Online Ordination Questioned

<p>If you know anbody in Pennsylvania who was “married” by an online “minister”, they may not be legally married! What a mess this ruling is going to create! </p>

<p>"Click here to become an ordained minister. Seems innocent enough. Want your goofy brother Larry to perform your wedding?</p>

<p>Poof. He’s a minister in the Universal Life Church or one of dozens of other organizations that offer online ordinations. </p>

<p>There’s one caveat: According to a recent York County Court ruling, your marriage might not be legally binding in Pennsylvania.</p>

<p>York County Judge Maria Musti Cook invalidated a York couple’s seven-month-old marriage on Sept. 7 when the ‘‘wife’’ challenged the union. The judge ruled the Universal Life Church-ordained minister who sealed the deal had no authority under state law to perform weddings…"</p>

<p>Here’s the link:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1_2weddingbox.6045445sep15,0,2544500.story?coll=all-newslocalbethlehem-hed[/url]”>http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1_2weddingbox.6045445sep15,0,2544500.story?coll=all-newslocalbethlehem-hed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;