Catholic Bishop says to keep weddings in church

[pnwmom]

46. We anticipated difficulties because my son-in-law wasn't Christian,

much less Catholic -- but there weren't any.

At the end of their junior year, they went to talk to the priest at their college, asking whether this was going to pose a problem -- and he said definitely not, from his point of view. And he said if her pastor here wouldn't marry them (after graduation), then he would be happy to.

Then her pastor here was delighted to marry them, so that's what they did. I did get the feeling that fewer young people are making the choice these days, so both of these priests were happy to perform the ceremony -- even if the groom wasn't Christian. And the pastor here not only didn't pressure him to convert -- he said that this wouldn't be the appropriate time to convert. It should be something my son-in-law did because he wanted to, not in order to marry.