The answer to the question is, when the State of California decides it is not.
This is the best man at the wedding of my Marine son and his lovely bride. He remembered to sign the paperwork, as did everyone else who had to.
Unfortunately for the bride, the Pastor put down that he was a Pastor and Reverend. He is both, but the State will not acknowledge that, they only need one or the other. Why that matters is anybodies guess. I personally am thinking they have a computer program with radio buttons on it, you answer the question with only one answer. But what do I know...
So the bride, who is going on 1 month married is stuck in limbo, without her Military ID for spouses. She can live there, but she can't shop without her husband, etc...
Hopefully, this will all get ironed out shortly, but it sounds just so typical of the paper pushers at the State.
Sorry kid, but that's the cost of living on the Pluto off-ramp. :-(
ReplyDelete(Scratching my head in confusion...) OK, so what's the difference between the two titles? I've always used them interchangeably as synonyms, not realizing there may be a difference.
ReplyDeleteI have a cousin (in another state) who is a Methodist minister (and was an Army chaplain for many years before he finally left the service several years ago)... I know he goes by "Reverend," but I think I've also seen or heard "Pastor" too. (He too could be both if there's a distinction. Or other people simply could be just as confused as me.)
Our local Methodist church minister is just recognized in conversation as "Pastor George" as far as I know, but he could very well be a "Reverend" too. I confess I don't attend regular services so I don't recall seeing his title and name written out.
I may Google to see what I can find out... Damn, I hate trying to learn stuff at 8 a.m.!
So I Googled Pastor vs Reverend and I'm still confused. The last item I'll link sounds more authoritative, but who knows, really...
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Well, thanks so much, my friend. I think I know much more. :-)
ReplyDeleteI would have thought Pastor the more formal of the titles, but it is the term for leader of the flock.
Now if I had made the connection that Reverend comes from the word revered, I might have seen that this title is assigned to the person to give honor to them.
Hopefully this whole thing will be fixed soon and all will be well.