Anglican Unscripted 651 – Facebook Rejects Episcopal Church Ad

1. This royal wedding business is frivolous stuff. The concept of royalty and blue blood is obnoxious to me as an American. That being said, is it a legal royal wedding if the consummation isn’t witnessed to stave off grounds for annulment at a later time? Is it also considered good form or traditional the witness be tipped as one would do the executioner?

   • A legal wedding took place in the Chapel of St George’s Windsor. The couple had been prepared for Christian marriage in the Church of England. This is a requirement under canon law for all marriages in the Church of England. There are no different rules for members of the Royal family.

2. I remember when you hit 100 episodes.

3. Marriage in the Church of England is governed by Statute (equivalent to US Federal law) as well as the Church’s own canon law. A valid marriage must be preceded by the calling of banns on three successive Sundays in church, or by licence. The Marriage Act 1949 has a series of provisions relating specifically to the Church of England. A Church of England marriage other than on licensed premises is void. No room for argument! Section 22 of the Act (a bit repetitive) says “All marriages solemnized according to the rites of the Church of England shall be solemnized in the presence of two or more witnesses in addition to the clergyman by whom the marriage is solemnized.” There are no provisos or exceptions to section 22, so again no room for argument! It’s absolutely clear that no legal marriage took place in the garden of Kensington Palace. This is the legal position. People are free to form their own views about private exchange of vows,

4. I started watching the week after J.R. Ewing got shot.

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