Yes, that would be simpler.
But I think that it would be nice if that is true when the ceremony is held
in an appropriate church, but perhaps not in the field.
Why? Because it makes the parish need the church or cathedral. If it makes
no difference whether the congregation has a church or not, why would the
laity bother with it? The liturgist may as well bless them all in the field.
If we let the congregation size modifiers cancel out only for ceremonies held in a well-built consecrated church we give not only the preacher, but the whole parish, a good solid reason to build a church. It becomes a very important matter for the whole community. And I suppose we want that, don't we?
An alternative is of ourse to give a solid extra bonus for the blessings while given in a church. But it seems to me that the normal case should be to hold the ceremony in a church, and that that should be the norm where fewer modifications are applicable.
-- Henrix
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