Types of marriages

The types, functions and features of marriage vary from one culture to another and may change with time. In general, there are two types: civil marriage and religious marriage, marriages usually use a combination of both (often religious marriages must be licensed and recognized by the state and civil marriages on the contrary, though it is not sanctioned religious law are respected nonetheless). Marriages between people of different religions are called interfaith marriages, while civil conversion, a more controversial than interfaith marriage concept refers to the religious conversion of one partner to the other's religion for the sake of satisfying a requirement religious.