19th June 2007 12:00
The thing is, your H2B is under no obligation to do what the priest says, that's why I asked if he's particularly religious. For the most part, the CofI church will be happy to marry you without any "permission" required (unless the rector there has a particular view on this, but it's not a CofI requirement).
I'm CofI, my B2B is RC, and we're getting married in a CofI church. B2B doesn't need to do anything, and we specifically asked about this. I've never heard of this in a CofI church before.