The principle that an Assembly should repeatedly warn an
offender to correct his ways before it deprives him of his voting rights
applies to such continuing offenses as flagrant immorality, or membership in
non-Bahá'í religious organizations. It cannot be applied in the same way to a
one-time offense such as a breach of Bahá'í marriage laws.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated May 20, 1971, to a National Spiritual
Assembly. Developing Distinctive Baha'i Communities, NSA of USA, 1998 edition)