Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jhpb@cbnewsm.att.com Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: The Laws of the Old and New Covenants Message-ID: Date: 2 Apr 91 08:51:37 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 7 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In Catholic theology, marriage is a Sacrament, thus under the overall jurisdiction of the Church, but it is also a social contract of great importance to civil society, thus the state has say in marriage law also. The situation that Hal L. described in Peru probably arose from there being an anti-Catholic government there.