Why get married in the Catholic Church?

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I have read a lot of threads (on another site) from individuals who want to bet married in the Catholic Church, but do not practice Catholicism. Blessings to you who want to be married in the Church, but I want to ask (and I’m not trying to start a fight), WHY? This confuses me.

I read one posting that said she had no intention of coming back to the Catholic Church, but wanted to be married in one. Is this because of the pressure from your parents? If so, would that then not make the marriage invalid? If you have no intentions of following the Church, they why waist your time and energy? I mean, you would be just as legally married if you went to the JP or another denomination…Why Catholic? What ever the answer, I do wish everyone a very blessed marriage and long life together.
 
I have several friends who are Catholic but not practicing, and they refuse to be married anywhere but the Catholic church. For most of them, it’s a family thing or a nostalgia thing. I went to Catholic schools my whole life and they recently closed the parish of my elementary school. A close friend of mine who I’ve known since kindergarten, and who is definetly not a practicing catholic, was upset because she had always “pictured getting married there” as it was the same place for her first communion, confirmation, etc. I think in some cases that has something to do with it.

Others just think the church is pretty or something, I guess.
 
I had a co-worker who went to church very rarely and said she liked to go once in awhile because of how pretty the Mass is. She was living with her fiance and planning to get married in the Church. There’s something beautiful about the Mass and the buildings that attracts people to the Catholic Church, but some of them don’t realize they are really attracted to God’s presence.

I believe that only practicing Catholics should be married in the Church. Yes, it is beautiful, but it means something too. It’s about getting married within the Church and living as a Catholic, and a polite “no” should be given to anyone who doesn’t understand that but still wants to be married in the Church.
 
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dhgray:
Dosn’t it make a mockery of the Sacrament?
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In my opinion, yes, it does make a mockery of the sacred sacrament of matrimony. Most parishes these days will only marry practicing Catholics and I think that’s the way it should be.

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Marriage outside Catholicism is not marriage at all. Going to the court house to get married is only a recent concept. Before you went to the Church if you wanted to get married.
 
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Marriage outside Catholicism is not marriage at all. Going to the court house to get married is only a recent concept. Before you went to the Church if you wanted to get married.
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Does the Church not recogonize marriages from other “trident” churches?

I know the Catholic Church does recoginize the leagality of a JP marriage.
 
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