Here a justice-of-the-peace wedding still results in something everybody simply calls a marriage, but I do get the impression that folks who got married only civilly are more likely to mention that as a footnote to conversations, suggesting that the default is to assume religious marriage ... I wonder how accurate that impression is.
Also, I was reading recently about some country (I forget which ... France maybe??) where you're not allowed to have a religious marriage ceremony without first having gotten civilly married. (Not that I would suggest such State interference in religious rites here, but just as something your description brought to mind.)
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Also, I was reading recently about some country (I forget which ... France maybe??) where you're not allowed to have a religious marriage ceremony without first having gotten civilly married. (Not that I would suggest such State interference in religious rites here, but just as something your description brought to mind.)
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(Or something like that. But it was France!)