An important point to distinguish…
Very, very important distinction. And the church (or any house of worship or religious tradition part) is entirely optional and very common to just skip it completely. Religion has nothing to do with marriage unless the couple wanting to be married wants it to. It is by no means necessary, nor does it matter which religion does it.
Marriage is a legal status. You can get married by a judge at a courthouse, like my parents did. Religious doctrine has no status to make any decisions about what is and is not a valid legal marriage.
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All we needed was a notary, a permit from the town office where we lived, to pay a fee for the permit, and boom. Quick signing of the paperwork in a park with friends as witnesses, and our eldest running around us blowing bubbles with our friend’s daughter while we waited. No religious stuff involved at all.
We did a private vows ceremony between the two of us, in the middle of a thunderstorm. That was between us and our deities.
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(Source: attndotcom, via yea-lets-do-this-shit)
