NASHVILLE, Tenn (WTVF) — Wedding season is in full bloom, but if you want a friend to officiate your special day, you may want to think twice. Starting July 1, Tennessee will prohibit persons ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Universal Life Church filed a lawsuit against Tennessee over a state law that bars marriages by ministers who are ordained online. The rule was passed through the state ...

“Doing it online is a means to an end, for me, so that Joe and Destiny can get married,” Pletcher said. Such reasoning is similar to pop star Robbie Williams’ use of online ordination through the ...

Starting July 1, Tennessee law will change who can officiate weddings in the state. Gov. Bill Lee signed House Bill 213/Senate Bill 1377 last month, and the bill has now become Public Chapter 415. The ...

The four Internet church ministers, on a road trip across Tennessee to ordain more than 1,500 people in less than 10 days, fight about only one thing: Carly Rae Jepsen. The ministers in the rented ...

ATLANTA — Wedding season will be here before we know it, and one viewer asked us to take a closer look at the legality of a popular nuptial trend: getting ordained online. Thomas emailed the 11Alive ...

One afternoon this September, Mike Bohl '11 went out on a bike ride, got a call from his old roommate and came home an ordained minister. His roommate ordained him online through the Universal Life ...

The Universal Life Church Monastery, an internet church that ordains ministers online, is suing Tennessee over a new law that would bar ministers ordained electronically from performing weddings in ...

Weddings in the state were thrown into uncertainty under the new law, which has been temporarily suspended after it was challenged in court. By Christine Hauser The house in Chattanooga, Tenn., was ...

The father of the bride is happily taking on an extra job when Jill Martin marries fiancé Erik Brooks this fall. The TODAY contributor and "Steals & Deals" host shared on the show Monday that her ...

A federal judge on Wednesday repeatedly pressed state lawyers to explain a "rational basis" for a new Tennessee law that bans ministers ordained online from performing marriages — and he didn't seem ...

Minister ordained online says he qualifies for property tax break on $10M home. April 5, 2010 — -- He says he converted part of his home into a chapel and became ordained as a minister by signing ...