[Magdalen] Wedding Advice

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I stumbled across my parents marriage license, circa 1949 yesterday while 
going through files...
They were married in Toledo OH by the JP (just across the border from MI 
(they were both living in Detroit at the time) and was very surprised to see 
embossed in on the form in fancy gold writing: "What God has joined let no 
one put asunder" with notation...

Life was sure different then.

OTOH, when I married, I had to go and get the license all by myself as my 
soon to be husband lived far away and was not in town until a few days 
before the wedding. I wonder if that is still permitted?

Lynn

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Jim Guthrie" <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2015 12:49 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Wedding Advice

>
> From: Roger Stokes
>
>>I see a clear distinction between the sacrament of marriage, which gives 
>>legal
>>and sacramental effect to the relationship, and blessing of a lifelong
>>covenant, which already exists in your case. Personally I would
>
> Not in the United States, Roger. The County or Town or Village Clerk 
> issues a
> Marriage License, and the  officiant signs off on it (usually with two 
> witnesses and then signatures of the couple) -- whether religious or
> civil -- at the time of the ceremony.
>
> Whether it’s a marriage, Rite of Blessing of a Covenant doesn’t make any
> difference whatsoever in any legal sense at all.
>
> Who can officiate is pretty loose too -- County, Town or Village Clerks, 
> Judges,
> Clergy in a church, one day licenses for anyone to officiate, or the 
> ubiquitous
> "Universal Live" clergy -- who can be ordained online.
>
> Perform Weddings Legally
> Ordination is Free and Easy
> No Experience Needed
> All Are Welcome
>
> See :
>
> http://www.themonastery.org/ordination-form
>
> There have been weeks when the majority of weddings announced in the NY 
> Time
> Style section are led by a Universal Life Minister -- especially same sex 
> couples
> when such marriage were legal in a couple of states but church hierarchy 
> wouldn’t
> let their clergy participate.
>
> cheers
> Jim