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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 09:39 AM Original message |
A religious ceremony of marriage is not a legal marriage |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Absolutely right - and so the UCC and MCC, among others, have been doing gay marriages |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. As a UCC, unless in a state such as Mass, where you can |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yes, I know. I thought I was clear on that. |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. yes you were, I was just agreeing with you |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. People are too blind with rage to see the facts. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
4. And yet even a secular marriage license requires a 'solemnization' ceremony |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Licensing, just like plumbers |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. They charge an awful lot for just a couple of minutes. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. That's only the license -- it doesn't cover the cost of having a judge officiate the marriage. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Something to work on. Eventually it will happen. |
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whirlygigspin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
7. Reality strikes again |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
8. And the person officiating has to be authorized by the state. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think the confusion is that people are mixing up civil law and church law. |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. Thank heavens for this thread! |
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