On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:55:41 -0600, Mueen Nawaz wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> 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.
> 
> 	Isn't it the same in the US? For the government to recognize a
> marriage, it has to be registered. Isn't the use of religious figures
> just a cultural move that has no legal significance?
> 
> (Unmarried person asking)

I don't believe so - I'd have to ask my brother, who was married in a 
church wedding, but I believe clergy can fill out the paperwork necessary 
for the legal part of the marriage (as Darren said).

Jim

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