Online Minister Ordination

Weddings are an important rite of passage. In many ways they mark the transition from late adolescence into adulthood. Across time and culture they have always been celebrated with marked degree of pomp and ceremony. Fundamentally there is some aspect of being human that requires such special rites as we transition into the full bloom of being a wholly developed.

While the tradition has been with us for millennia the actual details of the ritual have changed and evolved. The increasing pace of change in our modern civilization has been reflected in the evolution of the wedding industry. Before the separation of church and state there really were no options for couples to customize their wedding. Even as recently as 50 years ago getting married required both partners to be members of the same church, often this required formal religious classes on one or both parties parts.

The only other real option was to be married by a justice of the peace. In general most people would agree that a quick trip to the courthouse does not make a very good foundation of cherished romantic memories on which to build a life on.

Luckily things have changed for the better. While the wedding minister still should be a spiritual mentor and leader for couples, thankfully a series of religion classes are no longer required to have a spiritually significant wedding. The government has gotten better at keeping it’s nose out of people’s religious beliefs. New religions and churches have sprouted up with out the authoritarian dogmas of the manipulative and controlling institutions of our parents and grandparents.

By: Minister

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A great option for couples that wish a moving wedding ceremony is to have a good friend ordained as a minister to perform the ceremony. My organization, the Church of Spiritual Humanism, has free online free ordination for couples wishing to have such an event.