Talk:Blessing ceremony of the Unification Church

message: Are the blessings themselves all that notable? The church, fine.  But the blessings? Enough to warrant an article? -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 19:23, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The ceremonies have often been mentioned in the press, most often as "mass weddings."  I wrote the article to give a little more information to people who are interested in finding out more about the topic. Steve Dufour 04:39, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

text: Agreed, they are often the focus of the controversy regarding this church, and (as stated above) gain a lot of attention by being described as "mass weddings". Ttrygve 17:02, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not exactly wrong to say they are mass weddings; although, as the article mentions, some couples were married before the ceremony and others have a legal wedding ceremony after. Steve Dufour 13:44, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability? 

message: We need to clarify the distinction between the religious and legal aspects of "the Blessing". For almost all new couples, the Blessing Ceremony precedes their civil marriage. That is a sharp contrast with most American marriages, wherein the couple are "pronounced man and wife" by a clergyman who is also an agent of the state. That is, the clergyman performs the wedding ceremony and also signs their marriage license. --Uncle Ed (talk) 18:00, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I will see what I can do about that. One thing, as I mentioned before, is that a Blessing ceremony can be a legal wedding ceremony. Steve Dufour (talk) 21:16, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Legal aspects

message: I originally wrote this section based on criticisms I had run into in the interest of fairness and balance in the article. It really should be rewritten based on published sources. I will work on this when I get around to it. Steve Dufour (talk) 06:40, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Criticism section

message: The reason I mentioned his autobiography is that he tells a lot about his experiences. The book would be a valuable resource to people interested in learning more about the Blessing and about Unification Church life in the 1970s and 1980s. Steve Dufour (talk) 11:16, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
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