# Universal Life Church \[edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501 "2012-08-24T16:16:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/1 "2012-08-24T16:16:37Z")
Just out of curiosity…How many of us Dopers are ordained ministers with the Universal Life Church? ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@Mister\_Owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Owl)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/2 "2012-08-24T17:13:29Z")
Me, never had occasion to use it though. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/3 "2012-08-24T17:23:46Z")
I am. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/4 "2012-08-26T03:48:57Z")
Not me. I am ordained with the [Church of Dudeism](http://dudeism.com/ordination/), though. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/5 "2012-08-26T03:57:38Z")
I am, and have used it to marry people, mainly gay and lesbians illegally, but it made them happy. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/6 "2012-08-26T04:06:30Z")
Nope. Universal Ministries for me, to avoid needing to look up the current laws and argue with clerks every time I want to marry people in New York City. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/7 "2012-08-26T05:51:06Z")
ULC and the Church of Dudeism here. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/8 "2012-08-26T06:24:36Z")
Me. Since 1969. Long before computers, you mailed in your request, and got a certificate back, as well as some pamphlets. Never did use it to evade the draft, get discounts, or marry anyone. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/9 "2012-08-26T06:59:49Z")
Me. Also illegally married a gay couple. They wanted it for emotional not legal reasons, so it was fine. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/10 "2012-08-26T07:23:04Z")
Me for many years. More recently a crisis of faith has led me to explore Dudeism. Careful man there’s a beverage here. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/11 "2012-08-28T01:55:38Z")
ULC here! And I’m so jealous, I’ve only married a couple of straight people, legally. I’d love to marry gay or lesbians legally, though. I like the look I get when I tell folks I married 2 of my husband’s Sergeants. ---
**Author:** ![Liquidfrequency](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@Liquidfrequency](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liquidfrequency)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/12 "2012-08-28T02:19:04Z")
Me, since 1998…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/13 "2012-08-28T02:44:12Z")
Me, since 2005. Haven’t married anyone, though. ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/14 "2012-08-28T03:00:39Z")
Yep, since 2008 or so. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/15 "2012-08-28T13:52:30Z")
Me. Have been for years. I call my church “The Church of Nothing In Particular”. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/16 "2012-08-28T16:43:35Z")
Yes, the right reverened SeldomSeen here. At the time, I had it in mind to perform ceremonies for some gay/lesbian friends, but as it turns out, I never had occasion to do so. Still got the wall-hanging certificate tho. SS ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/17 "2012-08-28T16:51:46Z")
It’s where my username comes from. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/18 "2012-08-28T16:57:33Z")
Well, I joined about 15 years ago, with the intention of marrying my sister to her fiance, but never did do that. And since it’s been so long, the email associated with that is long-gone, and the certificate who-knows-where, so…technically yes, but with no way to prove it. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/19 "2012-08-28T17:11:23Z")
ULC, Amen. Four weddings, all still together. Have given last rites several times, mostly hangovers that miraculously cured. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501/20 "2012-08-28T17:17:51Z")
The Occasionally Reverend Valgard, ULC since 1988 (via old-fashioned postcard). I’ve performed three weddings for friends, all the couples are still happily married. When I got married (7 months ago today, happy anniversary honey!) my good friend, who was the guy who showed me how to become a minister in the first place, presided using his ULC credentials. I have always had this fantasy of passing by a wedding that was in trouble because the officiant had car problems or whatever and I can jump in and save the day. Instead of “Is there a doctor in the house?” it’d be “Does anyone know a minister?” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501.md?page=2)