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In the United States, Canada and many other countries around the world, a celebrant is a person who performs religious or secular celebrancy services for weddings, funerals, child namings, coming of age ceremonies, and other rituals. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... In Tolkiens Middle-earth, the river Celebrant was a stream rising in the eastern Misty Mountains near the exit from Moria. ... Look up Celebrant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


Some Celebrants are ordained clergy, while others are Officiants empowered by the Humanist Association of Canada (HAC), the American Humanist Association (AHA), or the Society for Humanistic Judaism. (SHJ). In Australia, where Celebrants are commonly hired, they may be certified by any one of a number of Celebrancy training programs, while in the UK, most belong to one of a number of Humanist organizations, including the British Humanist Association and the Humanist Society of Scotland. The Humanist Association of Canada (HAC) is a Canadian secular humanist organization which provides guidance to individuals who do not feel the need for religious beliefs in their life [1]. // History The Humanist Association of Canada was founded in 1968, with Dr. Henry Morgentaler as its first president. ... The American Humanist Association (AHA) is an educational organization in the United States that advances Humanism. ... Movement of Humanistic Judaism founded by Rabbi Sherwin Wine. ... Look up Humanist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The British Humanist Association is an organisation of the United Kingdom which promotes Humanism. ... The Humanist Society of Scotland (HSS) is a Scottish organisation that promotes Humanist views. ...


Celebrants may perform alternative and nontraditional ceremonies in places, and under circumstances where mainstream religious clergy will not. Some Celebrants perform same-sex weddings and commitment ceremonies. Celebrants, also called Officiants, often perform ceremonies in parks, on beaches, on mountains, on boats, on hiking trails, in hotels, in banquet halls, in private homes, and many other places. Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. ... One of four newly wedded same-sex couples in a public wedding at Taiwan Pride 2006. ... Commitment Ceremonies spiritually and socially unite two individuals who cannot, or do not wish to marry legally. ... An officiant is someone who officiates at (i. ...


Laws in each state of the United States vary about who has the right to perform wedding ceremonies, but Celebrants or Officiants are usually categorized as "clergy" and have the same rights and responsibilities as ordained clergy. In Canada and in the US State of Massachusetts, the only places in North America where same-sex marriages are legalized, Celebrants and Officiants perform many LGBT weddings. This article is about the U.S. state. ... North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... Same-sex marriage (also called gay marriage, and—less frequently—homosexual marriage) refers to marriage between partners of the same gender (for other forms of same-sex unions that are different from marriages, see the articles linked in that section). ... The initialism LGBT also GLBT is in use (since the 1990s) to refer collectively to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ...


In Scotland, since a June 2005 ruling by the Registrar General, humanist weddings are now legal, providing that they are conducted by an Authorized Celebrant of the Humanist Society of Scotland making Scotland one of only three countries in the world where this is the case. (The other two are the USA and Norway.) This article is about the country. ... The Humanist Society of Scotland (HSS) is a Scottish organisation that promotes Humanist views. ...


Celebrants differ from Chaplains in that Celebrants serve the unaffiliated public at large, while Chaplains are usually employed by an institution such as a hospital or other health care facility, the military, etc. A chaplain is a priest or military unit, a private chapel, a ship, a prison, a hospital, a parliament and so on. ...


In Australia, Celebrants have a slightly different role, as regulated by local and national laws. See Celebrant (Australia) for more information. For other uses, see Celebrant. ...


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References

  • Reprint of article in Newsletter of the USA Celebrant Foundation, May 2003

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