[Sca-cooks] Six and counting

[Brian L. Rygg or Laura Barbee-Rygg]

Here in Montana, you can marry without benefit of clergy, JP, or anyone
'officiating.'  It probably dates to the pioneer era when it could be 6
months or more before seeing a clergy person.  When Brian and I married each
other, we had the ceremony behind the Public Library in their gardens and
then went to the courthouse a year later (procrastinators) and paid our $25
to have it registered in a big old-fashioned ledger book at the County
Courthouse downtown (we were #22).  Costs the same as a marriage license.

Raoghnailt

> When Chocoholic (I mean Craig) and I got married, we did our own
> ceremony in the Adirondacks.  We needed to go to a JP first for the
> legalities.  The secretary taking my information was grilling me on the
> details.  I tried to explain to her that we were doing the *ceremony*
> seperately, and were coming to them for the *legalities*.  She really,
> completely failed to understand how I differentiated them.  She got
> really bent out of shape when I referred to the ceremony as the "real"
> wedding.  Like, I could care less about the legalities.  All they do is
> make us pay more taxes.  Forgive me if I consider my vows in front of
> friends and family to be a little more important...
>
> -Magdalena
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