The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #67257   Message #1123742
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
25-Feb-04 - 03:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: Same-sex marriage and the constitution
Subject: RE: BS: Same-sex marriage and the constitution
People always talk as if weddings were carried out by the person officiating - the priest or the registar or the Captain of the ship or whatever. In fact that person is really just a special kind of witness to a ceremony which is actually carried out by the people getting married.