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Fact Check: Do you need multiple online ordinations to protect your standing as a minister and wedding officiant?
You want to make sure your minister credentials are up to the legal task when it’s time to marry someone, and sign and file the marriage license. But do you need multiple ordinations to protect your standing as a minister?
A queer Tennessee Minister talks about the importance of online ordination, and the state’s discriminatory new law
A queer wedding officiant in Nashville, Tennessee talks about the importance of online ordination in the LBTQ IA+ community as the fight against the state’s anti-online ordination law continues.
Tennessee Update: The fight to protect the rights of online-ordained ministers rolls on
An update from American Marriage Ministries on the fight against Tennessee's discriminatory anti-online ordination law SB 1377 / HB 0213. With information on how ministers and couples can protect themselves when applying for or filing marriage licenses with the county.
“Having the care of souls” as an online-ordained minister: How wedding officiant ministers exceed the legal standards of state marriage law requirements.
Tennessee lawmakers have incorrectly applied the phrase "having the care of souls" to discriminate against ministers that are ordained online. Learn how online ordained ministers meet all the requirements, and how they care for souls as wedding officiants in their communities.
AMM’s In-person Ordination Tour in Tennessee: A Look Back – and Forward
We reflect on the powerful experience of going to Tennessee one year ago to offer ministers in-person ordination ahead of the state's anti-online ordination law SB1377/HB0213
An Update from AMM on Tennessee's Anti-Online Ordination Law
An update from American Marriage Ministries on the fight against Tennessee's discriminatory anti-online ordination law SB1377/HB0213
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Tennessee Lawmakers move to strip same-sex couples of marriage equality (again)
Tennessee Republicans are once again attacking marriage equality, this time arguing that same-sex marriage is "indecent" and unconstitutional.
Here’s the Latest on What’s Happening with Tennessee’s Online Ordination Ban
A court order has suspended Tennessee's law banning online ordination, find out what happens next here.
How Online Ordination Facilitates Marriage Equality in Rural America
Online ordination allows non traditional couples to find ministers that wont discriminate against them but some lawmakers are trying to change that
Tennessee and AMM: What Lies Ahead?
Online church on developments regarding Tennessee law that barred ministers ordained online from solemnizing marriage in the state
Tennessee Federal Judge Sides with Online Churches
A federal judge in Tennessee has frozen the implementation of a law that barred ministers ordained online from solemnizing marraige in the state
“No Thanks, I Don’t Want a Stranger!” Chattanooga TN Ordination Tour Update
More organizations and online churches are joining the fight against Tennessee's discriminatory new marriage law.
Crowds Grow at Memphis TN In-Person Ordination
Crowds showed up in Memphis Tennessee to get ordained before Tennessee's new marriage law goes into effect.
American Marriage Ministries Incorporated in Tennessee as a Non-Profit Corp.
American Marriage Ministries is now incorporated in Tennessee as a non-profit corporation to ensure recognition of our ministers.
An Open Letter to Members of the Tennessee Legislature
An open letter from American Marriage Ministries to the Tennessee legislature protesting a restrictive new marriage law.