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Posted by  VT_Syrup on 8/27/19 10:46am
We all know that, on account of the 1st amendment to the US Constitution, people have a right to affirm a statement rather than swear to a statement under oath. But in this case, everyone who want's to be married in Alabama has to affirm; I wonder of that violates the religious freedom of those who would prefer to take an oath.
This also raises the question of where the marriage occurs. When a state requires a ceremony, both spouses must usually appear at the same time and place as the officiant; the location where the three of them get together determines which jurisdiction issues the license, original certificate, and certified copies of the certificate. So a groom from Mexico and a bride from Oregon go to the Alabama town where the bride's parents live and get married in a church. Then they hop on a plane and fly to Vermont for their honeymoon. They call me and ask me to notarize the certificate.
So I look it over and decide it's a verification on affirmation. The wording is not correct for Vermont, so I run the page through my printer and add a Vermont short form certificate to the bottom of the page, and sign and seal the short form certificate. The couple sends it certified mail back to the probate judge in Alabama. I wonder how that will go over? |
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