Is a pagan wedding legally binding?
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A Pagan handfasting can be several things, depending on the couple's wishes. It can be a legal marriage. It can be a commitment ceremony for a common law or civil union. As such, Pagans who wish to become legally married will often “get legalled” before or after the wedding.
Similarly, it is asked, what is a pagan wedding like?
Pagan wedding ceremonies are called handfastings and mark the coming together of two people in a formal, loving and equal sexual partnership. Others vow to handfast for life while a few, in accordance with Pagan beliefs in reincarnation, do so for all their future lives as well.
Just so, why do pagans jump the broom?
Jumping the Broom is Pagan. These groups practice this ritual, which basically is declaring they're married publicly. It is the connotation of the “Broom” that implies occultism and the fact it is associated with witchcraft & gypsies. Thus making the ritual fall into the category of Paganism.
Definition of handfast. archaic. : a contract or covenant especially of betrothal or marriage.