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So I’m engaged to be married in one year. I was raised Christian and although I don’t go to church or anything any more my I do still believe. My fiancé is an atheist. It’s really important to me (and to my family) to get married in the church but he says that would be ‘compromising his beliefs’ and doesn’t want to. I don’t care if we never step foot in a church again but my uncle is a priest and I can’t tell him that he can’t preside over my wedding! I’ve always known and respected that we don’t feel the same way about religion but I want to spend the rest of my life with this guy but I don’t know what to do about the wedding. Any advice? (link)
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Hello, advice from an atheist. I see your point and this is a very tough question, but the thing is atheists don't have the whole I really want to get married in an atheist church or meeting place because such things don't exist. So, it seems wiser that he should be able to compromise on this and get married in a church under your uncle. If he really loves you, the least he could do is let your uncle preside over the wedding because he's your uncle, it'd be a different matter if it was a random priest. The church matter may be something you have to compromise on. Being an atheist, he doesn't have the same bond with a "supreme being" as you may have with the Christian God, so it may be hard for him to understand but you may want to try talking to him.
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