In Tennessee, the law authorizes any “priest, rabbi, minister, or other religious leader who has the care of souls” to solemnize marriages, and further requires that the body ordaining said person provide for ordinations “by a considered, deliberate, and responsible act.” Tennessee further requires that ministers conduct four hours of pre-marital counseling with the couple prior to the ceremony.

The law in Connecticut has stated since the late 18th Century that marriages may be solemnized by persons who “are settled in the work of Ministry.”

All of these laws were in effect well before Rev Kirby Hensley started the ULC. If this works a hardship on pagans whose only qualification to perform marriages is a ULC ordination certificate they got off the Internet, perhaps they might want to consider finding out what the law in their state is BEFOREHAND, and figuring out how they want to go about contriving to comply with the same law that every other religion’s clergy must comply with.