Tristan Tate

But yeah, I'm against the government having control over any aspect of my life.

I'm really that kind of guy, you know.

And that's maybe not the moment that the door swings open, but that's unfortunately a lot of modern marriages anyway.

But we'll get into that.

But I wouldn't see your marriage as any less valid if no signatures had been put to paper.

I feel like if I were to get married,

I know the church.

I know the priest who would conduct the ceremony.

I know the witnesses I'd bring.

And I know I wouldn't be signing any contracts, especially with the Romanian government of all places.

And I wouldn't see my marriage as invalid at all.

Keep in mind, lots of places in the world, Christian countries, certainly second and third world Christian countries, don't have this paperwork infrastructure, and they do get married in that way.

My baptism, I reconducted my baptism last year.

There's no government contracts to say I was baptized.

And I don't think it's not valid because I didn't sign a government signature saying I'm officially a member of the Orthodox Church now.

I don't see the government paperwork as necessary.

So I think that's just where – and I think you understand what I'm saying.

Yeah, I do.

But when I say that the institution of marriage has been hijacked by governments, a lot of Americans –

will absolutely disagree with me and say, nope, nope, if it's not on paper, it's not official, and you're not really married.