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1628 DAYS AGO | 6.21.2021
Baptist Church Ordains Denomination’s First Openly Transgender Woman
University Baptist Church ordains Rev Laura Bethany Buchleiter, an openly transgender woman, in a first for the denomination.
1637 DAYS AGO | 6.12.2021
A Look at Loving Day -- A Celebration of Love & Interracial Marriage
On June 12 we celebrate Loving Day - the anniversary of the 1967 historic Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court decision in support of interracial marriage. Learn...
1641 DAYS AGO | 6.8.2021
NY lawmakers consider removing marriage license wait period for military pers...
NY may remove the marriage license waiting period for military personnel who are scheduled for deployment within 30 days. Senate Bill 6272, SB6272
1646 DAYS AGO | 6.3.2021
Pope establishes new penalties for ordaining women: automatic excommunication...
Pope Francis and Vatican announce new penalties for those attempting to ordain women, including automatic excommunication. Francis addresses the first change...
1647 DAYS AGO | 6.2.2021
New Hampshire’s new Marriage Officiant License & what it means for AMM Ministers
New Hampshire offers a new special marriage officiant license for non-ordained individuals. Here’s a look at the rules for minister registration in the state...
1648 DAYS AGO | 6.1.2021
Country singer Jimmie Allen & Alexis Gale keep things small-but-stylish with ...
Country music star Jimmie Allen wed Alexis Gale in a romantic micro-wedding in Bucks County, Pennsylvania last week. The intimate mid-week ceremony is part o...
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1648 DAYS AGO | 6.1.2021
Pennsylvania lifts all COVID-19 restrictions except mask mandate
As of June 1st, nearly all COVID-19 restrictions in Pennsylvania have been lifted, returning all businesses and events to full capacity, by order of Gov. Wol...
1652 DAYS AGO | 5.28.2021
Utah votes down self-solemnizing marriages
Lawmakers voted down a bill that would have allowed couples to perform their own weddings in self solemnizing ceremonies. Plus a look at where self uniting m...
1653 DAYS AGO | 5.27.2021
Connecticut legislators vote on removing race designation from marriage license
Connecticut lawmakers will vote on removing race designation from the state’s marriage license. House Bill 6665, HB6665
1655 DAYS AGO | 5.25.2021
Wedding on a plane - Indian couple marry midair to dodge COVID restrictions b...
An Indian couple booked a passenger jet to host a 160 person wedding midair, defying local COVID restrictions. The SpiceJet flight crew, couple, and guests a...
1659 DAYS AGO | 5.21.2021
Israeli couples used Utah’s online marriage portal to avoid discrimination, c...
Israeli couples married through Utah County’s online marriage portal face legal challenges at home, as Israel’s Interior Ministry bans virtual weddings in ad...
1661 DAYS AGO | 5.19.2021
Las Vegas area will lift all COVID restrictions on June 1st
Las Vegas and surrounding Clark County, Nevada will lift COVID restrictions June 1st, adopting new CDC guidelines and returning to pre-pandemic guidelines fo...
1662 DAYS AGO | 5.18.2021
Ariana Grande & Dalton Gomez’s private, tiny wedding ceremony is a big mood
Ariana Grande married Dalton Gomez in a private, tiny wedding ceremony at her home in California this weekend, showing us that micro-weddings and elopements ...
1662 DAYS AGO | 5.18.2021
Would you let an Artificial Intelligence write your wedding ceremony?
Now that Artificial Intelligence can write natural sounding language, will AI generated wedding ceremony scripts be next? What will vows look like when they’...
1664 DAYS AGO | 5.16.2021
Oklahoma Wedding Officiants won’t need to register with the state beginning N...
Learn about changes to the minister registration process for wedding officiants in Oklahoma, and updates to the marriage license expiration and return period...