A collection of excerpts containing chronologically issued answers to some of the questions submitted by individual believers and institutions

12/17/2018

“attending weddings of Bahá'ís who are marrying contrary to Bahá'í law” - 11 November 1974

Further to your letter of 5 September 1974, the Universal House of Justice has now had an opportunity to consider your question about believers attending weddings of Bahá'ís who are marrying contrary to Bahá'í law, and we have been asked to convey to you the following.

If it is known beforehand that a believer is violating such laws, it would be inappropriate for the friends to attend the ceremony. This is out of respect for Bahá'í law. However, if without realizing the situation believers find themselves in attendance at a ceremony in the course of which it is apparent that such a violation is occurring, they should not make an issue of it. 
- The Universal House of Justice  (From a letter dated November 11, 1974 to a National Spiritual Assembly; compilation: Guidelines for Local Spiritual Assemblies [Developing Distinctive Baha’i Communities], NSA of USA, 1998 edition)