Weddings in or out of church

Lämmchen said:

Do you feel that weddings should be done within the church walls or are you okay with them being performed outside of the church building?

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I don't think it matters, it's largely up to the couple.

I don't think it matters. I really would not have minded having our ceremony outdoors

Keep in mind that a marriage occurs when two loving people decide to commit to each other. They marry each other. Church or state are really only formal witnesses to this union. The church did not even mandate formal weddings until the eleventh century. Let the couple decide.

tango said:

I don't think it matters, it's largely up to the couple.

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Ditto.

Lämmchen said:

Do you feel that weddings should be done within the church walls or are you okay with them being performed outside of the church building?

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I feel they should be done inside a church. However, when I got married, it was done inside a church that I was not a member of.

To me the Church is the people. Buildings are really useful; I don't want to devalue them. But the key item for both weddings and even normal worship is the congregation, not the building.

I guess it's all where you get married. Many countries, Mexico for one, a church wedding (religious) is not legally binding. Only a judge (civil) can marry a couple, my daughter was married in Mexico and it was on the beach. It was beautiful, but it was done by the local magistrate. Therefore, if you are married in a religious wedding (church) in Mexico, it's not legally binding in the USA. I was married in Hawaii, on the island of Kauai, in the Fern Grotto... breathtaking. But since it was in the USA, we were married by a Pentecostal preacher (not my denomination) but that was who was available. So it's just between the couple and God, the rest is fluff.