(c)(3) status if a substantial part of its activities is attempting to influence legislation (commonly known as lobbying). A 501(c)(3) organization may engage in some lobbying, but too much lobbying activity risks loss of tax-exempt status. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Legislation includes action by Congress, any state legislature, any local council, or similar governing body, with respect to acts, bills, resolutions, or similar items (such as legislative confirmation of appointive office), or by the public in referendum, ballot initiative, constitutional amendment, or similar procedure. It does not include actions by executive, judicial, or administrative bodies. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">An organization will be regarded as attempting to influence legislation if it contacts, or urges the public to contact, members or employees of a legislative body for the purpose of proposing, supporting, or opposing legislation, or if the organization advocates the adoption or rejection of legislation."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO <SPAN class=correction id="">HOO</SPAN>. What a ride!'"<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Take care, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Tom "Just Looking Under Some Rocks" Hansen<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Moscow</SPAN></FONT></st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"I think one of the best ways to support education is to make successful private schools like <SPAN class=correction id="">Logos</SPAN> prosper through tax exemption."<BR><BR>- Donovan Arnold (July 11, 2005)</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></DIV>
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