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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 12:39:41 JST Paul Cantrell

   Mini-mystery for you:

   • I’ve married 7 people.
   • One of them is my wife.
   • I’ve never divorced or lost a spouse.

   How?

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 12:41:28 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • The Conversation U.S.

     As a Reverend of the Universal Life Church, I have officiated three weddings.

     “The ULC was a pioneer in mail-order ordination, as well as one of the first churches to sanctify same-sex marriages, starting in 1971.”

     Thank you, Kirby J. Hensley!

     From @TheConversationUS:
     https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS/110793743733050580

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 12:44:56 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Zorro Notorious MEB 😡

     @AlgoCompSynth This was still true in the 90s when I did it, and is still true today.

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     Zorro Notorious MEB 😡 (algocompsynth@ravenation.club)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 12:44:57 JST Zorro Notorious MEB 😡

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     @inthehands @TheConversationUS I remember the ULC from the 1960s! They got started back when the military didn't draft married men for Vietnam. Basically anyone could fill out a form, become a minister and then perform weddings.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 13:27:33 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Zorro Notorious MEB 😡

     @AlgoCompSynth oh, I just meant the “everyone could fill out a form…” part is still true.

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     Zorro Notorious MEB 😡 (algocompsynth@ravenation.club)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 13:27:34 JST Zorro Notorious MEB 😡

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     @inthehands Except they got rid of the draft, although men still have to register for it when they turn 18.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 13:29:06 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @MelodyCooper 😎

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     Melody Cooper (melodycooper@mastodon.world)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 13:29:07 JST Melody Cooper

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     @inthehands You’re a minister of the peace

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 13:29:26 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • ModGalFri (she/her)

     @ModGalFri (and still am!)

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     ModGalFri (she/her) (modgalfri@autistics.life)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 13:29:27 JST ModGalFri (she/her)

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     @inthehands You officiated 6 and was married to 1

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     Gen X-Wing (breadbin@bitbang.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 13:34:52 JST Gen X-Wing

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     @inthehands Easy, you’ve got six husbands and one wife.

     Also you are a captain and web yourself to them yourself!

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 13:34:52 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Gen X-Wing

     @breadbin so close

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     Gen X-Wing (breadbin@bitbang.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 13:46:03 JST Gen X-Wing

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     @inthehands (I used my rule of “if it’s already answered I can make a joke”. I swear I saw the correct answer of the person being allow to wed others. Or isn’t that correct?

     Why the rule? If someone has a question, and they might only get one answer, they will be very disappointed if that’s a bad joke. So I either answer I know something, or leave it be. Because sometimes even I lead by example:))

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 13:46:03 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @breadbin
     I often enjoy intentionality wrong answers more than correct ones!