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Civil. In the United States, a marriage officiant is a civil celebrant or civil officer such as a justice of the peace who performs acts of marriage or civil union. In some states, for example New Jersey, independent civil celebrants are certified by the government. They are required to undergo a course of training for at least 26 weeks.
For example, New Jersey has a clear category for "civil celebrants". Persons may apply for registration once they have completed an audited six month training course of at least two face-to-face sessions per week in celebrant philosophy and history, ceremony structure and ceremonial presentation.
These were in Christchurch, organised by celebrant Frank Crean on 27 June 1998; in Hamilton, organised by celebrant Yvonne Foreman on 23 July 1999 and in Auckland, organised by celebrant Sherryl Wilson on 27 July 2001. In 2000-2002, Messenger was the key training instructor in establishing civil celebrancy in the US.
A civil funeral celebrant is a person who officiates at funerals which are not closely connected with religious beliefs and practises. They are analogous to civil celebrants for marriage ceremonies. Civil celebrant funerals began in Australia in 1975. [1] As secular (civil) wedding ceremonies became accepted, first in Australia and then in ...
A humanist celebrant or humanist officiant is a person who performs humanist celebrancy services, such as non-religious weddings, funerals, child namings, coming of age ceremonies and other rituals. Some humanist celebrants are accredited by humanist organisations, such as Humanists UK , Humanist Society Scotland (HSS), The Humanist Society (US ...
A civil, or registrar, ceremony is a non-religious legal marriage ceremony performed by a government official or functionary. [1] In the United Kingdom, this person is typically called a registrar. In the United States, civil ceremonies may be performed by town, city, or county clerks, judges or justices of the peace, or others possessing the ...
A more recent New York court ruling in the 2013 case of Oswald v Oswald, before a different appellate court, ruled that it is a factual question whether the ULC is a "church" whose ministers have authority under New York law to solemnize a marriage; [67] [68] on remand, the plaintiff offered no evidence, and the New York Supreme Court, which in ...
In 1973 in Australia, the civil celebrant program entrusted appropriately selected individuals to provide non-church people with ceremonies of substance and dignity. This initiative to a great extent has now been followed by New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom and some states of the US. [2] [8]