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sisterpatril
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I am Catholic, and my husband is not. We have two children, a daughter who is 20 and a son who is 10. My two children and I are practicing Catholics.
A relative of my husband’s is getting married for the first time. The bride-to-be (the relative) is a non-practicing member of a First Christian Church. Has not been married before. The groom-to-be is a divorced father of two. Don’t know much about him but would guess his previous marriage was not annulled.
The relative has asked my daughter to be a bridesmaid. I’m not sure this is a good idea. Since his previous marriage may not have been annulled, can she in good conscience be supportive of this marriage by being in the wedding? And should we even attend at all? I don’t want to be celebrating adultery. My daughter is 20 and is going to make her own final decision on this, but I would like to give her advice from an apologist.
As Catholics, we are in the moral minority in our family, and this will really bring some heat upon us if my daughter is not in the wedding and we can’t attend. But I want to do the right thing.
What say?
A relative of my husband’s is getting married for the first time. The bride-to-be (the relative) is a non-practicing member of a First Christian Church. Has not been married before. The groom-to-be is a divorced father of two. Don’t know much about him but would guess his previous marriage was not annulled.
The relative has asked my daughter to be a bridesmaid. I’m not sure this is a good idea. Since his previous marriage may not have been annulled, can she in good conscience be supportive of this marriage by being in the wedding? And should we even attend at all? I don’t want to be celebrating adultery. My daughter is 20 and is going to make her own final decision on this, but I would like to give her advice from an apologist.
As Catholics, we are in the moral minority in our family, and this will really bring some heat upon us if my daughter is not in the wedding and we can’t attend. But I want to do the right thing.
What say?