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No one wants to officiate our wedding.

Katy, on December 14, 2016 at 1:09 PM

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My Deaf pastor at my church isn't allowed to marry us outside of church because he has NO license to officiate our wedding. Since a week now, I have been contacting ASL pastors/ministers/priests and friends all over in Long Island to find ASL fluent licensed officiant they know that can marry us at...

My Deaf pastor at my church isn't allowed to marry us outside of church because he has NO license to officiate our wedding. Since a week now, I have been contacting ASL pastors/ministers/priests and friends all over in Long Island to find ASL fluent licensed officiant they know that can marry us at a small old private chapel which I have to pay for 700 dollars asap.. I still got no result of ASL officiant anywhere in Long Island.. There is couple other Deaf/hearing ASL pastors from Deaf ministries in Long Island and NYC but they refused to marry us because we require to be a 'member' of ther church. i was like, and also my sisters in Christ were like, WTF? member? What does it have to do with to be a member since you are a believer after all. My church also refused to marry us at my church just because my fiancé is not 'member' of mY church...he is a believer as I am. So it is saying they don't want us to be married as they say fornication is a sin, W T F!!! Don't know what to do.

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  • Celia Milton
    Celia Milton ·
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    I think, based on your unfolding story here, that you're right.

    No one wants to officiate your wedding.

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  • Nonna T
    Master April 2014
    Nonna T ·
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    Celia, you read my mind!

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  • Laura2.0
    VIP March 2017
    Laura2.0 ·
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    Yes @Ceilia the title makes more sense now.

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  • Autumn
    VIP October 2017
    Autumn ·
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    Just caught up on this thread after a WTF type of day at work. That trend is continuing tonight I guess. This unfolded so different and much more aggressively than I imagined.

    OP: simmer yourself down and take the bountiful amounts of advice that you've gotten

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  • MrsNerd
    Master October 2016
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    Well Katy, I just read through this whole thing and I've determined that you're an elaborate troll with way too much time on your hands.

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  • LynZLeigh
    VIP June 2017
    LynZLeigh ·
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    Why not get a deaf friend ordained on the internet? Then they could officiate for free. (I know you get what you pay for, and I will personally be paying a professional, but this seems like a viable solution for OP).

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