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2. Marriage officiant - Wikipedia

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   A marriage officiant or marriage celebrant is a person who officiates at a ... Laws in each state of the United States vary about who has the ability to perform ...

3. Legal status of the Universal Life Church - Wikipedia

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   In the United States, the requirements for entering into marriage are determined by state law. In most states, the ULC clearly falls under the statutes setting forth the requirements for ordination of ministers to perform marriages. In a small number of states, [13] this issue has been litigated, with determinations made by courts at various ...

4. Rights and responsibilities of marriages in the United States

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   Under the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the federal government was prohibited from recognizing same-sex couples who were lawfully married under the laws of their state. The conflict between this definition and the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution led the U.S. Supreme Court to rule DOMA unconstitutional on ...

5. Marriage in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Marriage in the United States is a legal, social, and religious institution. The marriage age is set by each state and territory, either by statute or the common law applies. . An individual may marry without parental consent or other authorization on reaching 18 years of age in all states except in Nebraska (where the general marriage age is 19) and Mississippi (where the general marriage age ...

6. Self-uniting marriage - Wikipedia

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   A self-uniting marriage is one in which the couple are married without the presence of a third-party officiant.Although non-denominational, this method of getting married is sometimes referred to as a "Quaker marriage", after the marriage practice of the Religious Society of Friends, for which see Quaker wedding.

7. Do You Know If Your State Has a Marriage Penalty? - AOL

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8. The Marriage and Divorce Rate in Every State - AOL

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   Over the past decade, both marriage and divorce rates nationally declined — but figures varied widely between states. Read The Marriage and Divorce Rate in Every State from Money Talks News.

9. Covenant marriage - Wikipedia

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   Covenant marriage is a legally distinct kind of marriage in three states of the United States (Arizona, Arkansas, and Louisiana), in which the marrying spouses agree to obtain pre-marital counseling and accept more limited grounds for later seeking divorce (the least strict of which being that the couple lives apart from each other for two years).