tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554007940979088731.post6803811844354464994..comments2023-05-13T10:51:11.506-04:00Comments on Donna Rosser: Happy Anniversary to UsDonna Rosserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397276919878496360noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554007940979088731.post-90755292796484015752009-08-20T11:38:38.781-04:002009-08-20T11:38:38.781-04:00First of all congratulation. What an interesting ...First of all congratulation. What an interesting story – it must have been quite frustrating. This could not have happened in my country of origin because in France we have what we call “separation of church and state.” Because of hundreds of years of the church being so powerful and horrible to the regular people (not the nobility) the French had a revolution on 14 July 1789 and threw the king and the church out of the government and installed that separation. To be legally married in France you have to go to the town hall where they perform a quick ceremony, then, depending if you are a religious person, and of what religion, you can go to a church, a temple, a synagogue or mosk, so you end up with two certificates. If not, if you only went to the religious place then the government would not recognize the wedding because that would be to mix religion and state you see. The largest Muslim population is in France and they would have to recognize weddings done in a mosk, do they recognize them here?Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.com