Vous trouverez ces renseignements, qui sont le fruit des recherches historiques de l'Église unie, en annexe à nos documents. On peut y lire que le mariage, comme institution civile, a existé bien avant le mariage religieux, et que la société civile a donc le devoir de maintenir certains droits et structures.
The United Church, in researching some of this historical background, which you have in the appendix to the material that was provided, shows that marriage as a civil institution existed long before marriage as a religious institution and that the civil society has a responsibility for maintaining the rights and structures.