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Jedi May Be Allowed To Perform Marriage Ceremonies In Scotland

Posted by samzenpus on from the may-the-force-and-love-be-with-you dept.

ceview writes "The Marriage and Civil Partnership Bill (Scotland) will allow groups promoting a belief to marry couples according to a report on the BBC. The government said the change was relevant to bodies such as humanists, who are classed as religious rather than non-religious at the moment. Groups such as The Flat Earth Society and Jedi would be allowed to perform such ceremonies."

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  1. And the Bible Bashers pitch it as a Bad Thing by Rogerborg · · Score: 5, Funny

    More seriously yourself take you, be laughed at more you will.

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    If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
  2. And why not ? by Alain+Williams · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The important opinions are of the two people who are getting married. If they choose to have a bit of fun on the day that they dedicate themselves to each other, why should they not do so ? If people claim that the force will help their marriage, they are not making a claim any less rational (or based on evidence) than those that say the same of the god of chrstians, jews, muslims, hindus, ...

    The churches like to give us the idea that, somehow, they ''own'' the concept of marriage. People had been getting married years before the churches brought the idea of religion into it.

  3. Because the Jedi code forbids it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jedi's are not permitted to love!

  4. "groups promoting a belief" by Chrisq · · Score: 5, Funny

    I look forward to the first Unix promotion group wedding. Probably followed by an Apple Fanbois civil partnership.

  5. Re:I think it's disrespectful by Raumkraut · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You say that like it's not feasible, from a religious perspective, that the concepts behind the Star Wars universe were divine inspiration bestowed upon mankind by some supernatural Force.
    That is, after all, no different to the root source of religious "knowledge" quoted by most (if not all) religions. The only difference is that other religions generally started with oral traditions and writing books, rather than going straight to cinema.