Do they need a witness?

Then they face a choice that they need to carefully consider. They need to ask themselves just how seriously they view the value of their personal relationship with God. How do they view his standards. There is a strong possibility that someone outside their faith has different standards and different values. They may pressure you to lower your standards. That is a possibility. There are some good Watchtower articles for you to look at, see 5/15/01 WT, pages 16-21, and the 11/15/86 WT pages 26-30 God shows us his view at I Corinthians 7:39

Or the short answer... I got kicked out ;)

My mother in law did this and she is married to someone who doesn't share her beliefs. My sister in law did this for her second marriage and now she is getting a divorce or is already divorced. Everyone has to answer for their own actions.

I know their family, if they are JWs, do not attend the wedding ceremony...Its sad, my cousin is going through this and she is having a very hard time.=(

I think the problem with marrying outside your religion is where raising children is involved. Parents need to present a united message concerning religion. Otherwise the child may struggle with their devotion to one parent or the other. Children learn from example, if one parent is setting one example and the other parent is not following the same example the child may become confused. Which church would they attend? Is the non witness willing to give up their beliefs so that a cohesive message can be given, or visa versa. I'm not familiar with the tenets of J.W. is this allowed?, would you be giving up your standing in the church?...

Not trying to bash or anything, but it's not fornication if your married. I was not disfellowshiped until after I married her and was told I should have told them first. The whole issue only came to light when I myself had approached the elders and told them I was in love with her, wanted to marry her and asked them how I could work it out. She was also studying at the time.

at first they hide you from their family and friends, they make you wait for months then they dump you like you were nothing, just like my gf did

i FIRMLY believe NO ONE can "kick anyone" out of Jesus"s Body but Jesus.... this is too much CONTROL, like Catholic's... we all answer INDIVIDUALLY on the LORD"S DAY.... as far as marrying outside of a religion, it is done, only danger is if that spouse tries to get you to STOP BELIEVING...then you should deny him or her not GOD...the Bible does warn of MIXED MARRIAGES..(not color, religion) it wasn't good to marry outside of FAITH but just one example was JOSEPH, Genesis41:51 married Asenath = father was a priest of the sun god Re of Heliopolis, name was Potiphera...it works out if God is with you ...had 2 sons by a non-believer. this is TOO MUCH CONTROL...JUDGING...which is NOT THEIR PLACE....

i have seen so many examples of individuals that decide to ignore the bible's counsel, only to suffer through much heartache later. as mentioned already, the person that decides to marry outside of the Lord is not necessarily punished, unless fornication, or loose conduct is involved.

I am going through the same thing. I believe that no one can be kicked out of God's kingdom but only God himself can judge. I believe that through Jesus Christ our sins can be forgiven. To be kicked out of the Jehovah Witness organization is a harsh thing and isn't right, It is man kicking out a person from belief not God or Jesus. I am engaged to a Jehovah Witness who was a boyfriend of mine almost 3 years ago and we got back together. I want to compromise beliefs with him and for that to be something not forced upon children later. I was brought up in the United Church faith with religious holidays and he was brought up with the Jehovah witnesses and didn't actively get involved till he was 11. We have been struggling with the relationship and he tends to change his mind a lot about things. He went outside the organization and put it down because he knew that I did not believe the same things and he did holidays with me and some conduct that is not approved. He faces a possible dis fellowship from the organization and even though he says it was his fault for going against it he makes me feel guilty like he sacrificed for me. I asked him before all of those things we did if it was something he wanted to do and he said yes. Now I just want to compromise to make the relationship work, I'm not sure if he is wanting to compromise and he thinks that I am not proving myself to him enough or sacrificing enough for the relationship to make it work. I have been working around his schedules and I personally want to read the Bible without help but from God for guidance. I am going off to university for maybe 8 years for a Phd in psychology and he is supportive of that but wonders what it will do to our relationship, I don't think he is willing to wait till I am 27 to have me all to himself. He isn't wanting to do a long 4 years for a degree but a 2 year program in something. I just hope it works out because we wouldn't be breaking up because of there being no love for each other but always based on outside influences or other issues. I really need help with this.. any advice?