[Avodah] Officiating at a Mixed Marriage

[Cantor Wolberg]

"Vu shtait geshribben that a rabbi may not officiate at a mixed
wedding?"

That question is as illogical as asking "If Tisha b'Av falls on Rosh  
Chodesh do we say Hallel?"

A mixed wedding is not a valid chasuna, so how could a rabbi  
officiate? To ask where is the source would
be lending credibility to a mixed marriage. (I'm aware that there are  
R. rabbis who would officiate but their
status would be the same as a JP. There's certainly no validity to a  
mixed marriage anymore than 2 non Jews
who marry (as far as the halachic definition of a Jewish marriage goes).

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