My dad is a pastor and has preformed many religious weddings, but I'm not sure if he would be able to preform a civil wedding. See, my finance and I are both non-religious, but my dad agreed to do the wedding if it was allowed. So does anybody know?
I think your dad being a man of the cloth should be able to ask the head of his church if this is possible. What is the point in your dad marrying you both if he is religious and you are not ? You need to talk to the right people about this.
Seems to me he'd just leave out the references to church, God, etc. Can't believe your father would be willing though, seems like a slap in the face to his calling - anyway, yes, he'd be able to marry you anywhere, beach, restaurant, etc. His legal ability wouldn't end in his church building - how could he not know that?
Yes. A civil wedding is just a term for a wedding that is not religious - usually conducted by a secular officiant like a judge, but it doesn't have to be. If your father is willing to perform a non-religious ceremony, that's totally fine and will still be legal as long as he is legally able to conduct weddings.
I think it just depends on his own comfort level. Our officiant is a church reverend and will be performing our secular ceremony, not something he usually does, but he's making an exception as we are friends. He didn't need to seek permission from the church or anything. Since your dad is your dad he might make the same exception.
