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[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The short answer is religion.

[โ€“] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Marriage is a civil institution in Germany. A church marrying you has exactly as much legal power as a random citizen doing it: None. You get married at the civil registry office, by a bureaucrat (but yes they're amenable to some mild ceremony)

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What about the whole Christian no-sex-before-marriage? Has to contribute at least something

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Maybe among the 0.0001% devout.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

At least for Germany I really doubt it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

religion and taxes... 2 of the same to get your money for the rich