Male and Female Imponderables- real wild children
POSTED BY: msg
UPDATED: Friday, October 6, 2006 22:31
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Oh, no, plenty of places can perform ceremonies, but they have to get the marriage license from some form of courthouse, I'm pretty sure. It's a legal document, after all. But come on, we have drive-thru weddings in Vegas. They're legal - the license is issued by the state.
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Hey AnJL:
I know that where I live there are civil marriages that can be done at court, but they can be held outside of court to....I know there's at least one place that hires judges during lunch to officiate, and at least one wedding where the judge did the cerimony outside of court...
Hope that helped.
ETA: If I'm reading it right, you're asking about the locations? You can hold the ceremony outside of the church...you mainly need the liscense...
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I think we are now in the same frame of reference. The certificate, the legal registration, can be mobile here - you register your intent to marry at the registry office (what you guys think of as the courthouse, I guess) but the signature bit can take place in a licenced building. Priests are optional - it's the little bit of paper that is the key.
Fun thing - my witness was my best mate Magda, who is (ethnically) Polish. The registrar had fun with her surname. She, like me, has declared that she would change her name for the purposes of restaurant bookings and taxis!
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Okay...I think I get your question..
You can hold the cermony at almost any location...and getting the liscense varies from state to state, I believe. (Where I am, the place to get a license to marry at the State Department of Health, with both parties there at the same time.)
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I can't say as I've thought overly much about the subject of marriage. Mostly because there's not much point worrying about the parking spot when you haven't gotten out of the driveway yet.
Rose: 0_0 I think you've officially entered too much information. Not that I mind... I'll be in my bunk...
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Hi Neko!! 
tis good to see you here! There's a few folk I've missed recently who've popped in to ponder on this/these topics - we have civil and religious ceremonies in Australia and they don't have to be in the designated places that they do in the UK. I know my cousin wanted to be married in the ruined castle in the town she & her husband lived, but couldn't because it wasn't a registered place to hold a ceremony... we can get married in our back yard if we want to - provided we have the right paperwork and a recognised celebrant - either a religious or civil one! Plenty of people I know have been married in public parks or on the grounds of places where they are holding their celebration!
I honestly think the big deal is understanding what 'marriage' is - it's not about the ceremony or the celebration that follows - it's not about setting up house together or living the dream - it's about making a life together work... there's a few folk who've posted about those things here...
I love the imponderers! 
- Magda x x
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Morning, all!
Coffee is our friend...
Alright, what'd I miss...?
FMF, I think I may be right there with you regarding the new SO not reminding us of the old SO! 
I guess I should throw in what my idea of marriage is...with a bit of background first.
I am an atheist. Any religious ceremony would mean nothing to me, but as my ex was slightly religious and the parents on both sides were traditionalists, we had a wedding led by an ordained friend of mine. Of course, being both in Drama, it was quite a production. The marriage to me happened when she looked me in the eyes and said "I will". We didn't need a religious ceremony to get the piece of paper, but it was a public declaration of our love to each other.
So, with that, marriage to me is a promise between two people to love, honor, and respect each other, through thick and thin.
Crap, work beckons...I'll be back when I can!
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aawwwww... that breaks my heart Tristan... you deserve someone who actually will be there through thick and thin you know... and you will find that - I'm sure!
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James- ok your still in the driveway thing just cracks me up a ton.Maybe we could say your train of relationships is still boarding at the station or something.
Tristan- I agree with you. I got married when I promised my husband, in front of our friends and family that I would be with him no matter what.
The rest was just blah blah, but I am really glad my dad ( ok step dad) got to give me away...I personally love that tradition of passing from your parents loving care to your spouses. But I am betting that's just me and may have something to do with the fact that I am firmly convinced my dad is the greatest person ever!!!
FMF- so does Nathan remind you of your ex? 'cause I think you'd still marry him even if he did:)
I choose to rise instead of fall- U2
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Hi gorgeous MsG!! I think we just overlapped posts!!
I agree with you about the 'loving care' and there's a little symbolic - my Dad is no longer the most important man in my life thing too... I know that if I really think about the connotations of it all it really irks me - then I think it would be cool to just arrive with your betrothed and walk up to the celebrant together... but the traditionalist who loves her Dad to bits would probably go for the 'Daddy walk me down the aisle thing' in the end!
So are folk starting to wake up now...? It must almost be my bedtime then...
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