If you're asked to attend someone (not closely related to you and/or not a close friend)'s wedding

[foolishmortal]

…is it best to not ask questions leading you to understand the legality and/or licitness or not of it, thus not giving approval of the conditions of it in the minds of the rest of the wedding party beforehand? Is there a way to do it politely? Are we nonetheless required to ask?

 

[Corki]

…is it best to not ask questions leading you to understand the legality and/or licitness or not of it, thus not giving approval of the conditions of it in the minds of the rest of the wedding party beforehand? Is there a way to do it politely? Are we nonetheless required to ask?

IMO, if you aren’t close enough to the couple to know if their marriage is valid/licit/problematic, then your attending isn’t going to be seen as any kind of endorsement.

 

[kage_ar]

If you are not a close friend or family member, why are they inviting you to the wedding in the first place?

 

[foolishmortal]

A work kind of think. When I was in S. Korea, the teachers at the academy got together and went to the wedding of a co-worker.

 

[StCsDavid]

These days I suppose one could ask if it’s a man and a woman getting married as one may not wish to be associated with a gay marriage. Other than that, I’m not sure it’s one’s place to do all that much inquiry. In the case described, one is more of a spectator of an event than a witness lending endorsement.