Friday, 3 November 2017

Civil vs. Religious Marriage

“I now pronounce you husband and wife.” Who is authorized to utter the Wedding Pronouncement, those seven words that finalize most wedding ceremonies?  The states make the rules on this.  Most of them authorize members of the clergy, judges, both active and retired, and Justices of the Peace. In the United States, a marriage can […]

from
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/tippling/2017/11/03/civil-vs-religious-marriage/

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