It’s right there in the IRS tax code, section 501(c)(3): “Churches and religious organizations are generally exempt from income tax and receive other favorable treatment under the tax law.” The founder of Universal Life Church…..”
“Suddenly, it goes from the 50 people here in this room to potentially the entire world [who get] to hear your wedding. And the more interesting the people are, the better it is. And if you’re getting married here, you’re really interesting…. If you’re getting married in hockey jerseys, and making me wear a referee jersey, and you’re gay, and you’re here, and you’re huge hockey fans, we’re in for a great show.”
I became an ordained minister in the Universal Life Church when I was 19 years old. Since then I have officiated at numerous baptisms, initiations, weddings (including marrying people to themselves), divorces, renamings, housewarmings, ghost-banishings, and the taking of primal vows. In all my years of facilitating these ceremonies….
Do you have a friend or family member getting married soon? Do you want to be the one that marries them?
The Universal Life Church Monastery, the largest federation of ULC ministries, would like the students of the University of Houston to know that they have the option of officiating the wedding of their loved ones.
Regardless of religion, the ULC Monastery offers a free online ordination for people all over the world through their website. Those ordained through the ULC can also perform baptisms and funerals.
Jessica Alexander’s wedding was everything she had envisioned: a private gathering by her summer house on an Iowa lake. There was a pink and purple color scheme, a butterfly motif, and a dessert bar rather than a full meal.
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