God Gets Into Civil Weddings in the UK
June 20, 2005 by admin
Filed under Weddings and Honeymoons in the News
In the 1949 Marriage Act, the rules were clear to distinguish civil ceremonies from church weddings: “No religious service shall be used at any marriage solemnised in the office of a superintendent registrar.” Hence, poetry, letters or vows that have ‘God’ – or any references to religious matters – have been banned from civil weddings.
But, according to Times Online (UK), God gets invited to civil weddings:
An imminent relaxation of the law will mean an end to the ban which prevents anything with religious connotations being included in civil wedding services.
