In Santa Clara County, California, the marriage license desk has ALWAYS handed out a list of ministers who can perform confidential marriages. These ministers specialize in inexpensive weddings at their business or in a park or in a home.
NO LONGER. Now the marriage desk is telling folks that the cheapest way to get married is to get married in their basement 'chapel' at a cost of $120.00 ($80 for the minister and $40 to rent the chapel for a 10 minute wedding.)
Ministers who can perform confidential marriages are MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE than the county weddings.
My friend a 'A Wedding Chapel for You' in Campbell, CA, will perform a desk ceremony for $70.00, and a romantic chapel wedding for $100.00. Other local ministers have similar prices.
(NOTE that you also have to purchase a marriage license, which is actually less expensive at the county.)
I can understand the County of Santa Clara performing weddings if people do not have an alternative. However, to actually compete with the inexpensive ministers available to perform weddings does not seem like something that the county should be doing.
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