(The Conversation) — A professor who has researched the Universal Life Church unpacks why many couples now prefer to hand-pick loved ones to perform their ceremonies. (The Conversation) — Wedding ...

“Doing it online is a means to an end, for me, so that Joe and Destiny can get married,” Pletcher said. Such reasoning is similar to pop star Robbie Williams’ use of online ordination through the ...

The Universal Life Church, another online ordination mill, claims to have sold credentials for do-it-yourself marriages to more than 20 million people. I am part of a proud, even pious, movement, ...

The house in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was the perfect venue for the quiet wedding the two men were planning for August. They would hold the ceremony in the glass-clad sunroom of the house, set on 2 ...

Wedding season is here again, and my calendar is filling up — not just as a guest. Over the past 15 years, I have officiated over 20 weddings for friends and family, plus nearly 200 more as a ...

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