Dudeism

[Duderek]

Has anyone got a list of countries that accept Dudeism as a religion man.

[DigitalBuddha]

Nah, its something the square world wouldn't give a shit about.  No saps to pin it on, man.

[Duderek]

bummer

[sufidude]

I don't like to imagine what dudeism would have to become to gain government acceptance.

[greatspiritmonk]

If Scientology can then everyone can. Even goat's worshippers. Nothing against goats though. 

[Duderek]

Hey man to have reconition wud be narly but at the end of the day who cares the dude does what the dude does so "fuck it" 

[DigitalBuddha]

Do you have a job, sir? 

[greatspiritmonk]

I'm unemployed.   

[sufidude]

what day is this?

[greatspiritmonk]

Sorry, I wasn't listening. 

[Rev.Wendy aka The Dude a-Rides]

That's a valid question tho, can we really marry people for instance? I seem to remember reading on here that once we have our business papers proving we are ordained, we can. (?)

[greatspiritmonk]

It depends where you live. Here in Italy you can't since if your religion doesn't have official recognition by the state whatever you do doesn't have legal value. You can perform any ceremony as there is freedom of religion but to have legal recognition of marriage you must be married by the major, and for baby naming you have to go by yourself to the county clerk. Well, for now.

[Duderek]

so we would need to take the dude letter to a town hall or some shit to check it out

[greatspiritmonk]

You are right man. You are right.

[kornkob]

In the US marriage regulations are largely the providence of the states.   Some states have pretty strict requirements for who can officiate a marriage, others allow anyone who self declares as a religious leader to officiate and still others even allow one of the people getting married to conduct the ceremony. 

So it depends on which government you are as to what you can and cannot, in the eyes of the law, do as a reverend in the Dudeist faith.   Lotta ins, lotta outs.   


My advice: Do research with your local laws (many of them are online these days).  Be prepared to describe you faith to officials clearly and succinctly (in many cases it might serve you best to leave out the 'based on the movie' part).  Know that you might still run into a brick wall because some closed minded thug decides that you are falsely representing yourself as a clergyman. 

Take it easy, man.