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What Do You Think Of Online Wedding Ceremonies?

I was reading a question about being physically in the presence of your groom/bride in order to get married. I thought it would be interesting to know what people think about getting married online. They have plenty of things online nowadays, like school and job interviews. To be honest, I really don't approve of such a thing, but it tickled my curiosity of others' opinions.

Public Comments

1. What do you mean online? Like the bride and groom are not together? That kind of defeats the purpose. If you mean them getting married and everyone watching online or the priest is online: why not? Its about each other not the guests or the priest. Its your commitment to each other before God.
2. .Do you mean the couple gets married and the official presiding over the ceremony is elsewhere? Not sure how that would work legally, to make sure the people getting married are who they say they are, and have all the legal issues take care of (marriage license and such). However, if it was legal to do and all the details are worked out, then why not? Who cares really if the ceremony is done in front of a "live audience" or not? The couple would be just as married. It may not be as romantic as an offline wedding, but probably a hell of a lot cheaper. As for people getting married but their guests attending online (such as via webcam), I've got no problem with that either. If you can't be there, at least you could watch your friend or family member getting married. Doing such things online takes a lot of the personalization out of them...but for people on budgets, with time constraitns, or who just don't care a lot about "ceremony" and all the hoopla that goes with it, it's probably a great option. What's there to "approve" or "disapprove" of, if it doesn't affect you? If you don't like it, don't do it. Just because I'm okay with it, doesn't mean it would be my personal choice either. I simply think the option makes sense.