Thursday, February 18, 2010

Does it pay to be a Humanist?

The hermeneutic of Continuity Blog http://the-hermeneutic-of-continuity.blogspot.com/2010/02/fees-for-humanist-ceremonies.html recently reported that the recommended fees by the British Humanist Association were rather high compared to the fees the Church sets for its clergy:

Humanist Association Recommended Fees
Funerals/Memorials - £130-£175
Weddings/Partnerships - £320-£700
Namings - £130-£250

Church of England's Clergy Fees which have to be declared by the priest and sent into the Diocese to be put into a pot towards the Diocesan Clergy Stipend (Pay) Bill - not as other denominations where the "Minister" get's to keep the fee on top of his pay - are this year as follows:

Funeral £99
Marriages £126
Baptism - No Fee

So who is milking the system?

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