Sentence examples for empowered to marry from inspiring English sources

(After the Dec. 27 ceremony, it was learned that Mr. Linderman is not an ordained minister and therefore was not legally empowered to marry Ms. Boulanger and Mr. Bombeck. The couple then revealed that they had been legally married on Dec. 21 by a minister in a small private ceremony at their home in Phoenix).

Though not empowered to marry the couple legally in that city, Ben Fong-therock the rock journalist and a Universal Life minister, led a service in which he talked about Ms. Murray's illness and how at one point in their courtship Ms. Murray had swooned when Mr. Fertel played for her an Olu Dara tune that went: "Your lips, your lips, your lips are juice-saaayyyy" like a Louisiana plum.

Mexico, for instance, has long emphasized separation between church and state and recognizes only civil marriage — that is, clerics can officiate at weddings, but are not empowered to legally marry couples.

Deacons, who can be married, are empowered to perform almost all the functions of priests except hearing confessions and consecrating the Eucharist.

Whereas when girls marry as children, they do not understand the consequences of sex, they are not empowered to seek advice, and so they do not come to me.

A community empowered to govern itself".

They're empowered to do so.

We felt empowered to be better parents".

A girl who marries later is more likely to stay in school, work and re-invest her income into her family and community, she is also more empowered to choose when, where and how many children to have.

They felt empowered to request improvements.

†The score ranges from 0 (least empowered) to 5 (most empowered).