Originally Posted by jadedinsider
A perfect example of this for those of us more "simple" minded folks, Prince Charles and Camilla. I remember vividly their wedding day. They and the "Family Firm" trotted down to the city hall and performed a "civil" ceremony to be legally wed in the eyes of the state, they then proceeded to the chapel to wed in the eyes of the church. Two distinctly and seperate situations.
That is indeed an excellent example where state and church are separated and basically two ceremonies took place, a civil and a religious.