If this couple plans on marrying soon, they are admitting that saying their vows privately is not getting married. If the law of the land (that is, even the heathen) does not recognize this as marriage, God certainly doesn’t. This is fornication and it not only is against God’s law, it cheapens the commitment of marriage.
Possibly related:
- I left the Lord and my spouse many years ago and lived a life of sin. I remarried about five years ago and have two children by my second marriage. I now realize how wrong I was and would like to come back to the Lord. What do I have to do?
- Homosexuality is only condemned in the Bible when it is practiced by heterosexuals.
- Homosexuality is not sinful because God made us homosexual just like He made some people heterosexual.