Re: Mormon chick, I have a question...

"Lizz Holmans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 03:30:46 GMT, "LawsonE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >>
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> >Mmmm... The Roman Catholic Church is semi-recognized. The Marriage Baans
(?)
> >are automatic with a CoE ceremony. The registrar sets up shop in the back
of
> >the church in a Roman Catholic ceremony.  Marriages via other religions
have
> >to be registered at the registrar's office.
>
> There are many places in the UK where marriages are performed with the
> registrar coming along for the ride--hotels, stately homes, and even
> Roman Catholic (and other) churches. But the RC is probably the most
> unrecognized church Over Here--remember, the heir to the throne or the
> reigning monarch may marry anyone he wants, except a Roman Catholic,
> by law, or he/she loses his/her place in the succession. We're talking
> Henry VIII, The Old Pretender, and the Hanovers here. They'll do
> anything to keep a Catholic off the throne.
>
> Whether or not a couple can marry in the C of E depends on many little
> decisions, some made by each priest. Needless to say, the couple have
> to belong to the C of E, which most Britons don't these days.
>
> Lizz 'no longer The Tory Party At Prayer, since the Tories don't have
> a single one' Holmans
>

Huh. Either I misremembered what I was told, my source was wrong, or things
have changed in the last 25 years (was married in Newmarket at the
Registrar's Office in Jan 1979).