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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Here? No, in the US any clergy member can be the officiant of a legal marriage. Hence the people who go online and get registered as a clergy member to perform their friends' marriages
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Interesting. I guess I've been lied to for all these years lol
ETA: If that's the case, I don't even see how the government wouldn't recognize same-sex marriages if they're done "officially" by a clergy member. I know of at least one church in my area that performs same-sex ceremonies.