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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 8664733" data-attributes="member: 42040">Yes. Churches are a huge thing. Really, the only thing. My mom called me last night to tell me that she won't be coming to our wedding celebration because we weren't married in the church (we eloped during the pandemic - just so we could financially protect each other in case of the worst; we're just now getting to the reception.)So many times I've been passed over for promotion and been excluded from things because of religion. You're really cutting yourself off from the largest social structure in the area by not participating in the specific, very conservative religious structure here.</blockquote>