Quote Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo View Post
The catholic Church use to require (or may still, for those "active") X hours of counseling / discussion with the intended parties before they would marry you.
I took marriage counselling before getting married. My pastor (also a close friend) requires it if he is going to officiate your marriage. If your church wants things that way, then you are free to marry that way. However you should not be FORCED to. More government is never the answer!

I bet if it's government mandated, they would tell people to tell on their spouse to the government! Create a situation much like the one that they had in Nazi-era Germany. "Rat them out if they even chew their food suspiciously."