| Questions About Baha'i Marriage |
| A presumably young man has written to Baha'i Angst asking questions about Baha'i marriage. He is not a Baha'i. This gentleman is thinking of marrying a Baha'i woman and had some questions and conerns about how such marriages are done and about the impact marrying a Baha'i woman might have on him as a non-Baha'i. Baha'i Angst answered his first set of questions directly, and he then followed up with two more to which we have also responded. He has also requested readers of Baha'i Angst to post their responses to all of his questions. Below are both sets of questions, plus the responses of Baha'i Angst to them. So please do send in some answers that you feel might be helpful. Send them to Baha'i Angst and we will post them. Make the subject line: "Baha'i Marriage" and indicate in your response if you wish to remain anonymous. If so, we'll post only your answers with no name associated with them. If you wish to be identified by a nick name, we'll do that for you too. We will not post anyone's email addresss under any circumstances, nor will we reveal anyone's identifty who wishes to remain anonymous. |
| Below are the two sets of questions. |
| In the first seet, he asks, if he does not have a Baha'i wedding: a) will it mean that she is not married by Bahai laws? b) will it mean that she can be thrown out of her religion? or at least be shunned by the Bahai community? c) which of Bahai founders has stated these requirements and words to be used? in which book or document is it listed? d) do you have any personal experiences of similar such requests which you could share with me? |
| In the second set he asks: the 2 additional questions : - would the attendance of the local Bahai members as witnesses, cause any issues? Will it mean my name gets added to their lists? Will they submit the evidence of such marriage, and their physical presence or forms if there are some to be done, as an indication of belief or at least desire to be a Bahai? Can and will they use this for any reasons without my knowledge and consent? - what happens if anyone of the parents for any good or bad reason does not consent? Is this the end of the relationship? Have club members had or heard of any such experiences? |
| Send your responses to Baha'i Angst and we'll post them. |
| Replies will be posted on this page. The replies from Baha'i Angst are there now. |