this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2025
852 points (98.5% liked)
memes
15791 readers
6097 users here now
Community rules
1. Be civil
No trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour
2. No politics
This is non-politics community. For political memes please go to [email protected]
3. No recent reposts
Check for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month
4. No bots
No bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins
5. No Spam/Ads
No advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.
A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
Sister communities
- [email protected] : Star Trek memes, chat and shitposts
- [email protected] : Lemmy Shitposts, anything and everything goes.
- [email protected] : Linux themed memes
- [email protected] : for those who love comic stories.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I'm not religious, but I understand that a wedding is very important in some religions. Catholics for example consider it a sacrament. It's not about their guests, it's about the couple and if religion is important to them they should be able to have that included. You can just not go if you don't want to. It's about supporting them and their journey together. It's not about the attendees being religious.
It'd be like going to a vegetarians wedding and being upset they didn't offer meat dishes. It's their wedding and their views. If there's any day where they should be able to subject people to them (for lack of a better phrase) it's their wedding day.
But you can absolutely have a Catholic wedding without mass or communion. I've been to plenty of them. Sure, no one is making you go but you'd look like a dick if that was the reason why you didn't. And sure, it's their "special day" but obviously they want to share that day with friends and family, otherwise they wouldn't be having a wedding. To put people through some bullshit like this is just selfish and inconsiderate imo.
If there is no meat at a vegetarian's wedding there is still food. My brother had no alcohol at his reception but there was still a party. It was still fun to be a part of it. Forcing people to sit through three hours of church if they want to be at your wedding is inconsiderate.
Well yeah. But even the wedding mass is usually about 1 hour long. Whoever decided for a 3hr one really is inconsiderate.
Yeah, my wife is Catholic; we had two options for wedding. The 1 hour ceremony, or the 40 minute ceremony (I think the difference is serving communion). That was it. I don't think we could have gotten a 3 hour ceremony even if we'd wanted it; they need the church for other things.