Thursday, December 24, 2020

Universal Life Church Can Move Ahead In Challenge To Tennessee Ban On Marriages By Those Ordained Online

 In Universal Life Church Monastery Storehouse v. Nabors, (MD TN, Dec. 22. 2020), a Tennessee federal district court held that the Universal Life Church and two of its ministers have standing to challenge Tennessee's ban on solemnization of marriages by clergy who received online ordination. It also held that the state Attorney General, District Attorney Generals and County Clerks (but not the Governor) are proper defendants.