Civil weddings, religous questions

Hotblack Desiato

wokingvoter wrote: »

Are AI like...the politically correct police of officialdom?

No :rolleyes: but if something like this was happening on a fairly widespread basis they'd probably be aware of it.

A couple getting married are required to to give notification in person of their intention to marry to a Registrar at least 3 months before the intended date of the marriage. The requirement to give a 3-month notice does not apply to civil partners whose civil partnership was registered in Ireland – see 'Civil partners' below.
The notification can be given to any Registrar. When you make the appointment with the Registrar you will be informed what information and documents you need to bring with you. Generally, you and your intended spouse will be required to bring the following:

• Passports as identification.
• Birth Certificates (must bear an apostille stamp if not issued by the Civil Registration Service in Ireland)
• Original final divorce decrees in respect of all previous divorces if either of you is divorced. Further information will be required if it was a foreign divorce and you will require an approved English translation of the divorce decree
• Original dissolutions in respect of all previous civil partnerships if either of you has a civil partnership dissolution
• Final decree of nullity and a letter from the relevant court confirming that no appeal was lodged, if either of you was in a civil partnership or marriage that was annulled by an Irish Court
• Deceased spouse's death certificate and previous civil marriage certificate if either of you is widowed
• PPS Numbers

None of the above have anything whatsoever to do with religion.

[*]Whether it will be a civil, secular or religious ceremony

It was already explained to you why this is asked.

wokingvoter wrote: »

Question 7 on the State Pension application form asks for your mothers maiden name, Question 12 asks for your exact marital status.
Do you think that these questions are part of this conspiracy between the RCC and the State as well?

Neither of them have anything whatsoever to do with religion, and are essential information for establishing your identity and your entitlement to benefits.

Fred Swanson wrote: »

He said it was part of the "process". I am an atheist and herself is a self confessed lapsed CofE. He just nodded when we told him but he didn't write it down anywhere.

So he lied then. He wasn't entitled or required to ask the question, and it can't have been 'part of the process' if it wasn't written down. Nosey git.