| Show civil and religious marriages today marriage Is a civil contract in Cati solle as well as protestant countries count rits the united states and france since the revolution freely fiegly recognize this fact marriage Is legally binding if performed according to the laws ol of the land without any intervention of the church this result ras as inevitable because of the personal and property rights involved which belonged properly to the jurl juri diction of the state the church both catholic and protestant retains however its ancient privileges ot of ceremonial over its members and this accords with popular prejudice which likes to regard marriage as a sacrament and which sees the advantage of giving the cerenio ceremony ny the greatest possible publicity and solemn sant sanction tion rochester Domo democrat crat and chronicle |
