From a Christian standpoint, it is not a sin to have sex with someone you love and have decided to spend the rest of your life with only because the union has not been sanctioned in a marriage registry or some traditional marital rites have not been performed. Neither the government through the marriage registry nor some traditional marital rites should dictate the direction of godliness. Biblically, fornication (“porneia” in Greek) does not imply pre-marital sex as the concept of “pre-marital sex” is a creation of misinterpreters of the Bible. Fornication imply non-marital sex and sexual intercourse is the only original act by which a marriage is validated. Therefore, there cannot be any concept called pre-marital sex.

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