On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:14:54 +0100, andrel wrote:

>> Here in the US, a civil marriage is required.  A religious marriage is
>> optional.  In most cases, you get get both at the same time by being
>> married by clergy.  A justice of the peace (JP - aka a "judge") cannot
>> generally perform a religious marriage.  So pretty much the same here
>> as there.
> 
> Clergy here can not do a civil marriage, so that is different. My
> parents married in the church more than 5 months after their civil
> marriage. I don't know how (un)common that was in those days.

That is an interesting difference.

Jim

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