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How far does the experience of ordinary Quakers conform to the general sectarian pattern of behaviour? To answer this question, courtship and marriage among Friends have been examined, for here the conflicts between the group and the individual are at their most acute.
Quaker weddings are conducted in a similar fashion to regular Quaker meetings for worship, primarily in silence and without an officiant or a rigid program of events, and therefore differ greatly from traditional Western weddings. In some respects a Quaker marriage resembles a common-law marriage.
It is important to distinguish between the traditional Quaker certificate of marriage, which has no legal standing, and the official certificate of marriage, which is a certified copy of an entry in the appropriate registers.
16 lis 2022 · Learn about common Quaker wedding ceremony traditions including how to get married without a wedding officiant in a self-uniting ritual, what it means to marry "under the care of the meeting,' the Quaker marriage certificate, traditional Quaker wedding vows, where it's legal to perform your own marriage ceremony, rules for marrying members ...
The Quaker tradition is one of Spirit-led activism on behalf of civil rights and justice. Given that a foremost civil rights issue today concerns the right for all couples to marry, regardless of gender, Twin Cities Friends Meeting (TCFM) unites with a growing number of Quaker and other faith communities who are working for marriage equality.
20 lis 2023 · Studies of courtship and gift-exchange to date have demonstrated how courting couples exchanged a wide range of gifts to produce and intensify feelings of love and advance their relationships toward the altar, from garters and gloves to ribbons, rings, portrait miniatures and locks of hair.
Custom may have played an important part in determining when a young Quaker might marry, for most of the marriages of both the men and women were concentrated in just a few years.
