"I can't describe how frustrating that is in terms of the system of marriage being abused, the system of our immigration laws being abused, " said Mark Rimmer, Superintendent Registrar for Brent.
Or, they could decide that DOMA and Proposition 8 are both acceptable as they are, leaving the question of same-sex marriage to the political system.
But Mr Brown hit back, taunting the opposition leader about the recent row over whether the Conservatives' proposals on recognising marriage in the tax system are affordable.
He took a swipe at "sneery" newspaper columnists who criticised the government's plan to favour marriage in the tax system and who claimed that people would not walk up the aisle for a few extra pounds a month.
To cure the ills of single-parenthood, benefit-dependency and the like, he proposes a tougher welfare regime (though not all that different from the government's), tangible if unspecified support for marriage through the tax system and more job flexibility for parents.
"The Conservatives have made a series of uncosted tax promises - tax bribes, " said Mr Clegg, referring to Tory promises to recognise marriage in the tax system, limit the National Insurance rise, freeze council tax and raise the inheritance tax threshold.
Moreover, the chancellor's obsession with means-tested state pensions has undermined the incentive to save for retirement and the skewing of the tax-benefit system against marriage has been greatly exacerbated, despite overwhelming evidence that young people brought up within married couple families tend to be more successful and less likely to be involved in criminal activities than those who are not.
In a democratic system like our marriage, where two parties enjoy a 50-50 split in voting rights, it's uncomfortable when one party designates himself or herself the dictator and makes a decree.
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To defend this new system, government and marriage were invented.
Couple that with the possibility that the daily experience of a carreer instills confidence and a greater awareness of a support system outside of the marriage (both key ingredients in determining the need to end a bad relationship).
Mr Willetts said any attempt to use the tax system to support relationships outside marriage would be "incredibly complicated and intrusive".
"The question is whether or not the federal government under a federalism system has the authority to regulate marriage, " he said.
Diggs suggests moving sex and sexual health out of the shadows by making testing a regular family event and using that time as an opportunity to talk about the family's belief system around partnering, sex and marriage.
It means being jobless for years, not having influential relations who can work the system, and having abandoned all hope of marriage because there is nowhere to live at a price that can be afforded.
Although classified by the Registrar General for Scotland as a form of religious marriage, humanism is not a religion, but a secular philosophy or belief system.
Nonetheless, the system worked pretty well in the mid-twentieth century, because marriage and a gendered division of labor was the norm across large sections of the population.
No more Earned Income Credit, no Minimum Alternative Tax, Child Tax Credit, Marriage Tax Penalty, Employer Plan Covered restrictions, and other pointless regulations that make the system a complete mess.
It would also bar same-sex marriage ceremonies on U.S. military bases and would require the installation of an East Coast missile defense system to help counter perceived threats from countries such as Iran and North Korea.
But what I do know for sure is that by subsidizing the marriage of Bear Stearns and JP Morgan, the government has removed some of the loss from the profit and loss system.
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