Sentences with phrase «civil marriages performed»

Civil marriages performed under the Marriage Act, 1949 can not include religious elements, including prayers, readings from religious texts or religious songs.

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Within ten years, I expect — maybe even within five — one New England state or another will strip the power to issue civil - marriage licenses from clergy of churches that do not perform same - sex marriages.

In redefining marriage and the family, the state not only embarks on an unprecedented expansion of its powers into realms heretofore considered prior to or outside its reach, and not only does it usurp functions and prerogatives once performed by intermediary associations within civil society, it also exercises these powers by tacitly redefining what the human being is and committing the nation to a decidedly post-Christian (and ultimately post-human) anthropology and philosophy of nature.

If we believe marriage is a sacrament, then all marriages performed outside the church are civil marriages, and however the state defines marriage can have absolutely no bearing on its sanctity as far as the church is concerned

For example, two priests in Saltillo in 1882 argued that the law requiring priests to get proof of civil registry of birth or marriage before performing Christian baptism or marriage violated the constitutional separation of church and state.

Many pastors support civil marriages for same sex couples but would not perform the rite themselves.

In England after the civil war Charles II had to confirm that non-religious marriages performed during the Commonwealth remained valid.

The D.C. Council overwhelmingly approved a bill yesterday to recognize same - sex marriages performed elsewhere, in a vote that followed a sharp exchange between an openly gay member and a civil rights champion and set off shouts of reproach from local ministers.

Same - sex marriages performed in Great Britain and across the world are recognised as civil partnerships in Northern Ireland.

The American Foundation for Equal Rights — with its attention - getting political odd couple of conservative Republican lawyer Theodore Olson and liberal Democrat David Boies — will announce Monday it is joining a lawsuit against what the lawyers called Virginia's «draconian» laws prohibiting same - sex marriages, the recognition of such marriages performed where they are legal, and civil unions.

Civil marriage does not exist in Israel, although it is legally recognized if it is performed abroad.

Although a person can object to the act based on religious beliefs, if they are employed as marriage commissioners, they are civil servants performing a government service and must serve the public equally.

Marriage commissioners are defacto civil servants when they perform a civil (public) service... they are government officials when they perform their duties.

The proposed Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill which would allow a «third category» of groups centred on a belief to perform ceremonies, as well as religious and non-religious groups has attracted criticism.

In a previous blog post I discussed the recent Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision on whether marriage commissioners — as civil servants — can opt out of performing same - sex marriages.

(While there is an experimental program in some counties in New Jersey to allow divorce by affidavit without a court appearance for settled cases, in most cases a court appearance before a judge is required for the marriage to be dissolved just as the commencement of a marriage requires the parties getting married to be present in front of an official (religious or civil) who performs the marriage ceremony.)