Magical weddings?

[luna_loco]

No: HPFGUIDX 123260


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, leslie41 at y... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Peter Felix Schuster 
> <pfsch at g...> wrote:
> > With my own weddings being scheduled for end of next month, I was 
> > wondering how a wizard would marry a witch. We know that at least
> > Harry's parents had a wedding (Sirius being best man at). I doubt
> > they'd go to a church or a muggle office to do so. <snip>
> 
> Congrats on your wedding!
> 
> I don't know if I can really answer your question, but it doesn't 
> seem at all odd to me that there would have been a wedding in a 
> church, as Harry was christened, and Sirius was his godfather.  
> 
> Leslie

Another reference to a church is in the Quibbler article about Sirius
(OotP, Ch 10, Page 191-192, US Hardback):

The man people believe to be Sirius Black is actually Stubby Boardman,
lead singer of the popular singing group The Hobgoblins, who retired
from public life after being struck in the ear by a turnip at a
concert in Little Norton Church Hall nearly fifteen years ago.

While this does not prove that Little Norton Church has an active
congregation, there is at the minimum a building bearing the name.

As for clergy, there is the Fat Friar at Hogwarts along with the
"group of gloomy nuns" that were present at the deathday party in CoS.
As Professor Binns is able to teach classes there should be no reason
the Fat Friar could not officiate at a wedding.  These ghosts also
open the clear possibility that living priests would be part of the
magical community.

Allen

P.S.  I have always believed that the Fat Friar would see that some
type of religious services were held at Hogwarts. These would probably
be similiar to the services held by military chaplains.