Mukul says: July 28, 2014 at 11:34 pm
Hi,
I am about to get married in December. I am a Hindu and the girl is Catholic. We are getting married in the Church, and will also be going for a Civil Marriage. Both ceremonies will take place within about 10-15 days of each other.
I wanted to know if there is any interpretation of the laws in India that says only the ceremony which happens first (Civil or Church, whichever takes place first) will be considered as the legal marriage date. Or is it that only the Civil Marriage date will be considered as the legal date?
Please advise. -Mukul
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Dear Admin,
I am not having a Hindu wedding, because my family doesn’t want a marriage in the traditional Hindu manner. Thus we opted for the civil marriage. The Church wedding is because the girl’s parents want to see their daughter get married in a church.
We have approached the Church, and have been informed that we would have to provide a letter stating we intend to get married, and that the marriage services should be performed bearing in mind that I am not of the Catholic faith. There is a provision to do that.
Nowhere in the entire process was I told by the Church that I would have to convert, or that my wife would not be welcome in a Church after her marriage to me.
Why your parents don’t want a Hindu wedding?
The church will not ask for signing child-rearing document is almost impossible (to the best of our knowledge). Normally, they wish to attend Bible classes for a week in the church and sign the document too. Sometimes, they assume and present this thing only a few days before the act. Can you go alone and meet the priest again. Don’t say I don’t care about Hinduism but present yourself as a proud and adamant Hindu (to get truth out). Tell that children will be raised in both Hindu as well as in Catholic faith. Tell that I will take children to Hindu temple every Saturday and my wife will take them to the church on Sunday. Let us know how it goes.
Mukul,
Why are you not having a Hindu wedding?
In India, only the first marriage counts. With it, your church will go register your marriage.
Any ways, your church will ask you to sign this pre-Nuptial on Rs. 50 stamp with you photos that your children will be only Christians. It is possible that they may even ask you to convert by baptism before marriage. For this reason, your second marriage has no meaning. Might as well save money of the second civil marriage. Why don’t you visit the church and ask the priest personally what are requirements and he/she will tell you all.
Now start reading what Abrahamic angry and jealous God’s has to say in the Bible for you all Hindus.