In what religion do atheist are getting maried?

Malaysia
February 21, 2011 8:08pm CST
If the atheist are non-believer of God. Then they don't believe the religions and its formalities too. If they don't have any belief in formalities of religion, in what method they will get married? According to law system, people should register the marriage according to their religion like Hindu Religion Act, Muslim Religion Act, Christian Religion Act. But for atheist?
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@Latrivia (2878)
• United States
2 Apr 11
I suppose that depends on a lot of different aspects such as culture, upbringing, and of course, the religion of the spouse-to-be. A marriage and a wedding are two separate entities, though, and you can have one without the other. There's always a civil ceremony, or simply going up to a justice of the peace and putting your names on paper. You could adopt traditions of a religion you like (for example, I liked the concept of hand fasting). In my own case, my wedding was a performed by a Christian pastor and was Christian in nature. This was done to pacify my family and my husband's family, since they are Christian and he believes in a god. It wasn't my ideal wedding, but it was good one nonetheless.
@globaldoc (858)
• Philippines
26 Feb 11
Many people get married in the local city government. iT is just the same.
• Canada
22 Feb 11
You assume that all marriages result from a religious ceremony (or must be linked to a specific religion) and that is simply not true. In places like the United States, there is civil marriage and religious marriage. All marriages in the US have the civil requirement because there must be a marriage license but only some people will choose to have a religious ceremony. I did a bit of reading on this and other countries such as Germany and France require the civil ceremony. Having a religious recognition later is at the choice of the couple but it's only the civil recognition that is necessary.
@daeckardt (6237)
• United States
22 Feb 11
I'm not sure what the custom is in your country, but many people in America just get married by a judge rather than in a church of any kind. It just formalizes the relationship so that everyone knows it is official. This works for people who are not from any religion. Does that help?
@pogi253 (1595)
• Philippines
22 Feb 11
An atheist can get married where ever they give pleasure to. Atheists can get married everywhere. It doesn't matter.
@alindobre (148)
• Romania
22 Feb 11
In our country legal marriage and religious marriage are separate. You can do the legal without the religious, but not the other way around.