Does anyone have experience with this? We are planning on getting married in Long Beach near Oregon. We would have a small ceremony outside on the beach. However, we seem to be having difficulty finding an officiant who is willing to make the 3 hour drive over there from Seattle. Ideally, we would have someone from the Seattle or nearby area because we plan on having another ceremony for family a few weeks later.
If you have any recommendations/experiences, please share them!
I think it is even easier to get license to do simple civil ceremonies. My daughter and her hubby got married up on top of Mt. Constitution over in the San Juan Islands by a friend they brought along that had a license to do that.
My wife and I were married at Lk. Valhalla about 12 years ago by a FS ranger friend of ours.
Well actually the ranger had to get ordained in the church that Yana linked. You also need two witnesses. The officiator can also get his sins forgiven online by the same church before the ceremony.
I guess there is some kind of message in the fact that a federal officer can't legally marry you unless he gets a certificate from a "church," but I'm not sure what it is.
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We actually did just what you are planning (a small ceremony on the beach with a few friends/family, then a larger celebration with another ceremony for everyone else) a couple of years ago. We had a friend get ordained by the church at Yana's link to perform our legal ceremony on the beach and it was a very easy process and the wedding was wonderful. Then we had another friend officiate at our larger celebration, but since we were already married he did not have to be ordained. It doesn't matter which of your ceremonies is legal so you could do the reverse if it's easier.
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