Aug 18, 2010 07:34
13 yrs ago
English term
Bringing the law into your wedding day
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a Christian book about engagement and marriage
The law and your wedding
***Bringing the law into your wedding day*** may sound threatening, but your marriage is not just a private affair between you and a few friends and relatives. Marriage is a social contract, which means that society takes an interest and not only makes sure you are properly married but that you intend to stay that way.
In what sense?
***Bringing the law into your wedding day*** may sound threatening, but your marriage is not just a private affair between you and a few friends and relatives. Marriage is a social contract, which means that society takes an interest and not only makes sure you are properly married but that you intend to stay that way.
In what sense?
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41 mins
Jonathan MacKerron
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religous law needs to be augmented be "secular" law
The author is obviously speaking from a religions point of view. Since Evangelicals believe that they are married "in the eyes of the Lord", the author wants to remind them that they also need to heed certain legal requirements, and not only reglious ones
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Note added at 43 mins (2010-08-18 08:18:31 GMT)
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"....BY secular law"
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Note added at 43 mins (2010-08-18 08:18:31 GMT)
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"....BY secular law"
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6 mins
Sarah Bessioud
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drawing up a marriage contrace
I believe they are talking about the option of drawing up a marriage contract - a legal agreement between the two spouses.
http://www.cba.org/bc/public_media/family/162.aspx
http://www.cba.org/bc/public_media/family/162.aspx
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Alexander Ryshow
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Thank you Alexander
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JaneTranslates
: I don't think so, given the type of book in question. I believe this simply refers to legalizing the marriage; in the U.S., this means obtaining a marriage license, then filling out and signing the certificate so the celebrant can register the marriage.
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signing legal contracts on your wedding day
I think they're trying to say that weddings are a display of two people's love for each other amongst friends and family, and that having to sign legal contracts etc. during this time can sound threatening.
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Note added at 10 mins (2010-08-18 07:45:15 GMT)
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(legal contract = marriage contract)
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Note added at 10 mins (2010-08-18 07:45:15 GMT)
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(legal contract = marriage contract)
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30 mins
regarding a wedding as a legal and not just a social affair
The legal aspects are in any case given (varying of course from country to country), so I don't think the text can be talking about bringing them in as an optional extra. I think it is talking about the attitude you have to a wedding - seeing it as a legal contract and not just an excuse for a good party.
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Tina Vonhof (X)
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