Just about anybody in America can officiate a wedding, thanks to the internet – and one determined preacher

Dusty Hoesly, University of California, Santa Barbara, The Conversation
Posted 12/24/23

Who did the honors: clergy, a justice of the peace or just a friend? More and more weddings are performed by someone ordained online.

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