[Magdalen] Supreme Court

[ME Michaud]

My understanding is that when clergy marry a couple they are
doing so with a license from the State. That is, all marriages are
civil marriages (though some are blessed by the clergy).

This was brought home to me early at a wedding in which,
after all the wonderful ceremony, the rabbi intoned:

"And now, by the power granted to me by the State of New
Jersey, I pronounce you man and wife."

But maybe that's just here in the USA.

The Mormon spin on this (the Temple marriage) is also instructive.
-M

On Monday, June 29, 2015, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As to religious marriages - gay or straight - whilst these have aspects
> that civil marriages wouldn't include, I certainly don't think that those
> of us married under religious rites should aspire to LESS than the ideals
> that Marshall set out for civil marriage.
>
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