*Cough* Errr.... I refer the gentlemen to the answer I gave earlier.
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Originally Posted by Sociable
In fairness to Russ all he is saying is that "in his eyes" the marriage would not be a real one and he has every right to hold that view and needs not (further) explain why.
The reality is that the state makes similar distinctions in reverse as the validity of marriages depends on which religion holds the ceremony requiring most to also go through a civil procedure as well as the "church" one for the marriage to be validated for official purposes.
In essence there will always be a need to cover two separate concepts. The first being the civil †œmarriageà¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã‚à Â, which I am certain Russ would not disagree would always be legal in the eyes of the law.
The separate issue of being married in the eyes of God is something each individual is perfectly right to make their own personal judgement on as it is about THEIR beliefs not those of the couple getting married.
The only time this would create a problem would be if the person concerned was acting in some official capacity and refused to accept the civil marriage because of some personal belief that the marriage was not valid in the eyes of God.
Hope that helps resolve this dispute by giving a different perspective on the differences between civil and religious marriage. |