by Undecided 13 Replies latest jw friends
I just remembered a marriage I did for the daughter of a JW and the son of the president of DanRiver Mills, a textile company who wasn't a JW. That was in the early sixties, I can't remember the details, but it wasn't in a church. I haven't seen them since.
I have performed several marriage ceremonies years ago. The ones I can remember are still together.
Ken P.
I do it all the time, now, as I am a ULC minister. I married some xjw's. does that count?
If a brother today would perform a marriage of non-JWs, even if studying and attending meetings, he could lose all his privileges, and if an elder or MS, be removed. There is a BOE letter to that effect.
Blondie
Nope, but I would, gladly, if someone asked me.
Odrade
Blondie when did this come about?
I know of an elder who married a couple who were studying but living together (so that they could "progress" further". I remember it well because he was the only elder who showed up, (wasn't a KH wedding obviously), and very few other people were there. More cake for me to eat, but I felt sad for the couple, who were obviously treated like second class citizens. If the elder who did this actually bucked the system (this was 96 or 97) to do it, I have a newfound respect for him.
git, that letter came out in the last 5 years and was a readjustment of previous thinking. It is up to the discretion of the BOE not an individual elder so if they don't support him on it, he could be removed.
Blondie
so if a couple studying with the witnesses who are not married want to become married so that they can get their lives in accordance with JW principles actually request an elder handle their marriage ceremony, most elders will now say no, and make them go to the Justice of the Peace instead. What a rediculous, uncaring religion. They paint themselves into a corner.
avishai: I am a ULC minister too :) I have not married anyone yet though.
im a ULC minister too, JWBOT. I just wanted clergy parking at hospitals at the time,
I remember my dad marrying 2 non-JW couples both at a home in Wisconsin. I think it was still kind of frowned upon back then (late 70's early 80's), but there wasn't much information the society had on it, so nothing was really said to him....both couples were studying neither converted.
What a ULC minister? what denomination is that?
