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Related: About this forumMinnesota Lawmakers Introduce Bills To Allow Atheist Wedding Officiants
by Shadee Ashtari
Posted: 04/04/2014 3:10 pm EDT
Updated: 04/04/2014 4:59 pm EDT
Minnesota state Sen. John Marty (D) introduced a bill on Friday to amend the states existing statute on civil marriages to allow atheists and humanists to preside over wedding ceremonies.
The bill would grant "solemnization authorization," which includes legally signing marriage certificates, to secular celebrants appointed by atheist or humanist organizations.
Under current state law, ministers of any religious denomination
are authorized to solemnize a civil marriage after filing documents from their spiritual assembly with the local county registrar.
The measure, SF 2958, aims to add any other celebrant, specifically identifying atheists or humanists, to the laws existing statute on civil marriages.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/04/atheist-weddings-minnesota_n_5093091.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF2958&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0
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