Can I be a "fake" officiant?

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Since they will already be married at that time, it sounds like they are asking for you to lead a renewal-of-wedding-vows ceremony. As long as everyone understands that is what is happening, I don’t see a problem with you leading a renewal-of-wedding-vows ceremony for them, as it has no civil or religious importance.
 
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13pollitos said:
Besides, if Joe Biden, a practicing Catholic, can preside at a LEGAL same sex wedding,
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This isn’t a good argument. I’m a Dem, my father was a huge Biden fan back in the 80s, an old work friend of mine was buddies with the Biden kids, and I frequently attend Mass at the churches where the Bidens worship when he was in Delaware, also I’m not exactly anti-gay-civil-marriage…and even I think Joe had a screw loose to do that as a Catholic, publicly and not once but twice, and I can’t believe no clergy said anything to him about it.
 
My point is that if he presumably is able to legally marry same sex couples as a practicing Catholic, a sibling leading a renewal of vows should be allowed. As far as I can tell, the Church didn’t sanction him. He still remains a Catholic in good standing from all appearances. This sibling is not looking to leagally marry anyone. Not sure why it should be wrong.

I also see the use of Catholic judges legally marrying Catholics who should be marrying sacramentally aren’t sanctioned. Technically what they are doing is more at odds with Church teaching than what this poster is asking about.

I actually like Joe Biden. Not a fan of his politics but I have met him twice and found him very lovely both times. I also like that he has friends on both sides of the political spectrum and that seems to be vanishing today. From all appearances, his family is lovely as well.
 
Joe is a decent chap, but so are most of the people in DC, and they all have clay feet. I get tired of Catholic politicians selling themselves as Catholics while openly flouting Church teaching. I myself would not perform a gay wedding, or a wedding of divorced and not annulled people, or really any wedding at all because I think that’s a job for a priest, and I would not take a judicial job that required me to marry people or grant licenses. Joe’s job description did not require him to officiate at weddings. I don’t even see Father Martin actually performing gay weddings.

The reason I think the OP might be able to get approval from his priest is he could frame this in a manner that he is not giving any appearance of marrying two people, and certainly not actually marrying them.
 
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