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Originally posted by FlamesAddiction+Dec 14 2004, 11:26 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (FlamesAddiction @ Dec 14 2004, 11:26 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-GerryCheevers@Dec 14 2004, 05:00 PM
well thats a lovely statement...personally I could care less...HOWEVER...since when has marriage become a right? Marriage is a religous "event" as far as Im concerned.
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There are civil marriages that have nothing to do with religon. In fact, my sister was married by a judge, not a religous leader. I suppose you're against that also.
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I agree that marriages do not necessarily have to be a religious event.
Civil marriages happen more and more all the time. As a matter of fact, when my Fiance and I are married in May it will be in a civil ceremony performed by a Commissioner of Oaths.
Marriages performed by a Church could be considered religious but the fact remains that the minister/priest is still simply being sanctioned by the state to perform the civil details of marriage in addition to the ceremony being conducted by the church.