How can we get around the Bahai wedding ceremony?
Hippy Skippy: Baha’i law requires written parental consent from all living natural parents. It’s not a matter of formality. Destiny: I wish there were an easy answer for you, but I don’t think there is. You should speak to your LSA, or at least to respected/trusted Baha’is in your community, to get their opinion on the wedding ceremony. As you know, the vow of which you speak is one of the very few absolute requirements of a Baha’i wedding. Perhaps your LSA and you and your fiance could discuss the issue and come up with an “interpretation” of the vow that is acceptable to your fiance–for example, look into why the phrase “In God We Trust” is still on US currency despite being a seeming contradiction of the separation of church and state. Sometimes “God” is a concept as much as it is a Being, and really the interpretation depends on individual perspective. I think you may have a much harder time with the parental consent, but I think you can find a solution. Perhaps your parents or yo
