Rule 1: Check with County Clerk's Office
There are some states and counties that are very undude. So first, be sure to check with the County Clerk where the ceremony is performed to confirm or disconfirm whether they recognize Dudeist ceremonies as cool (in the parlance of our faith).
From: Reader Q&A on gay marriage
By Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
6:07 PM PDT, June 16, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-marriageqa,0,6089180.story
Our friend was "ordained" by the "Church of the Latter-Day Dude" and performed his sister's ceremony in South Carolina last month. Does he need to do anything else to be able to marry us in California?
He should be able to perform the ceremony, according to officials at county clerk's offices in Los Angeles and Orange counties. California law permits "a priest, minister, rabbi, or authorized person of any religious denomination" to officiate weddings, as well as others; the relevant codes can be found here and here . State law makes it unnecessary for people officiating marriages to file credentials with the county clerk, Orange County assistant clerk-recorder Renee Ramirez said in an e-mail. The only question that could arise, Ramirez wrote, is if someone challenged whether "Dudeism" is a recognized religious denomination.
Got any other things to do before facilitating a ceremony?
Well, dude, we just don't know.
Quote from: SmokeytheBuddha on June 17, 2008, 11:15:58 AM
Rule 1: Check with County Clerk's Office
There are some states and counties that are very undude. So first, be sure to check with the County Clerk where the ceremony is performed to confirm or disconfirm whether they recognize Dudeist ceremonies as cool (in the parlance of our faith).
From: Reader Q&A on gay marriage
By Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
6:07 PM PDT, June 16, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-marriageqa,0,6089180.story
Our friend was "ordained" by the "Church of the Latter-Day Dude" and performed his sister's ceremony in South Carolina last month. Does he need to do anything else to be able to marry us in California?
He should be able to perform the ceremony, according to officials at county clerk's offices in Los Angeles and Orange counties. California law permits "a priest, minister, rabbi, or authorized person of any religious denomination" to officiate weddings, as well as others; the relevant codes can be found here and here . State law makes it unnecessary for people officiating marriages to file credentials with the county clerk, Orange County assistant clerk-recorder Renee Ramirez said in an e-mail. The only question that could arise, Ramirez wrote, is if someone challenged whether "Dudeism" is a recognized religious denomination.
Got any other things to do before facilitating a ceremony?
Burn a J
He is a good man. And thorough.
Quote from: Dude1967 on June 30, 2008, 10:43:38 AM
Quote from: SmokeytheBuddha on June 17, 2008, 11:15:58 AM
Rule 1: Check with County Clerk's Office
There are some states and counties that are very undude. So first, be sure to check with the County Clerk where the ceremony is performed to confirm or disconfirm whether they recognize Dudeist ceremonies as cool (in the parlance of our faith).
From: Reader Q&A on gay marriage
By Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
6:07 PM PDT, June 16, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-marriageqa,0,6089180.story
Our friend was "ordained" by the "Church of the Latter-Day Dude" and performed his sister's ceremony in South Carolina last month. Does he need to do anything else to be able to marry us in California?
He should be able to perform the ceremony, according to officials at county clerk's offices in Los Angeles and Orange counties. California law permits "a priest, minister, rabbi, or authorized person of any religious denomination" to officiate weddings, as well as others; the relevant codes can be found here and here . State law makes it unnecessary for people officiating marriages to file credentials with the county clerk, Orange County assistant clerk-recorder Renee Ramirez said in an e-mail. The only question that could arise, Ramirez wrote, is if someone challenged whether "Dudeism" is a recognized religious denomination.
Got any other things to do before facilitating a ceremony?
Burn a J
Fucking good idea!
Quote from: BikerDude on September 26, 2008, 11:58:24 AM
He is a good man. And thorough.
The dude while banging Maude?...He is a good man. And thorough?
......In the parlance of our times, of course.
What are the Dudeist rules on Gay Marriage??? Just Curious..
Dudeism doesn't have any official stance when it comes to issues of politics or law. However, let me for one go on the record by saying that the homophobia prevalent in US society is very undude. The dude would never judge people for doing something that gives them pleasure and doesn't hurt anyone.
But there are many who say that they're not anti-gay, just anti-gay marriage. That's a different argument altogether.
