Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

LSASSEMBLY

English answer:

Local Spiritual Assembly

Added to glossary by Charles Davis
Mar 28, 2014 10:59
10 yrs ago
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English term

LSASSEMBLY

English Other Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs
I have an Application for Marriage Licence which is also a Certificate of Marriage.

The marriage is contracted in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The person, the official who joint them in the HOLY BONDS OF MATRIMONY :) is a LSASSEMBLY, this is his "official title".

Thank you

Laura
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Apr 1, 2014 19:26: Charles Davis Created KOG entry

Discussion

Peter Simon Mar 28, 2014:
agree, ask client if this is what the free dict. lets us know about this horror (http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/LSASSEMBLY), it must be a typo and correction should be asked for
writeaway Mar 28, 2014:
ask client imo some sort of typo/scanno/dragon-o

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Local Spiritual Assembly

I think this is referring to a Bahá'í marriage.

1. In New Mexico, "any ordained clergyman whatsoever, without regard to the sect to which he or she may belong may perform marriages".
http://www.usmarriagelaws.com/search/united_states/officiant...
In other words, the officiant can be a recognised leader of any spiritual denomination.

2. The word "Assembly" is specifically associated with the Bahá'í faith, which has National and Local Spiritual Assemblies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_Assembly

3. The Bahá'í faith is certainly practised in New Mexico; in fact it's historically quite strong there. Indeed, Mason Remey's "National Spiritual Assembly Under the Hereditary Guardianship" was incorporated precisely in New Mexico, in 1964.

4. There is a Bahá'í Local Spiritual Assembly in New Mexico, based in Albuquerque.

5. But how can an Assembly be a participant? The answer is that the Bahá'í faith has no clergy at all. No one officiates at a Bahá'í marriage; the "officiant" is the assembly itself.

"I believe you need two LSA members as witnesses. Then just follow the rest of the Bahá'í marriage requirements. No one "officiates" because we have no clergy, but you can ask someone to talk through the program as the MC so to speak"
http://bahaiforums.com/general-discussion/9288-bahai-marriag...

So if you have to record the officiant for a Bahá'í marriage, all you can put is the Local Spiritual Assembly.

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Note added at 1 hr (2014-03-28 12:22:30 GMT)
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Couple of corrections/additions to the above. On Mason Remey's Assembly in New Mexico, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahá'í_divisions#Under_the_Here...

And under 5, I meant to write "how can an Assembly be an OFFICIANT".


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And yes, there is a Bahá'í Local Spiritual Assembly in Santa Fe, which is where Santa Fe Bahá'ís would certainly marry. Here they are:
"The Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Santa Fe"
"The Baha'i Faith has no clergy, and its affairs are administered by a network of elected lay councils at the international, national and local levels."
http://santafebahai.org/what-is-the-baha-i-faith.html

The US National Spiritual Assembly is in Evanston, Illinois, and there are no fewer than 1100 Local Spiritual Assemblies around the country.

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"The LSA has the authority and the responsibility to oversee Baha'i weddings. In most places that I know about (which isn't the whole world, but it will have to do for now), the law requires that marriages be solemnized or otherwise overseen by someone legally empowered to do so, as opposed by anyone who happens to feel like doing it. Local Spiritual Assemblies generally have been granted that authority by the state. "
http://forums.delphiforums.com/n/main.asp?webtag=planetbahai...

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That's great! Thanks for letting me know.
Note from asker:
Bravo! Yes, it is, I've just contacted the client and tehy are members of the local Spiritual Assembly. Thnak you.
Peer comment(s):

agree Jean-Claude Gouin : Sounds good to me. I'm impressed with your research. Have a great week-end, Charles.
16 mins
Thanks very much! Same to you :)
agree writeaway : good research! I gave it up as a typo of sorts......
22 mins
Thanks very much, writeaway! I thought so too at first.
agree Veronika McLaren
23 mins
Thanks, Veronika :)
agree Edith Kelly
26 mins
Thanks, Edith :)
agree Peter Simon : Excellent findings, though it doesn't refer to one person I guess.
3 hrs
Thanks, Peter! That's right; there is no single person that officiates; the "officiant" is the whole Assembly.
agree Yvonne Gallagher : Bravo!
3 hrs
Thanks very much, Gallagy :)
agree AllegroTrans
2 days 6 hrs
Thanks, Allegro!
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