officiant

failurebydsign Posted: Mar 02, 2007 01:41 AM

officiant

has anyone considered a friend or relative conducting the ceremony..i am and was wondering if you have had this and what you had to do..and is the online ordination legal..i called the town on babylon and they said it was..but i dont want to bet on something and at the last minute have it not work out

so i just want any info that you might have obtained on this subject

failurebydsign Posted: Mar 02, 2007 01:50 PM

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bump because i wanna

alison1daland Posted: Mar 02, 2007 02:08 PM

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I am asking a family member to preside over the ceremony. He is a methodist Minister upstate, and my great-uncle. Sinec I will be getting married in a methodist church, they said there would be no problem with him presiding over the ceremony, and I think both he and my pastor at the church will sign the certificates, just so there is no question about legality...

rkl1130 Posted: Mar 02, 2007 02:53 PM

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I wanted my brother to actually marry us, but FH made him a groomsman. When we were looking into it though, we found that anyone can get ordained to marry a couple. You can do it on-line and it is perfectly legal. In most cases, all you have to do is fill out a form and send in copies of identification and an essay.

emcheung Posted: Mar 02, 2007 10:43 PM

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we too are looking for a family member to become ordained to legally marry us. have done a quick search online and there seems to be several places that will help you through the process for a nominal fee. trying to look for someplace legit and the least amount of trouble and work. has anyone seen a website that looked promising?