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(Posting again as the earlier post thru http://news.gmane.org/gmane.culture.region.india.goa seems to have got lost in cyberspace) :-)) > Alfred de Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > All over the world where Roman canon law, or derivatives thereof, is > followed, a marriage to be legally obtaining, has to be civilly registered > irrespective of its being blessed in Church, Temple or Mosque. Beg to differ, Alfred. In India (excluding Goa, AFAIK), for Catholic marriages, the Church is also recognised as the *Civil Registrar* There is no need to be *married* at the State Civil Registrar's Office. > > Whether the civil aspect is carried out in one country and the religious one > in another creates noproblem. > > I was married to my Swedish wife, Eva, in 1973, civilly in Stockholm, 1973 > and a couple of years later, in our village church in Loutulim, Goa. What then is your *marriage date*? If you had a child before the *church marriage* would that child be considered legitimate? Do believe that Chris' question: > >Although the registry office marriage might mean nothing to her, in > >Australia (and all other places that I know of) the church recognises this > >marriage, and so in the eyes of God we are already married (and cannot > >subsequently get married in a church - except for just a renewal of vows). > >So I don't understand how we could get married again in Goa, and it mean > >anything. She tells me that she knows many people who have done this, but > >it doesn't make sense to me. is about having *two* marriage dates. Believe that is the dilemma. Could somebody who has been married in Goa, please confirm whether the *date of marriage* on the Marriage certificate issued by the Civil Registrar in Goa is the same as recorded in the Church certificate, please? Lawrence -----
