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Atheist Marriage?
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Atheist Marriage?
My mum has generally completely ignored my lack of faith and doesn't normally comment, but today we were chatting, she was asking me about various guys I know, trying to find out if I have a thing for any of them. Then out of the blue she said, "Well, at least one good thing has come out of all this. You won't have a white wedding in a church with all the bells and whistles attached - it'll save me money." I didn't know how to respond. I mean, I've thought about it before, but you can still have a wedding when you're an Atheist, right? I'm sure some people just get married at their local city hall. Non-religious weddings do exist, no? All I replied to her was "I suppose," because, Yes, obviously, I won't be getting married in a church. But I was wondering what everyone else thought of the topic, whether anyone on here who is married and not religious can tell me what they did for their cermony.
Thoughts?
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Atheist Marriage? - by Catherine - July 4, 2011 at 10:04 pm
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by Sciwoman - July 4, 2011 at 10:11 pm
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by The Grand Nudger - July 4, 2011 at 10:41 pm
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by Catherine - July 4, 2011 at 10:50 pm
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by Judas BentHer - July 4, 2011 at 10:56 pm
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by SleepingDemon - July 4, 2011 at 10:58 pm
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by The Grand Nudger - July 4, 2011 at 10:59 pm
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by Sciwoman - July 4, 2011 at 11:12 pm
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by HeyItsZeus - July 5, 2011 at 12:33 am
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by Anymouse - July 5, 2011 at 1:45 am
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by leo-rcc - July 5, 2011 at 5:21 am
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by padraic - July 5, 2011 at 7:11 am
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by Faith No More - July 5, 2011 at 8:29 am
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by Anymouse - July 5, 2011 at 12:32 pm
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by The Grand Nudger - July 5, 2011 at 12:40 pm
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by Anymouse - July 5, 2011 at 2:15 pm
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by downbeatplumb - July 5, 2011 at 2:12 pm
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by BethK - July 5, 2011 at 7:56 pm
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by thebigfudge - July 5, 2011 at 8:07 pm
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by Catherine - July 6, 2011 at 9:06 pm
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by Gawdzilla - July 6, 2011 at 9:43 pm
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by The Grand Nudger - July 6, 2011 at 10:32 pm
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by Aspasia - July 10, 2011 at 11:06 am
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by Cinjin - July 10, 2011 at 11:18 am
RE: Atheist Marriage? - by reverendjeremiah - July 10, 2011 at 11:18 am

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