Can non-religious couples get married in a church?

[Jay59express]

My fiancee and I are recently engaged, and we are starting to think about where to have the wedding. I was raised Catholic, but do not practice religion anymore, and my fiancee is not religious, nor has she been baptized. So, are there any churches that will marry a couple of non religious people? Or are we going to have to have a non-church wedding and get married by a J.P.?

 

[aircooled]

You can still get married in a church.

edit: You may need to talk to several preachers to find the right church, and you may need to find a non-denominate or unitarian church.

 

[Eli]

I do not think it matters.

 

[GroundZero]

happens all the time

 

[TwinkleToes77]

my husband and i arent practicing catholics.. we didnt tell them that though... and they married us in a church.. we just had to show proof of baptism and holy communion. And say we dont go to church but we will try harder and our kids will go to church too

 

[Gand1]

Non religious, why bother with a church? JP's do perfectly fine and cost a hell of a lot less than a church! Get married outdoors or someplace more original. Wifey to be would think your the superman if you wanted something like a wedding on the beach or something corny like that.

 

[TwinkleToes77]

Originally posted by: Gand1
Non religious, why bother with a church? JP's do perfectly fine and cost a hell of a lot less than a church! Get married outdoors or someplace more original. Wifey to be would think your the superman if you wanted something like a wedding on the beach or something corny like that.

Not all churches are expensive to get married in.. and its more expensive to have an outdoors wedding.. especially when you never know if its going to rain or not. A church is a nice setting and you dont have to rent seats or a tent!

 

[notfred]

I would feel really weird getting married in a church. Actually, I've never even been to a wedding in a church.... They've generally been outdoors.

 

[Heisenberg]

It's really up to the church I believe. You're probably better off trying a protestant or non-denominational one as they tend to be a little more relaxed.

 

[Jay59express]

Wow, thanks for all the fast replys guys! I think we would rather get married in a church, it seems costly to rent the tent, chairs, etc. as mentioned. Besides, the more money we save on the wedding, the more kegs we can have at the reception :beer::beer:

 

[TwinkleToes77]

Originally posted by: Jay59express
Wow, thanks for all the fast replys guys! I think we would rather get married in a church, it seems costly to rent the tent, chairs, etc. as mentioned. Besides, the more money we save on the wedding, the more kegs we can have at the reception :beer::beer:

You will have to take a marriage prep class if you are getting married in a catholic church.. but those arent as bad as they sound.. its not religion based at all.. and i actually found it quite enjoyable.. first things first though is call the priest at the church youd like and set up an appt with him.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

wedding = church..

reception, do it at a really nice place..


boom!

i'm not religious either so this thread is good info for me

 

[Red Dawn]

Go with a Justice of the Peace and forget about those Charlatans who preach myth's and falsehoods.

 

[stormbv]

The priest of our church wouldn't marry my uncle and his fiancee because they never came to church. But they ended up getting married at a different Catholic church, so I don't know what the deal is.

I can marry you! I got a ministry certificate over the internet!

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
It's really up to the church I believe. You're probably better off trying a protestant or non-denominational one as they tend to be a little more relaxed.

Go Unitarian. They are as Anal as Catholics or Protestants (as far as their myths are concerned)

 

[stormbv]

I went to a wedding in a Methodist church three weeks ago, and the ceremony was only about 20 minutes long. It was the best wedding I've ever been to.

 

[bleeb]

Just got to Las Vegas and get hitched there

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: stormbv
I went to a wedding in a Methodist church three weeks ago, and the ceremony was only about 20 minutes long. It was the best wedding I've ever been to.

The less Religious nonsense in a wedding ceremony the better!

 

[Zebo]

Why would you want to?

 

[TwinkleToes77]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: stormbv
I went to a wedding in a Methodist church three weeks ago, and the ceremony was only about 20 minutes long. It was the best wedding I've ever been to.

The less Religious nonsense in a wedding ceremony the better!

My wedding lasted 15 minutes in a catholic church!... for non religious ppl like us we opted out of having a mass with the wedding ceremony. So no eucharist. Our priest was cool with us not being very religious we just told him we would try harder to attend and then we attended 2 weeks before the wedding when we knew he was doing the mass and made sure to shake his hand on the way out the door

 

[Schadenfroh]

heck, my family is deeply religious, but the bulk of them got married by the J.P.

 

[stormbv]

Originally posted by: TwinkleToes77

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: stormbv
I went to a wedding in a Methodist church three weeks ago, and the ceremony was only about 20 minutes long. It was the best wedding I've ever been to.

The less Religious nonsense in a wedding ceremony the better!

My wedding lasted 15 minutes in a catholic church!... for non religious ppl like us we opted out of having a mass with the wedding ceremony. So no eucharist. Our priest was cool with us not being very religious we just told him we would try harder to attend and then we attended 2 weeks before the wedding when we knew he was doing the mass and made sure to shake his hand on the way out the door

Heh...heathen! You sound lucky, though...some priests make the couples come to counselling to make sure they will be good, upstanding Catholics who won't use condoms and squeeze out many Catholic children.