{"id":114004,"date":"2022-07-20T12:10:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T16:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=114004"},"modified":"2022-07-20T18:14:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T22:14:30","slug":"bbc-wedding-laws-need-biggest-shake-up-since-19th-century-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=114004","title":{"rendered":"(BBC) Wedding laws need biggest shake-up since 19th Century &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest shake-up to wedding laws since the 19th Century would give couples more choice, a government commissioned report has said.<\/p>\n<p>The Law Commission described current rules around weddings as &#8220;confusing, out-of-date and restrictive&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It recommended a major overhaul that would mean couples could get married at beaches and private homes.<\/p>\n<p>A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said it would &#8220;carefully review&#8221; the recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents are concerned the changes could trivialise weddings and lead to the commercialisation of the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-62209136\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LATEST. Weddings in fields, forests, and homes under proposed law reform for England and Wales. But Anglican Churches would set their own rules on wedding venues<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z7vq7vblfF\">https:\/\/t.co\/z7vq7vblfF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Church Times (@ChurchTimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChurchTimes\/status\/1549364054933868544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest shake-up to wedding laws since the 19th Century would give couples more choice, a government commissioned report has said. The Law Commission described current rules around weddings as &#8220;confusing, out-of-date and restrictive&#8221;. It recommended a major overhaul that<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=114004\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199,98,108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-england-uk","category-marriage-family","category-religion-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114004"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114007,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114004\/revisions\/114007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}