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To: Tzar

civil weddings, definitely not. The Church considers the civil union to be something completely separate from the sacrament of Marriage. And that’s the way it should be.


50 posted on 01/11/2013 1:25:48 AM PST by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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To: Cronos; Tzar

A civil wedding between two validly-baptized Protestants (with no living ex-spouses, etc.) would be both valid and sacramental. A civil wedding involving a Catholic would not be.


64 posted on 01/11/2013 6:04:48 AM PST by Campion ("Social justice" begins in the womb)
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