Atheist Ireland Forum

Wish me luck i am getting married in Vegas next week!!! my fellas father will never get over us not getting married in a church!.... by a priest.... ha ha!! but i dont care , why do people think having a wedding is about religion. ???

Congratulations!!! Hope you get an Elvis wedding though!!

Congrats, I would totally do a Vegas Wedding! Between the airport and hotel have a Drive Thru Wedding, and a Drive Thru Divorce on the way back to the Airport

I'm sure you won't need any luck Flower! Well done to your husband-to-be for supporting you in the face of family disapproval. That's not an easy thing I know!

People think having a wedding is about religion because of tradition. But that's no excuse. The ancient Egyptian religion of Isis and Osiris lasted a lot longer than Christianity has, and no one today takes that tradition seriously. You're right - religion should have nothing to do with weddings, marriage or anything else of importance.

Best of luck I hope you have a great day!!!

Best of luck Flower. I hope it goes well for you.



I simply can't agree with that. I'm all for separation of church and state and all that it entails. But plenty of people hold marriage very much to do with religion. If two religious people want a religious wedding, who are you to tell them religion should have nothing to do with their marriage? It's entirely their business what they do and how they get married. They're not infringing on anyone else's rights by having a religious wedding. Let them at it I say and good luck to them.

And what do you mean by 'anything else of importance'? Are you suggesting that religious ceremonies should not take place?

well done Flower - post us a few pics if you can - enjoy the day and ignore negative comments etc

Hi Chemicals. I hope you're not suggesting that my comment was negative?

I thought my comments were thoroughly supportive of Flower? Constructive feedback can be useful in helping me deal with my social shortcomings... Please do correct me if I've said something wrong!

Don't worry you can always do another when you get back ..don't know if you ever watched 'Fraiser' the episode where Daphne & Niles got married 3 or 4 times after a Vegas wedding.

Congrads have a great day.

I think chemicals is referring to the new father in laws comments.

See, I told you I need help to understand the crazy mores of the social whirlwind!

Look Beebub, the fact is, I'm saying that religion should have nothing to do with anything of importance. That's my stance. It's what I believe. But I'm not saying that religion must have nothing to do with anything. I'm not standing for election as the head of the next fascist junta. As long as religious people just do their thing and leave the rest of us be that's fine. But they won't leave us be. They cannot. They are commanded to make it their very life's work to piss all over our rights. As long as there is any vestige of religion we are not safe.

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Guys I realise my mistake i shouldnt have mentioned religion in my post!!! as it is off topic, So really sorry about that, i really do not want to create any negative vibes between anyone!
just really want to say i am getting married in Vegas, Graceland wedding chapel..., yes by Elvis!!
Yes i watched the one in Fraiser when they got married 3 times, that made us even more sure that we should do it to please ourselfs!!