Posted on 04/24/2018 9:50:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
No....................
No, because by doing so you are giving tacit approval to the sinful, blasphemous “service” that is transpiring.
What if you skip the ceremony, and just go to the reception?
No.
I have, and would do so again.
Attending a wedding is an explicit endorsement of that event. I do not endorse events that I do not approve of. I don’t attend parody weddings, only real ones. I also did not attend the inappropriate second marriage of a close relative (to a woman he openly started dating while his wife was pregnant with his child).
If you go, will you dance with the 'bride' and put money into his bag?
Kiss shim on the cheek/lips?
Would you celebrate your child’s destruction? Such a mockery would leave a loving parent mourning not approving of it.
And since Jesus explicitly called marriage-after-divorce "adultery," ---- three times --- I wouldn't attend a straight "second marriage" either.
How about you?
I was the groom in one.
No, I wouldn’t attend BUT if the “couple” (ugh) were going to babysit my granddaughter in my absence, I might send a gift.
Life is too short for ostracizing any other human being, with very few exceptions.
Oh wow, now you gone and done it. I’ll leave you to ward off the incoming flames yourself haha.
To the subject of the thread though, I wouldn’t attend a “marriage” between two homesexuals either. Might give the wrong impression that I, as a practicing Catholic, endorse such a union when I do not (even if I don’t say a thing).
No, and I do not attend weddings of previously divorced Christians either when their first spouse is still alive. Marriage is inseparable and only between a man and a women.
And I told them why. Didn't say anything offensive about it. Just said it was against my religion.
If they knew me, they understood.
No.
Marriage between a man and a woman...yes.
Any other combination....no.
There is no need to discuss why you did not attend the wedding; place the focus on the present time — a meal and fellowship. If there are pointed questions from the "couple," "why did you not attend the wedding?" deflect them with a bright smile and something like "we wanted to enjoy your presence in a smaller setting." Then move the conversation in a different direction.
This is flat-out deceitful.
If someone is not following your conversation with Mrs. Don-o, they might get the wrong impression...
bfl
HELL NO!!!
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