Humanist marriage now top religious marriage in Scotland.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Andrew, you do tend to come across as one of those loud evangelical humanists one of the comments mentioned.

I have to wonder if that humanist society considers South Carolina to be one of the places where a humanist marriage is legal. While our marriage laws only specifically mention ministers of the Gospel and Jewish rabbis as religious types who may officiate at weddings, anyone authorized to administer oaths, which includes notaries public, may do so. My future brother-in-law got married two years ago by a notary public in a ceremony that I suppose could be called humanist, tho it certainly wasn't Humanist.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

It sounds like to me that because civil marriage in Scotland is considerably restricted and that religious marriage there usually follows a set pattern, many people there engage in humanist marriages to be able to get the ceremony they want, even if they otherwise wouldn't call themselves Humanist.

If that's the main reason for their popularity there, I don't see Humanist marriage ever becoming a big thing here.  There aren't any restrictions here on how civil marriages are performed and even most churches around here are willing to be flexible on the format and content of the wedding ceremony.