And they're all so sure that the vicar is just being mean and nasty when he points out that he can't legally marry them in a church that isn't their parish church, however many years they spent there growing up, and regardless of the fact that their parents still live there.
In many ways, it would be better if church ceremonies were not legal weddings, so it worked like other religions do already, where you have a registry office ceremony for the legal bit, and a religious ceremony for actually getting married in sight of God. Then the distinction between "reducing taxes" and "making religious vows" would be much clearer, and they could do whatever they liked with their pretty wedding ideas.
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dancing_serpent
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Date: 2008-06-22 12:02 pm (UTC)In many ways, it would be better if church ceremonies were not legal weddings, so it worked like other religions do already, where you have a registry office ceremony for the legal bit, and a religious ceremony for actually getting married in sight of God. Then the distinction between "reducing taxes" and "making religious vows" would be much clearer, and they could do whatever they liked with their pretty wedding ideas.