Massachusetts does not recognise a religious marriage ceremony performed without benefit of a state-issued marriage licence.
The Rhode Island legislation states that religious institutions may set their own rules regarding who is eligible to marry within the faith and specifies that no religious leader is obligated to officiate at any marriage ceremony and no religious group is required to provide facilities or services related to a gay marriage.
It also specifies that no religious leader is obligated to perform any marriage ceremony.
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The ruse worked and he was taken to the police headquarters in Lyon for a marriage ceremony.
Horne advises a healthy dose of caution and due diligence every time a marriage ceremony is performed.
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Though the marriage ceremony is open to couples from anywhere in the world, the event is invite only.
Earlier, as the marriage ceremony was approaching, it had already been a long day for the wedding party and public alike.
Trouble has been brewing in the Krishnai area since Rabhas and Garos clashed on Christmas Day after a fight at a marriage ceremony.
According to the Google blog, the stream will begin at 10:00a BST (9:00a GMT, 2:00a PT, 5:00a ET) on Friday, April 29, and will follow the wedding procession, marriage ceremony at Westminster Abbey and balcony kiss.
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Anglicans, belonging to a church that is established by law as a national body, are afraid that if the bill becomes law any of their clergy who refuse to perform a same-sex marriage ceremony will face criminal prosecution.
She will lay his fearful head on her lap and she will pick out the lice from his pelt and perhaps she will put the lice into her mouth and eat them, as he will bid her, as she would do in a savage marriage ceremony.
"As the demand for same-sex marriage is uncertain, and because these economic benefits are not guaranteed to be additional (for example, the spending on a civil partnership or marriage ceremony may not be additional if the couple and guests cut back on spending in other areas), we use zero benefit as our best estimate, " it explains.
According to Alpert, the issuance of a marriage license is a mandatory prerequisite to a valid marriage in California and generally comes before the ceremony.
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Her previous marriage was annulled but she and Brown never held another ceremony, they say.
Another important distinction is that marriage as a word has religious connotations, even if a ceremony is only civil.
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Culture Secretary Maria Miller told the Commons marriage would be extended to same-sex couples in a civil ceremony and religious organisations which wish to "opt in" to offering ceremonies.
The couple were married in a 2008 civil ceremony in San Francisco, during a short window when California recognized same-sex marriage.
Five days later in Las Vegas, the couple renewed their marriage vows before family and friends in an over-the-top Arabian-inspired ceremony.
Festivals occur several times throughout the year (January: Mahasankranti, February to March: Sivaratri and Holi, March to April: the celebration of the marriage of Virupaksha and Pampa with a chariot festival, November to December: the betrothal ceremony of Virupaksha and Pampa), and often at night, with drumming and dancing in the street and locals offering pujas in the main temple, Virupaksha.
Mr and Mrs Chand, who wed in a Sikh ceremony and moved to Bradford in 1965, were invited to the garden party in recognition of the length of their marriage.
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