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Scottish Bill Will Allow Marriages Performed As A Jedi, Among Others
Jedi could perform marriages, says Free Church of Scotland A Jedi knight training school in California
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Proposed changes to marriage would open the way for Star Wars Jedi to perform ceremonies, a church has said.
The Free Church of Scotland said the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill will allow groups promoting a belief to marry couples.
The government said the change was relevant to bodies such as humanists, who are classed as religious rather than non-religious at the moment.
A spokeswoman said the reputation of Scottish ceremonies would be protected.
The Free Church of Scotland has raised concerns about religious and civil partnership ceremonies being joined by a third category
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-21842269#.UUhBGaC7Vgs.reddit
Continue reading the main story
Proposed changes to marriage would open the way for Star Wars Jedi to perform ceremonies, a church has said.
The Free Church of Scotland said the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill will allow groups promoting a belief to marry couples.
The government said the change was relevant to bodies such as humanists, who are classed as religious rather than non-religious at the moment.
A spokeswoman said the reputation of Scottish ceremonies would be protected.
The Free Church of Scotland has raised concerns about religious and civil partnership ceremonies being joined by a third category
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-21842269#.UUhBGaC7Vgs.reddit
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