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Humanist Weddings Outstrip Church of Scotland Ceremonies for First Time
Breitbart ^ | August 18, 2016 | Donna Rachel Edmunds

Posted on 08/19/2016 8:26:37 AM PDT by C19fan

The number of weddings being performed by the Church of Scotland slipped below the number of humanist ceremonies taking place for the first time last year, latest figures have shown. The decline in church weddings is yet another indication of declining support for the increasingly liberal Kirk. According to figures from the National Records of Scotland 4,290 Humanist wedding ceremonies took place in Scotland in 2015, of which approximately 80 percent (3,378) were conducted by the Humanist Society Scotland (HSS).

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TOPICS: Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: churchofscotland; humanist; humanistwedding; humanistweddings; kirk; marriage; presbyterian; scotland; wedding; weddings

1 posted on 08/19/2016 8:26:37 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Why do godless people even bother getting married?


2 posted on 08/19/2016 8:27:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: C19fan

I don’t understand why non-religious people get married.

I think the vow would go something like this, “...to have and to hold, until I get bored, find someone hotter, get tired of putting up with your sh**, etc.”

Seriously, the commitment is based on - sand.”


3 posted on 08/19/2016 8:29:27 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: C19fan

Isn’t this like going to a JP?


4 posted on 08/19/2016 8:53:02 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: C19fan

By adopting ‘social justice’, humanism and lowering standards what do they have to offer that we can’t get through secular humanism? The churches, including my own, have only succeeded in watering down their ‘brand’.


5 posted on 08/19/2016 12:42:21 PM PDT by Calusa (Let our children be dreamers, too! Donald Trump (and Kellyanne Conway))
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