Mueen Nawaz wrote:
> 	Isn't it the same in the US? For the government to recognize a
> marriage, it has to be registered. Isn't the use of religious figures
> just a cultural move that has no legal significance?

I think the confusion is that most people whose religion lets them marry 
others also go through the paperwork that makes them capable of doing the 
civil part of the work too. I.e., you can step up before a clerk 
(essentially) and say "Marry us" and there's some paperwork. The religious 
leader fills out the same paperwork and has already obtained a license to do 
civil marriages as well.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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