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Thu Jul 4, 2013, 12:52 PM Jul 2013

Now we know: sheriffs can spout definitions of marriage: "Marriage is only for...'a good citizen' "

This post has nothing to do with the name/accused involved, just with the idea of somebody spouting definitions of marriage. I would guess a jail administration can bar events taking place inside and that at trial the marriage can be challenged as fraudulent. I'm just reacting here to some/any yokel, with or without a government title, spouting their own personal definition of marriage (or other things). Besides, veering off into the legalities, there's something called Common Law marriage, such that the people involved can claim to be already married?

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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/nope_to_nups_for_nfl_slay_suspect_QQcGwIinKrQWF89RyvGq7O

[font size=5]Nope to nups for NFL slay suspect Aaron Hernandez[/font]

By LAURA ITALIANO

There’ll be no wedding bells for Aaron Hernandez as long as he remains behind bars, his jailers are promising.

[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]Marriage is only for someone who’s “a good citizen,” according to the sheriff[/FONT] of Bristol County, Mass., where the former New England Patriot is being held without bail for the execution-style murder of his friend, Odin Lloyd, 27.

[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]A marriage could shield fiancée[/FONT] Shayanna Jenkins, Hernandez’s high-school sweetheart and the mother of his 7-month-old daughter, [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]from having to testify[/FONT].

“[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]I don’t subscribe to that,” Bristol County Sheriff[/FONT] Thomas Hodgson [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]told[/FONT] USA Today Sports, speaking of jailhouse weddings. “We’ll do everything we can to not have that happen.” ....

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