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Originally Posted by Apocrypha
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Why would anyone want to get ordained other than to run for office?
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Ordination/licensing by a recognized religious group is required by the state of Ohio for a person to legally perform weddings. It is also required in this county to have access to personally visit someone who is incarcerated. The ordination/license must be presented to the Secretary of the State of Ohio to get a certificate to legally perform marriages. That state certificate to perform marriages is required by the local Hamilton County Sheriff before you can get a permit to personally visit someone who is incarcerated in the local county jail system.
I have been denied access to visit someone in a hospital but have then been permitted to make the visit after I show them my current fellowship card which says that I am an ordained minister with the Church of Jesus Christ.
The laws and rules may vary from state to state.