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  • n  a marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergyman
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  • City Clerk's authority to wed couples about to end
    In the two months since the Supreme Court decision that ended Proposition 8's ban on same-sex marriage in California, the Long Beach City's Clerk's Office performed 55 civil marriage ceremonies under a temporary authority from the county.
    Aug. 23, 2013 - Orange County Register

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