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Originally Posted by knight_shadow
That's probably what I was thinking about. I wasn't aware that religious officials were acting as agents of the state.
So, in essence, if you're married by a church, you'd just be informing the government that you're married, correct? I was thinking it was something along the lines of "this isn't real UNTIL you've been married by the JOP."
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Gotcha. It's not necessarily the JOP. It's whatever agency/individual is responsible for vital records in your area. I was married by the "Town Clerk" in 2006. I got a marriage license and took it - and two witnesses - to the courthouse. The Town Clerk did his thing and then signed the license. A marriage certificate was mailed out some time later.
Then a few years after that, I had my church wedding. We had the marriage certificate edited by the Town Clerk to include the name of the Archbishop and diocese. Now, that part, I didn't understand. How do you retroactively do that?