Marriage
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Documents and references
Canada
Europe
Belgium
- A general guarantee of religious freedom
- Precedence of civil marriage
- Religious belonging and beliefs
- Some landmarks of social evolution
- The marriage and minority groups
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
- Legal status of religious bodies, levels of their legal recognition
- Nazi occupation and communist phase
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
- Current legal position on religion
- Law
- Same-sex marriage
- Some key dates
- The Evangelical Lutheran Church
- The Orthodox Church
France
- Budget of the Catholic Church
- Jews
- Precedence of civil marriage
- Religious practice: statistics of the Catholic Church
- The map of the Catholic church in France
Germany
- Frequency of attendance of religious service (in %)
- Religious marriage is recognized without civil marriage
Greece
- Important events marking State-Church relations after 1974
- Marriage
- Marriage and the sacraments
- Rites
Hungary
Ireland
- A limited state support
- Historical origins and relations between Catholics and Protestants
- Legal status of religions
- Protestants
- Some key dates
Italy
- The three types of connections between a religious marriage and a civil marriage
- Religious Marriages
- Ethics
- Four major periods
- Ordinary religious ceremonies, prayer and rites of passage
Latvia
- Comparative table
- General overview
- Legally accepted religious marriages
- Marriages
- Tax relief for religious organisations
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
- Brief history of the institution of the family and marriage in Romania
- Islam
- The importance of the ethnic aspect
Russia
Slovakia
Spain
- Believers who say they do not practice their religion
- Changes in religious values and opinions among students
- Changes in the civil code concerning religious marriages
- Francoism, from the return of national-Catholicism to the relaxation of the last several years
- Normative developments and agreements
Sweden
- Main acts regarding the religious communities
- Public authorities
- Religious officials acting as state officials in marriage ceremonies
- Small minorities
- The Church of Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
- A limited financial support
- Juridical status of the religious bodies
- Protection from religious discrimination or harassment
- Religious and civil marriages in Britain: changing trends and challenges of recognition
- Religious marriages and civil law
- Some key dates
- The non-religious population