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A Protest Against The Marriage Ceremony....
which r delivered at the altar into the batfcte of the officiating ministejy previous to his commencing the solemnities and form prescribed
by the Rubric ; it is scarcely ne ~ ce & sary to inform your readers that the minister has no discretionary power whatever to refuse marriage , where the parties are eligible thereto , and that he d ^ re not make any exceptions that are not specified
lit the marriage act . Aware of this my minister performed the ceremony to so wicked a heretic as yotar humble servant , with as good 3 grace as possible , aad even ivkBecl nie ; every happiness th $ t marri age eoutd confer * It was
tQ $ ^ intentibti , in ttie event of being r ^ fus & d ty ^ irriagey to have com * fBJen ^^ lega l proceedings against $$ ^ tj $ ufihter 9 for depriving me of a ^ VU right against the express
prpvmotfs and ) letter of the law j P $ i fe ? this , rodedd , as I had q . n . jfi < j ^ t ^ , fVerp is now no occ ^» s ^^ it ; I meniioiV it only that \ Jn \~ tarians may feell themselves secure sfroQlq t ^ y be qrsposed to giy ^
tfyaC sort of testimony ( against an i ^ d ^ wp *? hi p , \ y hich was prompt-^ t ^ ii ^ rifvy patt lby the deepest con ^ 4 ^ ration of the subj ect , the w ^ iift f $ i rii $ ^ ct for the rig hts of coiscien <* e- and a firm determinawn t 0 siwppqrt thepi to the full
< w £ ten $ of the means m iay power . I cinnqt b ^ li ^ ve but the example Il |^ v ^ , gLy enf ; if followed by tli ^ itanans iD general , would become a s \ rong grp ^ n ^ d for legislative re *
Jie / r ; bfiy ^>^ ^ ll AWS . MW- devowtly to ^< j wishecj \> y tbo friinpls and sup ^ gr tf 1 * 3 of religion , ioi ^ nded on ciff ^ iic e aiid not on iiuthoritv : i ^ i time
# ! ^ f 3 me I ^ hali bfe happy $ ft bear the stricture ^ aii d opmioos of any * erf voiir corrte ^ poii 3 ^ hts on
A Protest Against The Marriage Ceremony....
a line of conduct vvWclt ¥ 4 m aware may strikfe iitti € jr mmd ' ^ ' dif < - ferently from my oNvW . ' ! : a Yours , "&&" r w ; x : 6 ^ TES . To Mr . commonW caflcd the Rey * Mr . — " The undersignedybeiagUnifafm ^ Dissenters , presenttoyouthefoll 6 w * ing protest against thfr marriage ^ e * remony , to whiclv according to tfee law of the land they are compelled
to subscribe . The ^ disclaim all intention of acting clisrespectfuny either to the legislature or ^ o its civil officer before wlibm ffeev stand ; they lament thkt they ar < e placed in so unnatural a situ ^ tioi ^ as that even forbearance to vv ^ at they consider as established error ,
¦ ¦» to " _ . — ^ . '• . ¦ : > fe " <_ would be a formal recantation of opinions which they have received upon conviction , and which they will only renounce on siriiilar grounds *
Against the marriage ceremony then they can'but most soleitiniy protest , ' Because , It noakes marriage a religious iiistead of a civil act . Because , As Christians and Protestant Dissenters it is impossible we can allow of the
interference ot any human lnstituuoil with matters which concern our faith and consciences . Because , as knowing nothing of a priestKoodl in Christianity , the submission to a ceremony performed b y S | person ** in holy oy .
ders ^ or pretended qply orders , " is painful and humiliating to our feelings . Beckuse , As servants of Jesus we worship the one Jiving and true God , his ( j o <& and our God , his father and our l % her ^'' a . Ejd disbelievte and abominate i , h ^ . ^ c ^
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^ f Protest against the Marriage Ceremo ny . 355
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1814, page 355, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02061814/page/35/
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