Marriage License

Introduction: 
In today's world, the States generally own everything.  And by everything I mean that as it sounds.  They own your labor, they own you, they own your house, they own your property; or at least they think they do, and depending on your endorsement of them you may give them the right as well.  If you think I'm being a little extreme, they have the "right" to take your paycheck, remove a percentage, then give you the remaining.  Try removing that "right" from them and see what happens.  Same with property taxes, if you actually owned your house, then couldn't you just not pay property taxes?  But if you don't pay your tax/rent, then you lose the house.  As for owning you, well that's a topic for another day, but what other entity can jail, kill, hospitalize your body without any consent from you?  Generally only entities that have more of a right to your body than you.

Stance Summary:
If the government owns everything then, why give them the right to your marriage?  My stance on this matter is that a marriage license gives the government authoritative right to your marriage.  The Marriage License is a request by two parties (bride and groom) to be married under the authority of the local state.  Even looking over my in-law's marriage license says in plain English something akin to "This certificate authorizes this marriage".  Though the referenced statement may have been longer, the term authorized was used.  As such, under God I can not give authority over to the State in my marriage.

Personal Actions Based on Stance:
I do believe in unalienable rights established by God through his Natural and Eternal Law, and as such I used those rights to establish my marriage without giving over any authority to the State. I crafted my own Marital document, available in the sources section.  Generally on this site I speak for myself, but in this case I will make the distinction that my wife was fully agreeable on our mutual actions for this. 

Expansion:
I understand that the State will probably assume some authority anyways over my marriage as time goes on.  However, with a clear conscience on the matter I can continue knowing that I did not sign over authority to someone or something else besides God.

I also understand that there are certain benefits to having a licensed marriage that my wife and I will not have, and many of these may make future activities difficult.  That being said, I recognize that no entity or person is required to recognize my marriage, even the State of Washington.  They do not recognize common law, and as far as I understand it they do not recognize my marriage.  That is their prerogative.  As such, it is also their prerogative to not supply benefits generally reserved for couples under their jurisdiction.  Tax benefits being an obvious one.  Other than that, I recognize that I will have to make other arrangements to make sure my wife and I are protected.

Sources:
Personal Marriage document: Link

Closing:
Luckily my Stance was arrived at prior to the need for any actions.  So I do not regret any actions I've taken on the matter.