[Kalimac]

Um...Bill...I put it clumsily but I wasn't trying to imply that the priest had somehow superseded the two parties getting married. I don't know as much about the history of this sort of thing as I should, but I realize that ultimately all that's needed is that the two people make the vows and that consummation follows. (And NO, for everyone else - what I've been told is that while procreation is a natural byproduct of sex, it does not have to be the ONLY aim. That is, if you're infertile, or over-age, you can still, umm...)

All I meant was that the way things work now, you'll have a very hard time getting married in the Church without a priest officiating. You could make private vows and try to square things with them later on, but both with the legal aspect (signing the marriage license) and the religious aspect, it would be a real mess.