Some people claim that it's against the Bible. To which we'd have to say that the separation of church and state (and freedom of religion) makes that point moot. The Adam and Steve argument is just a cheap attempt at swaying public opinion through sound bites.
Finally, there are those people take the argument that same sex union is detrimental to the "family" ethos. To which we should probably say either "you're wrong" or "so what?" In the "you're wrong" camp: Gay parents are apparently quite successful in raising healthy, happy children. In the "so what" camp, we'd have to say why is the preservation of nuclear families as defined as a man and a woman and 2.4 kids living in a house in the suburbs necessarily somehow more important than allowing people to enter into meaningful unions of different sorts?
If anything there's a lack of meaningful unions out there, and we should do what we can to help create more.
So yes, while there is no official Dudeist stance on the topic, I'd like to believe that most Dudeists are cool with this. As forumite cckeiser often says: "do no harm." It's more harmful to impinge on people's personal freedom than to worry about losing some traditional sanctity.
What could be more special than the blessed union of two dudes? ??? They come in many shapes and sizes, some with vaginas and some with johnsons, so I've been lead to believe.
To quote dudely songstress Sheryl Crow "If it makes you happy, it can't be that bad".
And, to quote a favourite of mine by spiritual bungalow-dwelling troubadours The Levellers "There's only one way of life, and that is your own, that's your own, that's your own."
I mean, these are two consenting adults we're talking about, not to be confused with a grinning man marrying a puzzled-looking sheep. I don't see what Dude could object. As far as I know we have nothing for it or against in written down because it doesn't really figure as an issue, much in the same way we don't really have any specific musings on heterosexual marriage, because surely it's not a separate thing. Marriage is marriage and coitus is coitus as long as the mutual consent is there.
There should be nothing to get uptight about here, the Dudely flow is not being damned here, nothing is fucked (until the honeymoon, I guess!).
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Yeah mang, everything I have learned about Dudeism says, it is about chill'n, not about archaic rules. Just like other, older abiding traditions, Dudeism is pretty much gender nuetral.
dudeism is gender neutral. that's a good way to put it rev gms. that's a swiss fuckin watch, if i understand it correctly. dudeness is in your heart, not in your crotch or your chromosomes.
After a life time of searching I have come to the conclusion that the only purpose of life is to live it. All the rest is just hubris and bullshit.
And as the forumdude said, (thanks for the plug dude) I have only one fuckin' rule...Do No Harm.
You start with that...and abiding comes easy.
The more you do no harm...the more you abide. The more you abide...the more you do no harm.
Okay so I currently live in SLC,Utah and my Marriage Laws for Officiants are as Follows:
Who may solemnize marriages -- Certificate.
(1) Marriages may be solemnized by the following persons only:
(a) ministers, rabbis, or priests of any religious denomination who are:
(i) in regular communion with any religious society; and
(ii) 18 years of age or older;
(b) Native American spiritual advisors;
(c) the governor;
(d) the lieutenant governor;
(e) mayors of municipalities or county executives;
(f) a justice, judge, or commissioner of a court of record;
(g) a judge of a court not of record of the state;
(h) judges or magistrates of the United States;
(i) the county clerk of any county in the state, if the clerk chooses to solemnize marriages;
(j) the president of the Senate;
(k) the speaker of the House of Representatives; or
(l) a judge or magistrate who holds office in Utah when retired, under rules set by the Supreme Court.
(2) A person authorized under Subsection (1) who solemnizes a marriage shall give to the couple married a certificate of marriage that shows the:
(a) name of the county from which the license is issued; and
(b) date of the license's issuance.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) "Judge or magistrate of the United States" means:
(i) a justice of the United States Supreme Court;
(ii) a judge of a court of appeals;
(iii) a judge of a district court;
(iv) a judge of any court created by an act of Congress the judges of which are entitled to hold office during good behavior;
(v) a judge of a bankruptcy court;
(vi) a judge of a tax court; or
(vii) a United States magistrate.
-Do you think that includes Dudeists?? Since it's a form of Taoism I wasn't sure. I mean it seems like us Dudeists should be able to Ordain- right? I am just not up on Legal jargin.
Help would be appreciated.
It could be pointed out that it would a little tough for a dude helping another dude conceive. That's just like my opinion, man.
Yeah, but they keep trying! 8^)