re when are two people married in god s e in article athos rutgers edu johnson cua edu yusef al tariq writes who s law is it that a wedding has to happen in a church the only reqirement is that you and the bride agreee to marry each other how also can you say christian wedding when the proces of marriage is nt really discussed in the bible why mus t a person get a civil marriage also the only standards i look to are those imposed upon me by god not of society if you want to live with someone you can if you don t want to have a civil marriage don t if you don t want to have a wedding in a church don t if you want to call that a marriage go right ahead i hope that the young people that are around you don t follow your example gary chin staff engineer sun microsystems mt view ca gchin eng sun com if the original message claims that marriage is not discussed in the bible i have to disagree various aspects of marriage are discussed in some of paul s letters ephesians sees marriage as a symbol of god s relationship with the church if it means specifically that the marriage ceremony isn t described then that seems to be true but i think what most people mean by christian marriage is not so much that it takes place in a church as that the parties undertake the various commitments to each other that are associated with marriage in the bible clh
