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Initech

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Tue Mar 19, 2013, 01:56 PM Mar 2013

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

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Scottish Bill Will Allow Marriages Performed As A Jedi, Among Others (Original Post) Initech Mar 2013 OP
But that's not a "real" religion! Only "real" religions that believe in "real" stuff should be... Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #1

Warren DeMontague

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1. But that's not a "real" religion! Only "real" religions that believe in "real" stuff should be...
Thu Mar 21, 2013, 04:00 AM
Mar 2013

...ah

actually, this news isn't that weird. Sure, Jedis, why not?

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