Marriage celebrant applicants rejected for refusal to conduct same-gender weddings

Marriage celebrant applicants rejected for refusal officiate at same gender weddings

Monday, April 30th, 2018

Forty-seven marriage celebrant applications have been rejected in the past two-and-a-half years because the applicants were unwilling to officiate same-gender weddings.

Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages Jeff Montgomery said it was important to distinguish between organised celebrants and independent celebrants. Continue reading

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