Church of England relaxes
rules on marriage venues
A new law, known as the ‘Church of England Marriage Measure’,
was launched on October 1st and allows engaged couples to marry
in the church of their choice. The previously strict rules demanded
that couples could only marry in churches they attended or that
were located in the parish where they lived. The new law has
fewer rules regarding which of the Church of England's 16,000
churches couples can choose from.
This move comes as the demand for civil weddings in hotels,
stately homes and other privately owned locations has shown a
marked increase. More than 50,000 marriages a year are now celebrated
in such locations while Church of England services have declined
by 40 per cent, from more than 100,000 a year to 60,000 since
the early 1990s.
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